Would you beep in this scenario?

Randy Shafter

I was at a funeral yesterday and the mourning cars and hearse were waiting to turn into the church entrance as there was another funeral running late. While we were waiting, someone beeped their horn in impatience at this because i guess it was holding them up. So would you ever beep in the above case or would you wait until the hearse, mourning car etc got into the church?

Personally i wouldn't beep no matter how much of a rush i was in because i have respect for the dead and their grieving relatives.

SV

The person who beeped deserved a slap tbh.
I'm very surprised no one did!

Biggins

No, not beep.
If I was really, REALLY in a hurry, I'd discreetly exit my car and politely wander up and ask could I be allowed pass by.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

beep, beep, beep all the way! No dead guy is gonna keep me from doin my thang!

Damn mourners!!


BTW............note the sarcasm!

Randy Shafter

SV wrote: »

The person who beeped deserved a slap tbh.
I'm very surprised no one did!

I know! It pissed me off something fierce!

moiragannaire

How ignorant! Thats a complete no-no.

WeeBushy

I'm sorry for beeping, but I really needed to get home to do a wee.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

"Honk if you love funerals" :eek:

Raiser

In fairness it was a grave situation and it sounds like the Hearse was going dead slow; Its the sort of thing that just wreaths havoc on our roads to be honest.

- I'd have lowered my window and shouted "Ahoy! Look alive matey!!!"

Turd Ferguson

If they were blocking up the road then yeah. Why should everybody else be late just because someone died. Life goes on. Obla dee, obla da

Wertz

Strange this...just in from being on the road and I passed a funeral cortége in town, coming the other direction...the guy in front of me slowed and stopped and all the traffic waited until the hearse and family cars had passed before moving off. No-one beeping (rare in Dundalk) or any sort of impatience.
I'll always turn off the stereo, take off my hat if I'm wearing one and drive sedately whilst I'm passing either a cortege or a church where a funeral is going on...people beeping and the like surprises me, there's some awful selfish and/or ignorant people out there...

javaboy

I know Simpsons quotes are so passé but.... "Come on come on. The roads are for the living!" springs to mind.

Jeebus

Raiser wrote: »

In fairness it was a grave situation and it sounds like the Hearse was going dead slow; Its the sort of thing that just wreaths havoc on our roads to be honest.

- I'd have lowered my window and shouted "Ahoy! Look alive matey!!!"

No.

I'm not entirely sure why right now, but...no.

An Fear Aniar

No matter how much hurry is on him, he's only heading to the same destination as the person in the coffin... people think they're gonna live forever, it's ridiculous.

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Mimikyu

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Mark200

I wouldn't beep but I'd be pretty pissed off.

Cremated

SV wrote: »

The person who beeped deserved a slap tbh.
I'm very surprised no one did!

Yeah he/she deserved a slap , the people are upset and hurt and surely the person could spare 2/3 minutes extra :rolleyes:...

AckwelFoley

Randy Shafter wrote: »

I was at a funeral yesterday and the mourning cars and hearse were waiting to turn into the church entrance as there was another funeral running late. While we were waiting, someone beeped their horn in impatience at this because i guess it was holding them up. So would you ever beep in the above case or would you wait until the hearse, mourning car etc got into the church?

Personally i wouldn't beep no matter how much of a rush i was in because i have respect for the dead and their grieving relatives.

The person responsible for beeping their horns at that funeral are without a doubt the greatest asshole on planet earth*.

I know what condition their windscreen would be in if it were a funeral of a family memner or friend of mine.






*not aplicable if said funeral was of a protestant

Lorrs33

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

If they were blocking up the road then yeah. Why should everybody else be late just because someone died. Life goes on. Obla dee, obla da

There's always someone who justifies something so disrespectful. The deceased person only has a limited time left above ground, why should they hurry?

Biggins

Lorrs33 wrote: »

There's always someone who justifies something so disrespectful. The deceased person only has a limited time left above ground, why should they hurry?

Good point.
One way or another. its their last few remaining moments above ground and close up with their loved one recently deceased.
Someday, our turn will come. Do we want to be rushed to the grave by some ignorant beeping fool and away from those we leave behind?

dollybird09

Similar story to the OP....

I met a car driving on the wrong side of the road one day cos he was too impatient to stay behind a hearse and the mourners cars... he actually cut in between the hearse and the first car following to avoid crashing into me and in the process very nearly caused a bad accident and then started beeping excessively at the other car he'd nearly hit...

Time and a place if you want to be a w*nker but road rage cos of a funeral holding you up is disgraceful...

:mad:

arybvtcw0eolkf

I know I've a horn that would waken the dead - but I ain't using it at no funeral!.
:P

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mattfender

will someone please think of the children?

stovelid

Of course not. If somebody did, they'd be another funeral in the offing.

Similar thing happened to my mate when his mum was being taken from the funeral home. The hearse (with coffin) was trying to get out of the funeral home and a load of cars passed by and wouldn't let it out. What kind of fuckwit would you have to be...

TheZohanS

The person who beeped probably didn't realise it was a funeral.

arybvtcw0eolkf

stovelid wrote: »

Of course not. If somebody did, they'd be another funeral in the offing.

Similar thing happened to my mate. The hearse (with coffin) was trying to get out of the funeral home and a load of cars passed by and wouldn't let it out. What kind of fuckwit would you have to be...

I'd a nephew who passed away earlier this year (he was only 20) and when the coffin was being brought from his home to the carriage one of the neighbours blew the horn a few times for us to get a move on!..

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stovelid

Carlos Full Goalkeeper wrote: »

I'd a nephew who passed away earlier this year (he was only 20) and when the coffin was being brought from his home to the carriage one of the neighbours blew the horn a few times for us to get a move on!..

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:eek:

phasers

I've heard of occasions where the beeper didn't actually see the hearse and thought people were just slow.


Also, there could have been a woman in labour or something in the car. There are certain times when it's ok imo

arybvtcw0eolkf

phasers wrote: »

Also, there could have been a woman in labour or something in the car.

lol, the irony eh!..

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phasers

Carlos Full Goalkeeper wrote: »

lol, the irony eh!..

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A reincarnation perhaps :eek:

dar83

stovelid wrote: »

Similar thing happened to my mate when his mum was being taken from the funeral home. The hearse (with coffin) was trying to get out of the funeral home and a load of cars passed by and wouldn't let it out.

In fairness, if you let the Hearse out, you'd also then have to let all the travelling party out as well. Cant blame the load of cars there.

I think most people would probably speed up slightly to remain in front of the slow moving line.


Especially if your horn was broken of course.

stovelid

dar83 wrote: »

In fairness, if you let the Hearse out, you'd also then have to let all the travelling party out as well. Cant blame the load of cars there.

It's a group of people burying their dead.

Unless it's an emergency, I could live with getting home a few minutes late.

dar83

stovelid wrote: »

It's a group of people burying their dead.

Unless it's an emergency, I could live with getting home a few minutes late.

Good work on reading the set-up line and taking it seriously without carrying on to read the rest. :rolleyes:

stovelid

dar83 wrote: »

Good work on reading the set-up line and taking it seriously without carrying on to read the rest. :rolleyes:

I'm not taking the blame for your shite jokes.

dar83

stovelid wrote: »

I'm not taking the blame for your shite jokes.

No, you're right, you're taking offence to them, which is far more entertaining.

stovelid

dar83 wrote: »

No, you're right, you're taking offence to them, which is far more entertaining.

Not, I would wager, for everyone else though.

This_Years_Love

The person who beeped needs a slap. I've been in this situation before (I live a round the corner from a church) and I do just turn off the road and left my estate in a different direction.

nlgbbbblth

A wedding party and accompanying cars will often beep going down the streets after the church service.

I've never seen a hearse and funeral party do the same.

Laphroaig52

dollybird09 wrote: »

Similar story to the OP....

I met a car driving on the wrong side of the road one day cos he was too impatient to stay behind a hearse and the mourners cars... he actually cut in between the hearse and the first car following to avoid crashing into me and in the process very nearly caused a bad accident and then started beeping excessively at the other car he'd nearly hit...

Time and a place if you want to be a w*nker but road rage cos of a funeral holding you up is disgraceful...

:mad:

I was overtaken by a hearse once.

And no I wasn't going that slow and Yes there was a coffin on board.

Late for one's own funeral and all that...

Oh how we laughed...