The most awkward bank holiday ever

[andysays]

I don't think you'll be charged with treason for having a bbq

Unless you stage a mock ceremonial cremation...

 

[spitfire]

If we stay in and make no noise all day, do we get a free Spitfire?

No.

 

[Raheem]

I don't think you'll be charged with treason for having a bbq

Just don't go thinking you can get away with swan.

 

[billy_bob]

No such thing as bank holidays when you're self-employed. I'll be working as normal but enjoying the fact that my email and other communication channels will be quieter than usual.

 

[steeplejack]

I'll either

1. Lie in bed til mid-afternoon

or

2. Postpone a long drive home until the Monday when the motorways will be as empty as Christmas Day.

What a weird country we live in.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Not turned off but turned down according to Morrisons....

Morrisons responds to claims it 'turned off' checkout beeps in tribute to Queen

Supermarket chain Morrisons has denied reports that it has turned off the beeps at its checkouts as a mark of respect to the Queen.

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

I can report that last night beeps in the West Country (deepest Toryshire) seemed to be at normal levels

((((()))))

 

[billy_bob]

No such thing as bank holidays when you're self-employed. I'll be working as normal but enjoying the fact that my email and other communication channels will be quieter than usual.

Yeah this is obviously not true. I'll be pretending to work as normal while shitposting and enjoying all the other shitposting on here.

 

[T & P]

I'll either

1. Lie in bed til mid-afternoon

or

2. Postpone a long drive home until the Monday when the motorways will be as empty as Christmas Day.

What a weird country we live in.

I'd go for option 2. Mind you, I reckon a few boy racers might see it as an opportunity to see how fast their Audi can really go...

 

[moochedit]

All UK Mcdonalds will be closing between midnight and 5pm on monday.

 

[Voley]

I'd go for option 2. Mind you, I reckon a few boy races might see it as an opportunity to see how fast their Audi can really go...

The temptation to try out some empty road used to get to people round my way occasionally in lockdown. Total silence, no people anywhere and then out of nowhere 2 guys on bikes fly by doing a ton.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

It's going to be awks, right?

We're supposed to have the day off to mourn, but I can't imagine even people who are vaguely in favour of the monarchy are really going to want to sit indoors watching the funeral when they've got a bonus day off are they?

The jubilee was awkward but at least going to the pub, seeing friends etc was a legitimate activity.

Weirdly this is exactly what my wife and daughter plan to do (with snacks and jim jams, as if it's a sleepover die hard tv marathon). I suggested a walk in the woods. . . Hard NO.

 

[David Clapson]

The temptation to try out some empty road used to get to people round my way occasionally in lockdown. Total silence, no people anywhere and then out of nowhere 2 guys on bikes fly by doing a ton.

There's a certain sort of biker who wouldn't want to miss this opportunity. Usually they get up at 6 am on Sundays for it.

 

[Artaxerxes]

All UK Mcdonalds will be closing between midnight and 5pm on monday.

A minor uptick in the nations health and tastebuds

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

All UK Mcdonalds will be closing between midnight and 5pm on monday.

Obviously the respectful thing is to go to Burger King.

 

[moochedit]

Obviously the respectful thing is to go to Burger King.

Ba doom..tish!

 

[moochedit]

Tesco big stores shut all day and express stores shut until 5pm (just had email from them).

 

[moochedit]

Cineworld has also said it will close all of its UK cinemas on the day of the state funeral. The company has 128 cinemas in the UK and Ireland.
Other major businesses that have already said they will be shut in the UK on Monday include:

• Aldi
• Argos
• Asda
• B&Q
• Blue Diamond Garden Centres
• Center Parcs
• Curry's
• Dobbies Garden Centres
• Harrods
• Holland & Barrett
• Homebase
• Ikea
• John Lewis
• Lidl
• Morrisons
• Odeon cinemas
• Pets at Home
• Primark
• Sainsbury's (however, Sainsbury's convenience stores and petrol filling stations will be open from 17:00 until 22:00 while select stores in central London will open to serve people attending the funeral)
• Larger Tesco shops (the company's smaller Express shops will open at 17:00, but a small number of stores in central London and Windsor will remain open throughout the day to provide for people attending the funeral)
• Waitrose (a small number of Waitrose stores along the route of the procession may remain open)
• WH Smith high street stores (the company's travel stores will be closed at least for the duration of the funeral)
• Wilko

According to the beeb

 

[strung out]

Work has given everyone the day off, but I don't work Mondays, so get to take the Friday off instead. Bit of a result, that.

 

[T & P]

Work has given everyone the day off, but I don't work Mondays, so get to take the Friday off instead. Bit of a result, that.

Now you can watch the funeral on Monday, and walk past the coffin on Friday.

 

[StoneRoad]

The couple of guys in my team who want time off for that funeral are getting it and I'll sort out the ££ / leave records later.
The other couple of guys who aren't interested are coming in to do a couple of jobs that will go better with an almost empty workshop.

And the last one leaves on Friday, so their opinion don't count.

 

[MickiQ]

Tesco big stores shut all day and express stores shut until 5pm (just had email from them).

Co-Op is the same

 

[strung out]

Now you can watch the funeral on Monday, and walk past the coffin on Friday.

I think the coffin will have been buried/incinerated/shot into space by the time Friday comes round.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I think the coffin will have been buried/incinerated/shot into space by the time Friday comes round.

Other Possibilities Are Available

 

[WouldBe]

According to the beeb

Cineworld could be missing out on showing the funeral on the big screen.

 

[moochedit]

Cineworld could be missing out on showing the funeral on the big screen.

I think i read one of the cinema chains is doing that. Might have been on here somewhere.

 

[Dom Traynor]

My partner who has never set foot in the UK, and didn't live in Commonwealth country until 4 years ago wants to watch the funeral live streamed late at night. I shall be in bed asleep.

 

[May Kasahara]

Fortuitously I am out on Saturday AND Sunday night so will definitely need a day of doing nothing on the sofa. Might actually do a Die Hard marathon.

 

[steveo87]

All UK Mcdonalds will be closing between midnight and 5pm on monday.

The thing that really, genuinely, gets me fucking angry, is that this isn't about 'mourning', its about massive multinationals being too tight to pay their staff bank holiday pay.

 

[moochedit]

The thing that really, genuinely, gets me fucking angry, is that this isn't about 'mourning', its about massive multinationals being too tight to pay their staff bank holiday pay.

Mackie Dees do normally stay open on bank holidays (christmas day excepted). I suspect their bean counters would have wanted to open up as normal but the PR people were terrified of "disrespectful mcdonalds opens during the funeral" stories in the sun/mail.

 

[Elpenor]

Pity the thousands of mourners denied a McMuffin to start their day with