Yesterday morning, I had to go to a funeral for one of my mother's aunts. During the funeral procession from the funeral home to the church, then to the cemetery, I noticed at least a couple of dozen cars cutting in and out of the procession while several dozen more people were honking their horns and glaring impatiently. I even saw a few middle fingers. I was really sickened by it. Don't people have respect for the deceased and their loved ones anymore?

Common courtesy checked out a long time ago, my dear.

;)

Holy hell, that would make me irate. Those impatient punks need a whoopin'.

Originally posted by TJL
Common courtesy checked out a long time ago, my dear.

;) Yep. These days people are just generally complete *Bleeps* but even so the rudeness of some never fails to shock me.

Originally posted by TJL
Common courtesy checked out a long time ago, my dear.

;)

I agree, TJL. We've really become an "It's all about ME!!! society, unfortunately :(

That is pretty rude. A funeral is the last thing a person has. I've never minded waiting for the procession to clear.

Some people are self absorbed jerks.:mad:

Originally posted by Dutabi84
Holy hell, that would make me irate. Those impatient punks need a whoopin'.

I would've flipped them the finger, too - that is, if I were a part of the funeral procession and somebody started honking at me. :mad:

The only procession I've been a part of, had police cars blocking the intersections from incoming traffic. So that definitely helped.

i find that to be kind of funny. maybe they didnt know it was a funeral anyway.

Originally posted by safety pin
i find that to be kind of funny. maybe they didnt know it was a funeral anyway.

If the hearse didn't give it away, those people have no hope.

Wow... that is rude. Even I wouldn't do that, LOL.

yeah...well...if it was moving that slow and people need to be somewhere....yeah

Originally posted by Georgia's on my Mind
yeah...well...if it was moving that slow and people need to be somewhere....yeah

Not "yeah".... NO. NO. NO. NO. Where is commen decency with that? People are grieving. A funeral procession is a solemn occasion. All headlights should be turned on on all the cars following the hearse to indicate there will be slow traffic for a while. If some A-hole driver is in such a damn hurry they need to stop and remember that someday, sure as anything, THEY will be in that box. And how would THEIR family feel with some honking butt-nugget behind them weaving in an out of THEIR last moments above ground. I mean...cripes. This society really blows.

Originally posted by Georgia's on my Mind
yeah...well...if it was moving that slow and people need to be somewhere....yeah Its supposed to be slow. And it isnt like you get caught behind one every day. Youre supposed to be considerate. Yeah, Id get impatient, but I would never act out on it.

I could not belive anyone would be stupid and self absorbed to cut in front of a funeral processian. I would never do anything like that.

some people have no common decency... I would've given them the middle finger back

Some people are just so sick. I've gotten stuck behind them before. It's just something you deal with. I was also in one before and I would have been very angry if that would have happened to me.

My dad's co worker/friend's wife died. At her funeral people's cell phones were going off. Can you believe how awful and rude that was. At a funeral???????? I mean come on. They should have known better than to bring a cell phone in.

Originally posted by mr roper
Some people are just so sick. I've gotten stuck behind them before. It's just something you deal with. I was also in one before and I would have been very angry if that would have happened to me.

Amen...Before I moved last year, I lived a few blocks away from the town cemetery. There were often funeral processions that passed our place and you just had to learn to live with it.

Originally posted by Georgia's on my Mind
yeah...well...if it was moving that slow and people need to be somewhere....yeah

STFU. Have you EVER attended a funeral and been part of the procession? It doesn't sound like you have. THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. I've been part of three funeral processions, and I can most certainly tell you IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. Like it or not, you're just going to have to wait. A funeral is MUCH more important at the moment.

Originally posted by HootervilleFan
Not "yeah".... NO. NO. NO. NO. Where is commen decency with that? People are grieving. A funeral procession is a solemn occasion. All headlights should be turned on on all the cars following the hearse to indicate there will be slow traffic for a while. If some A-hole driver is in such a damn hurry they need to stop and remember that someday, sure as anything, THEY will be in that box. And how would THEIR family feel with some honking butt-nugget behind them weaving in an out of THEIR last moments above ground. I mean...cripes. This society really blows.

My sentiments exactly!

speaking of rude people at funeral processions... then I have to bring up my brother.

When my mom died two months ago, he came to town a day later and immediately began picking a fight with me. My brother has always resented me from the day I was born (he's 19 years older than me), and I actually did tell him if he came anywhere near me, that I would kill him because I was NOT in the mood for his bs. My brother didn't show one iota of emotion or sadness when I was TELLING HIM ABOUT FINDING MY MOTHER DEAD... he cared more about my belt. I basically told him that if he couldn't show any respect to my mother, that he means absolutely nothing to me, and that he will never compare to her.

Then the next day, the day of the funeral, my mom was a devout Catholic and had a Catholic mass (my brother goes to church, so it's not a "well, he doesn't practice the religion" deal), and first, my brother wasn't even decent enough to sit with my father, sister and I, opting to sit behind us, and then when it got time to receive communion, he didn't even have the decency to get up and get communion AT HIS OWN MOTHERS FUNERAL, and the man is a practicing Catholic.

I hate the horrible SOB and I will never speak to him again. To me, his actions is almost the same "disrespecting a recently deceased loved one" as cutting off a funeral procession car lot.

Usually funerals here are escorted by police in motorcycles who move the traffic accordingly. The other cars even get off the road to let them pass

that's beyond rude.
it's pathetic if someone cant handle the fact that the procession isnt going 70 mph to the cemetary.

The same people that were rude in the funeral procession were probably the same ones who cut in front of the ambululance when the person who died was trying to be saved! I'm not saying it was this particular person, but that probably happens a lot where jerks won't let the ambulance go through, then the person dies and later at their funernal the same person won't let them go through! How ironic.

God safty pin, you have never been to a funeral or when you fallow behind a hearse,It's called respect, and there is noting FUNNY about it.When you see a hearse with a bunch of cars with there lights on have respect for the decased and for the surving members of the family. How rude people can be,It's just common sence.

Originally posted by Simon_C45
God safty pin, you have never been to a funeral or when you fallow behind a hearse,It's called respect, and there is noting FUNNY about it.When you see a hearse with a bunch of cars with there lights on have respect for the decased and for the surving members of the family. How rude people can be,It's just common sence.
Why yes, indeed i have been to a funeral. When my mom died we just drove over to the cemetary, it didn't have to be slow. i dont even know what the heck a hearse is. and yeah i do find it funny for people to be flipping the bird over it, it's my opinion. so what if i'm not as sensitive about it as you.

I don't think it's very important how fast you drive to get to the cemetery. They're dead and we have a life! My mom/dad always tells me to drop them off in a hurry!:lol:

Originally posted by safety pin
i dont even know what the heck a hearse is. .

A hearse is the car that carries the dead person to the funeral home, and to the cemetary. Its design is very different from other cars. Just like ambulances and fire trucks. When you see a hearse on the road, it usually signals people--people with half a brain that is--to slow down, and show some respect for their fellow man (or woman) who has died. When a hearse passes, many Old Timers (men) will take off their hats, make the sign on the cross, (if applicable) and then resume what they were doing. People who think a funeral possesion needs to be "speeded up" hopefully will be the recipient of something called KHARMA. And no....that isn't that DUMBASS show on TV with the guy named Greg. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by I'maDESIlover
I don't think it's very important how fast you drive to get to the cemetery. They're dead and we have a life! My mom/dad always tells me to drop them off in a hurry!:lol:

Gee....you're funny. We'll see how you feel when it's your mom in that hearse, sweetie. OK??

Originally posted by HootervilleFan
A hearse is the car that carries the dead person to the funeral home, and to the cemetary. Its design is very different from other cars. Just like ambulances and fire trucks. When you see a hearse on the road, it usually signals people--people with half a brain that is--to slow down, and show some respect for their fellow man (or woman) who has died. When a hearse passes, many Old Timers (men) will take off their hats, make the sign on the cross, (if applicable) and then resume what they were doing. People who think a funeral possesion needs to be "speeded up" hopefully will be the recipient of something called KHARMA. And no....that isn't that DUMBASS show on TV with the guy named Greg. :rolleyes:
oh.. i think we had one of those at my moms funeral but it looked pretty plain to me. and we drove to the cemetary at normal speed.

yeah...well...if it was moving that slow and people need to be somewhere....yeah
exactly.

Originally posted by HootervilleFan
Gee....you're funny. We'll see how you feel when it's your mom in that hearse, sweetie. OK??

I know! I'll cry my a$$ off as with my dad too:(

http://www.senzellimousine.com/images/hearse.jpg

Just so ya know what a hearse actually looks like.

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
speaking of rude people at funeral processions... then I have to bring up my brother.

When my mom died two months ago, he came to town a day later and immediately began picking a fight with me. My brother has always resented me from the day I was born (he's 19 years older than me), and I actually did tell him if he came anywhere near me, that I would kill him because I was NOT in the mood for his bs. My brother didn't show one iota of emotion or sadness when I was TELLING HIM ABOUT FINDING MY MOTHER DEAD... he cared more about my belt. I basically told him that if he couldn't show any respect to my mother, that he means absolutely nothing to me, and that he will never compare to her.

Then the next day, the day of the funeral, my mom was a devout Catholic and had a Catholic mass (my brother goes to church, so it's not a "well, he doesn't practice the religion" deal), and first, my brother wasn't even decent enough to sit with my father, sister and I, opting to sit behind us, and then when it got time to receive communion, he didn't even have the decency to get up and get communion AT HIS OWN MOTHERS FUNERAL, and the man is a practicing Catholic.

I hate the horrible SOB and I will never speak to him again. To me, his actions is almost the same "disrespecting a recently deceased loved one" as cutting off a funeral procession car lot.


When my Aunt died last year, I really thought there was going to be a fight at the church between our family and my Aunt's husband and the church people.

There was no love lost between our family and my Aunt's husband. He was a real creep during their marriage. He totally cut her off from the family...but that's another story. Anyway, he had told the church people how horrible her children were and how they would just disrespect her and that's why they never came to visit. (He didn't mention that he didn't allow it b/c he liked to control her. He didn't mention that he kept moving her every time someone would find out where they lived. He didn't mention that he never ONCE told her own brother who lived about 3 hours away that they had moved there. He knew where we lived.)

Anyway, during the funeral my dad, mom, us kids, and my Aunt's kids and spouses were on one row. He was sitting in the row infront of us with a dew friend of his. The people sitting directly behind us were some people from the church. I had no problem with that. What I had a problem with were their kids. They had 3 ranging in age from 3 to about 6 or 7. One of the kids kept hitting my brother in the back as he was banging on the pew. My brother finally got fed up and took smacked the kids hand next time he hit my brother. One of the kids was talking the ENTIRE TIME!!!! The other kid was running up and down the length of the pew hitting it.

If it weren't for the fact that our family had VERY good control over ourselves and really didn't want to make a scene I think there would have been a fight since we had been threatened by them before the service.

afterward my cousin had said he was going to stand up and turn around and tell the people to leave or control their kids but was affraid that it would have started a fight and since there was only he, his brother and brother-in-law to stand up for us he didn't. My dad informed him that my brother and he would not have stood aside and they would have joined in as well.

Oh well, that ws in the past. The two good things that came out of this is that my Aunt no longer is in pain, and our family doesn't have to have any contact with her husband anymore.

D

Originally posted by Ags2000

The people sitting directly behind us were some people from the church. I had no problem with that. What I had a problem with were their kids. They had 3 ranging in age from 3 to about 6 or 7. One of the kids kept hitting my brother in the back as he was banging on the pew. My brother finally got fed up and took smacked the kids hand next time he hit my brother. One of the kids was talking the ENTIRE TIME!!!! The other kid was running up and down the length of the pew hitting it.

If it weren't for the fact that our family had VERY good control over ourselves and really didn't want to make a scene I think there would have been a fight

That happened to me at my friend's college graduation ceremony. We were seated in front of some unruly kids who talked and fooled around during the entire ceremony! :mad: I do love kids. (I wouldn't be looking for a job working with kids if I didn't.) but is it really so hard for parents to teach their children proper decorum in public? Children need rules, boundaries, and discipline.

Originally posted by Sideshow Kristen
Yesterday morning, I had to go to a funeral for one of my mother's aunts. During the funeral procession from the funeral home to the church, then to the cemetery, I noticed at least a couple of dozen cars cutting in and out of the procession while several dozen more people were honking their horns and glaring impatiently. I even saw a few middle fingers. I was really sickened by it. Don't people have respect for the deceased and their loved ones anymore?

UGH I hate that! It bugs me about as much as people who won't pull over when an ambulance has it lights and siren on.

So many selfish, in a hurry, impatient people in this world who need to take the time to slow down! :mad:

Originally posted by Miss Vicki
http://www.senzellimousine.com/images/hearse.jpg

Just so ya know what a hearse actually looks like.


I actually had to ride in a hearse at some haunted woods last Halloween. No dead body in there, thank god, but it was freaky!