General Chat

I have to apologise to all concerned....... I forgot all about it. I'll do it by myself, in honour of the bereaved, the dead, and the injured. God Bless. Deanna

I must admit i felt a bit cross today, i was outside the Forum when it was time, as i had just been in the city hall, the city went deadly quiet, cars and buses stopped in the road and everyone got out of their cars, people came out of their workplacesand stood head bowed, it was very moving.... and then it was spoilt by 2 people walking past talking on their mobiles, 1 french and the other an Englishman in his 50's!! I was disappointed that they felt so unaffected by it all, that they could be dismissive of what was going on around them, surely they could have stopped and considered the feelings of those around??? Is it really so much to ask??

I was helping in reception class and we all were silent for 2 mins. RE: email sent, maybe it was sent before 12pm....remember some emails take a while to arrive. Also remember that most clocks are not automaticly in sync with everyone elses. Ive at least 5 clocks all showing slightly different E x

We had an email this morning saying that everyone was welcome to go outside at 12, I fully intended to but was so involved in my work I missed it! Before the email though I didn't know anything about it so maybe some other people didn't know either. But for those that did, I agree, 2 minutes is not a lot to ask. Jack x

Diana, It's possible the time stamp on the email is innacurate, however it's also possible the person that typed it just doesn't care. We were perfectly silent here throughtout the 2 minutes EXCEPT for one person who decided to carry on working, so we got the click click of his keyboard throughout - which I found irritating. Paul

I surpose they could have held it inside...... it'd have taken them ages to all get out lol c x

we all went outside, we are all in Barbican (which is in the middle of where everything was going off) i told people to come and join us in the park, i wouldve been peeved if they didnt bother, especially after what a few of us here went thru that day! xxx

I haven't actually spoken to anyone yet today so have been silent all day. As for those who have shown such disrespect - I think it's disgraceful! becx

Gwynne - not seen it but it made me go all goosebumpy thinking about it!! Thanks for sharing!

There's only two of us here me and the boss and we both honored the silence but I don't think it occurred to the rest of Blackpool cos the traffic was still really noisy! Julie xxx

Gwynne - that was touching wasn't it?

Maz - thats fantastic!! I can picture them now!

I'm surprised at the Singlepoint/Vodafone staff as there has been 3 GLOBAL emails requesting silence at 12 that have been sent out this morning! Although it did not state going outside!

We have an infant school playground at the bottom of my garden, and at noon, the children all lined up and were silent for the 2 minutes, some of them were not still for that long, but none of them spoke... so if a child of these ages can do it, then adults surely can! Maz x

5 of us went and stood outside and i'm disgusted at the others that i work with that didn't come and join us. We work next to Singlepoint / Vodafone in Newcastle, Staffs and not one of those lot came out! I think its disgusting! Rant over lol c x

Yes its their perogative not to be silent but it just shows DISRESPECT!! How dare they? Sorry but I am passionate about this sort of thing because - there but for the grace of god!! I hope these people never need the support of others ever!

I don't get cross, but I am sorry about it. We had notices up here, it was announced, yet still a few did not respect the silence. However, I guess that is their prerogative. I was pleased to read BBC news online about the buses stopping. Wonder when that last happened. Joy

Benders, did you see the Moslem children in Nottingham with the 'Not in My Name' banners? That brought a tear to my eye. Gwynne

George and I stood together for 2 minutes at home (he was so good) and we had BBC1 on - I was disgusted to see people still wandering around. Two minutes is not a lot to ask of someone.

The oaf next door just kept on bashing hell out of his bathroom. I'd sort of expected that, though. Gwynne