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        Strictly Come Dancing start date delayed out of respect for Queen | Radio Times

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          The media, some businesses and the country in general seem to have reached a level of embarrassing absurdity in their efforts to show 'respect' for the death of the Queen which surpasses even what we experienced after the Princess Of Wales' death.

          My mother was of the same generation as the Queen, had been to garden parties at Buckingham Palace and was a traditionalist and royalist. She was appalled by the collective, uncontrolled emotional incontinence, fueled by the media, that sad event provoked in a worrying percentage of the population. She felt it was a very unBritish and improper, almost disrespectful way, of dealing with such matters.

          This time it is getting even worse; the Center Parcs fiasco in particular defies belief as businesses go bonkers in a desperate virtue signalling attempt not to offend the supposedly entirely grief stricken population of the UK.

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            To commemorate the death of the queen, all these business should do a free day of their service! Now that would be well received.
            As an outsider these days, the UK is a f*ing joke, what with the government, fule prices and now this bull****. WTF?

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              Well DHL have decided to close on Monday so that’s stuffed me up.

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                I'll be working. Don't have a TV licence anyway, so can't watch it. Clients don't want to cancel.

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                  Originally posted by Yakumo View Post
                  To commemorate the death of the queen, all these business should do a free day of their service! Now that would be well received.
                  As an outsider these days, the UK is a f*ing joke, what with the government, fule prices and now this bull****. WTF?
                  Yakumo - would Japan basically shut down for a day if the emperor died? Did places close in 1990 when that last happened?

                  To be fair, I don't see that as any less ridiculous, but I couldn't see an obvious answer online.

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                    Originally posted by Yakumo View Post
                    To commemorate the death of the queen, all these business should do a free day of their service! Now that would be well received.
                    As an outsider these days, the UK is a f*ing joke, what with the government, fule prices and now this bull****. WTF?
                    Don't worry, it's as bad on the inside. Every day I'm getting Emails from companies I've previously dealt with to announce that they'll be closing - evidently they've been waiting to see what the general reaction will be and from the last day or two they've started folding like a pack of cards. Latest one was from a garage chain - if you've got an MOT booked or have an appointment for tyre fitting, then tough luck - it's cancelled and that's that. Before that it was Screwfix, so if your toilet packs on funeral day we hope you've already bought a bucket.

                    It's particularly frustrating for me because I'm trying to shield my missus from proceedings as much as possible, I don't want it to bring up bad memories of her folks passing. I was hoping we might be able to go shopping or something, but as it stands I'm really running out of options. I don't think it's fair to make the entire country bathe in grief like this.

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                      To commemorate the royal funeral and the mark the death of the Queen, on Monday 19 September my services will be closed and so I won't be feeding my children or changing the nappy of my youngest as a mark of respect for her highness.

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                        King Charles's staff are fired from their jobs during the Queens church service - classy

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                          Originally posted by Neon Ignition View Post
                          https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...vice-for-queen
                          King Charles's staff are fired from their jobs during the Queens church service - classy
                          That's a peculiar situation.

                          I mean, the timing, that's frankly stupid. With everything going on, and decades of service for many, they could've given it a few weeks. Not gonna defend that one iota.

                          But in the broader view, you wonder what they should do in that situation even if they'd been more considerate. I mean, the Queen is dead and presumably you've got to either lay off her staff or that of the new monarch, or you've got to enter consultation with both and merge the two households, but either way, you're gonna lay off a bunch of people.

                          This is kinda unique because there aren't many situations in this day-and-age where your job is dependent on the lifespan of an individual.

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                            Originally posted by Neon Ignition View Post
                            https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...vice-for-queen
                            King Charles's staff are fired from their jobs during the Queens church service - classy
                            This article has already been called as bull by not reporting the actual facts. From what I’ve read a tiny % were actually let get as their positions no longer exist and couldn’t be put anywhere. The rest retired, or were moved elsewhere.

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                              Originally posted by Neon Ignition View Post
                              To commemorate the royal funeral and the mark the death of the Queen, on Monday 19 September my services will be closed and so I won't be feeding my children or changing the nappy of my youngest as a mark of respect for her highness.
                              You will, however, be posting on Bordersdown dot net (it's what her maj would have wanted).

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