AUDIO: THE RUDEST THINGS YOU CAN DO AT A FUNERAL
From The Huffington Post, here, according to etiquette experts, are The Rudest Things You Can Do At A Funeral:
1. Arrive late (* Especially if it’s your own funeral.)
2. Be on your phone
3. Take pictures without permission (* And if you do take pictures of the deceased, don’t say, “OK, hold still!”)
4. Wear inappropriate clothing (* Like overalls and carrying a shovel.)
5. Bring in your coffee (* Or, for that matter, leave your cup on top of the coffin.)
6. Be a distraction
7. Slip out the back
8. Ask invasive questions (* Whadja pay for this coffin? You know, Costco sells those now.”)
9. Say, “They’re in a better place.”
10. Make it about you (* “C’mon, Grampa. Grandma’s the one who’s dead here. Let’s not make this about you.”)
11. Post on social media
12. Make negative comments about the deceased (* At least not where anyone can hear.)
13. Tell people how to grieve
14. Network
15. Make empty promises
16. Honk your horn in the procession to the cemetery
* They don’t say it here, so I guess it’s not rude to ask what the stiff was worth when he kicked it.
* Sounds like things are pretty dead over at the Huffington Post.
CLIP: For a background, here’s a couple minutes of “Nearer My God to Thee” on organ.
