It is a cremation and the ringtone is great balls of fire
2006-09-15 10:18:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Every funeral at our church has at least one cell phone ring go off. Ditto for weddings and most Sunday services. I'm the organist, right on the altar, and it's kinda fun to look up and see whose phone it is without even having to turn around. Most people shut it off quickly, but I saw a best man at a wedding actually answer it once.
2006-09-15 16:33:39 · answer #1 · answered by Rapunzel XVIII 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go over to the funeral home owner and sign yourself up for the next one.
2006-09-15 17:32:03 · answer #2 · answered by larry n 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be one of those idiots that answer it, look around to see all the attention and feeling of importance they received, and actually have a conversation about nothing away from everyone else, showing that you in fact value nothing more than a deceased human being.
Don't take it personally; I only meant it as a suggestion.
2006-09-15 17:30:14 · answer #3 · answered by STILL standing 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Turn it off. It's a funeral. Cellphones should be switched to vibrate or turned off during funerals.
2006-09-15 17:25:58 · answer #4 · answered by C K Platypus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Turn it off, cover face in shame and utter humiliation for allowing such a dastardly thing to happen!
(Of course, it won't happen to me, because I am a creature of habit about turning off my phone when required).
2006-09-15 17:30:54 · answer #5 · answered by uee385 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Switch it off. That's what people do in church, and I would assume it would apply to a funeral.
2006-09-15 20:50:10 · answer #6 · answered by Liza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when one enters a public place:
funeral
wedding
restaurant
hospital
nursing home
etc. it is proper etiquette to either silence the ring or shut the phone off completely!
2006-09-15 23:48:51 · answer #7 · answered by luckyduck2006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess leap up on the piano or organ and do a wild Jerry Lee Lewis spoof?
2006-09-15 17:26:02 · answer #8 · answered by Alice Chaos 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Answer with one of these"
1. "Yes grandma"
2. "Hi Mom"
3. "THIS IS JACK BAUER, WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR?"
4. "Yes sir, mister President."
Or you could just hit the hang up button after the first ring. You lose style points if you let it ring more than once.
2006-09-15 17:24:17 · answer #9 · answered by veraperezp 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, probably silence it.
And then be utterly embarrassed.
But, it would be alot easier just to turn it off, or put it on vibrate BEFORE you got there.
2006-09-15 17:20:49 · answer #10 · answered by Justin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋