emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Do you really think that's it?
All this is performative isn't it? Going through the motion's for fear of being seen not to?
Queen Death: Thread for unhinged Tweets, opinions and behaviour
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All this is performative isn't it? Going through the motion's for fear of being seen not to?
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Yeah, I was a bit hasty, harsh and pished. I don't know whether they and others are closing out of some panic that everyone has to fall in line, shortage of volunteers or what. But those who volunteer are doing a lifesaving job.
Yeah I do. Why would a food bank - an essential service for destitute people - worry about being judged for staying open? it doesn't make any sense.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Food banks close on bank holidays, Monday is a bank holiday. Presumably a mix of volunteer shortages and supply chain disruption. The tweet is dressed up to be polite and “pay respects”
It’s all last minute so it’s going to mess people about a bit but it’s standard procedure for them to close
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
My pure guess is that the decisions to close were made at the level of the cross town management committee, rather than the volunteers for specific foodbanks. Particularly given the subsequent U turn. Perhaps a slightly cack handed application of the 'we always shut on a bank holiday' rule.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Maybe I'm in a bit of a bubble but I don't see lots of people turning round and saying their are too grief striken (or just too desperate to watch the funeral) to be able to do their normal volunteering helping givr food to those who need it.
People "saying" to get out of work, maybe.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Also maybe because they rely on donations?
Volunteers at my local foodbank are mostly old dears who are IME more likely to be into the whole royal shit than people of my generation who don't give much of a fuck
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Also a good point, there was a Manchester food bank saying they were in shit because the football shut down.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
For the food banks it's probably that public transport will be disrupted and a lot of the volunteers will need it to get there. And so will most of the users. I mean, that's why they usually close on bank holidays.
I think they must often do it on a Monday (a lot of them round here do) because that's both when people need it most and it means the sorting, which is the biggest job, can be done at the weekend when there are more volunteers, but being in a church hall like most of them are means opening to the public to give out the donations at the weekend probably isn't feasible.
I think they must often do it on a Monday (a lot of them round here do) because that's both when people need it most and it means the sorting, which is the biggest job, can be done at the weekend when there are more volunteers, but being in a church hall like most of them are means opening to the public to give out the donations at the weekend probably isn't feasible.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
You don't just turn up with a bag of food and give it to people yourself.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
I saw a comment on this which said “what a story she will have to tell her cats in twenty years time”
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
To be fair, I was like that with Hex at Alton Towers.
Hmm.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
same sacks of spuds each time.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Edinburgh, intit. There’s trams. That’s about it. A train to Glasgow.
ska invita
back on the other side
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Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Someone at work suggested she was being buried in one of the crowns! That can't be true, can it??
(He asked, on the internet
)
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Derek has five more stops before the Queen’s corpse is delivered to you.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
Someone at work suggested she was being buried in one of the crowns! That can't be true, can it??
(He asked, on the internet
i know she wasn't very tall, but don't think she would fit
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Sorry Lord Camomile don’t know what happened there. I know you didn’t say that.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Happens from time to time. Ghosts in the machine, and suchlike.
Whose ghost, though...
