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[amigov6]

Heard this today in the truck. WTbreak are these "officials" thinking? (Or not thinking). I know two wrongs don't make a right but had i been there i'd be facing an assault charge now, red mist etc.
      Frickin' unforgivable.

[HolyCount]

Admittedly they have a timetable to stick to, as far as possible. But the guys at the crem should (SHOULD) be well trained in dealing with grieving relatives in a sympathetic manner --- a "fine" (which is what this amounts to) is simply cold blooded, daylight robbery.

[amigov6]

Just to stimulate debate, lets look at the other side of the story - they obviously have other ceromonies during the day, and have to prepare for those.  Crownhill Crem (I assume it was Crownhill) covers a large population area, and I know is a fairly busy place....

Fair point well made. Other families have loved ones to lay to rest & are equally grieving & deserving of their time but i believe the Vicar offered this Mum a while longer to say goodbye.
     Should he not have mentioned any incurring charges?

[Kevin Wood]

Just to stimulate debate, lets look at the other side of the story - they obviously have other ceromonies during the day, and have to prepare for those.  Crownhill Crem (I assume it was Crownhill) covers a large population area, and I know is a fairly busy place....

Fair point well made. Other families have loved ones to lay to rest & are equally grieving & deserving of their time but i believe the Vicar offered this Mum a while longer to say goodbye.
     Should he not have mentioned any incurring charges?

Exactly. IMHO, the disgrace here is that she was charged for an extra few minutes. I'm sure if the crematorium had been busy or another family were due in, she would have been tactfully asked to move on rather than offered more time.

Kevin

[albitz]

This attitude seems very prevalent in this country nowadays.These people used to be known as public servants,and generally speaking they behaved as such.
It now often seems that this has been turned upside down and they seem to be trained to never miss an opportunity to let the public know who is in charge.Its disgusting and heads should roll because of this ,but they wont.

[amigov6]

This attitude seems very prevalent in this country nowadays.These people used to be known as public servants,and generally speaking they behaved as such.
It now often seems that this has been turned upside down and they seem to be trained to never miss an opportunity to let the public know who is in charge.Its disgusting and heads should roll because of this ,but they wont.

Sadly i think you're right. This is immoral & a disgrace.
    Folk get gross misconduct resulting in instant dismissal for smoking in the the loo or other such relative trivialities. Whoever is responsible should be fired, named & shamed.