We all know that one person who can't seem to grasp social protocol or one that perhaps just chooses not to. In this article, these often ended in after-the-fact laughter although at the moment no one exactly found it funny. Some of the worst this writer has seen are the pastor presiding being unwilling to say to the family of the deceased would make it to heaven cause they swore and didn't attend church and an uncle looking at one of the grandkids during a beloved grandmothers funeral and the only words he spoke were to his 20+ year old niece commenting on her tattoo by asking *during the wake* "why would you do that to your body!?"...you know, because that is the appropriate time.
Wanting to hear the worst things people have experienced at a funeral Redditor UniqueCreativeName asked the online community:
"What's the worst thing you heard or said at a funeral?"
Good try though...
“'Don't worry, you'll be with him soon' - my sister to my grandma at my grandad's funeral. My grandma was crying, me and my family aren't openly emotional people so I still give her credit for trying.” amievenrealrightnow
TMI Grandpa...
“My grandma died before my grandpa. Since my grandpa was a navy veteran (WWII and Pearl Harbor survivor), he got a free plot in a military cemetery. At this cemetery, they stack married couples one on top of the other.”
“So, we are at the cemetery, and they are lowering my grandma down, and my grandpa asks, ‘so, if I had died first, they would have put me in first and put her on top of me?’”
“The cemetery worker said, ‘yep.’ My grandpa responded, ‘huh. We never tried it that way before.’” macbubs
Some good ol’ Team America.
“Aunt passed away, wasnt really close with her. She was part of a church in upper state New York somewhere and a bunch of older folks I never saw before showed up (like 50 people over the age of 65). Me and my younger brother are sitting towards the back listening to one of the guys tell stories to everyone about her when he gets to a part that I will never forget.”
“He tells a story about how after she was placed in an old folks home she ‘escaped’ and they couldnt find her for like 2 hours. They called the police and finally found her riding around in a golf cart at the local country club that was like 2 miles down the road from the old folks home.”
“As he is telling this story and everyone is having a nice laugh he says "I wish she would send us a sign letting us know how much she loved us"...suddenly my younger brothers phone goes off. The song it was set to? ‘America F**k Ya’ but the part where it just starts singing ‘AMERRRRRICA, F**K YA!’”
“The entire church looks at us and as I am trying to hold back my laughs my little brother says ‘Its a sign from Aunt Francese, she says thank you’. I was laughing so hard that I had to excuse myself from the room.” Gromby
Freedom Intensifies GIFGiphyClassy...
“My aunt talking about the foursome she was planning with another couple at the gravesite of my grandpa. My uncle went mental, probably the first time I've ever agreed with him."
“edit: No, sorry, not planning to do it on his gravesite, just discussing it on the funeral as we were waiting for the hearse." nyises
*stunned silence*
“‘My father was married 4 times. I believe the two that he honestly loved the most were the first, my mother, and the last, his widow.’ Said by my uncle with all ex 3 wives in the audience.” skoolboyjew
“...the entire funeral party was looking on in horror.”
“My aunt died. Her husband has Asperger's and didn't really know how to cope with social situations; that was always her job. She chose to be cremated and have her ashes incorporated into a reef ball.”
“So at the funeral I asked my uncle how long the reef ball would be around and after a few conversational rabbit holes we ended up talking about the percentage of my aunt that was in the atmosphere vs. the percentage that ended up in the reef ball (because of the cremation process).”
“My uncle and I didn't realize this was weird, until my mom tapped me on the shoulder and we realized the entire funeral party was looking on in horror. My uncle is chill though, we still talk. My aunt didn't have a lot of money and regretted that she couldn't leave me anything, so after his business started doing better a few years later he bought me my first car in her honor.” Zouea
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Oh noooo...
“My father's phone ringing during the middle of a eulogy. His ring tone is the stabby music from psycho. I was sitting right next to him doing the best I could to sink through the pew I was sitting in.” techniforus
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“Didn't know my Dad's family. At the cemetery they're all off by themselves while we wait for the hearse with the ashes to show up. I walk over and say, ‘It's now 1:05. My father is late for his own funeral.’ No one said anything. They just moved slowly away.” bigtimejohnny
Way to crash a funeral...
“I couldn't make my grandmothers funeral but my brother told me this one. My cousin, who is like 15 at the time, gets up and makes a beautiful eulogy about grandma that couldn't be any sweeter. My estranged aunt had come to the funeral and in the middle of the eulogy of this 15 year old girl she loudly says, "am I in the right place? She surely isn't talking about my mom". It didn't go over .” Dirtybux
While many these responses were hilarious its best to try and be as respectful as possible of the dead.
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Doris spent her career shattering boundaries, breaking rules (in the cutest way possible) and tackling important issues. One thing she could never quite bring herself to face, though, was death.
It seems Doris Day just straight up "didn't like death." It's not a subject most people particularly enjoy, but for Doris it was one to be actively avoided.
Trying to talk to her about it was pretty likely to garner this reaction:
Her friend and long-time manager Bob Bashara explained to People that he tried repeatedly to talk to Doris about how things should be handled after she passed. Death, however, wasn't something Doris was willing to discuss.
Not just her own - but any death. The passionate animal activist was well known for her love of her pets, but she couldn't be present with them when any needed to be humanely euthanized.
It was her dogs, though, that ended up getting Bashara anywhere with Doris writing a will. He was eventually able to convince her to draft something up to make sure the dogs would be cared for. What she came up with is something many people are finding incredible.
Bob explained:
"I'd say we need to provide for her dogs [after she died], and she'd say, 'I don't want to think about it' and she said, 'Well, you just take care of them' - She had several when her will was written, and she wanted to be sure they were taken care of. She didn't like to talk about the dogs dying."
Her will is clear - she wanted no funeral, no memorial service, no grave marker. Essentially, Doris Day refused to acknowledge her death or to let anyone else acknowledge it.
She would rather we all just carry on like it never happened, folks.
Her estate is to be donated to charity. Bob is to take care of the animals. Simple.
It's unusual, but it's very Doris Day.
As news of her no-funeral request hit social media, people's reactions were mixed:
@TMZ @TooFab I know it'll be hard to honor those wishes.😢 I just loved her movies and singing!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾— Daphne (@Daphne) 1557844982
@NeilMcMahon It’s in her quotes; she felt grief was v private and thought funerals were barbaric.. 😔— 🦋 (@🦋) 1557833385
Odd topic. So Doris Day died. I loved her movies and I’m sad. I wanted to grow up and be like her when I was a kid.… https://t.co/LZVLoCGMW2— Laurann Dohner (@Laurann Dohner) 1557771959
@ceoaetnews That is so sad 😢😢— Maggie Copeland 💜 (@Maggie Copeland 💜) 1557864622
@mcharlesworth7 Doris Day all day tribute June 7 on TCM (why so late ?)was announced yesterday meantime, I have re… https://t.co/sUx9vTo2cW— sylvia tomarchio (@sylvia tomarchio) 1557835595
@GeneA22860 @people No it’s not a waste of money to have funerals and headstones. My dad, daughter and grandparents… https://t.co/h04Kn4SH2R— Tracy Mirelez (@Tracy Mirelez) 1557810337
Doris Day Won’t Have a Funeral, Memorial or Marker | PEOPLE https://t.co/gzw7Wh0HlT⠀ Good for her standing by her d… https://t.co/v9NicwHu7f— Wake Up America (@Wake Up America) 1557854602
@people Good for her Family & Friends respected her wishes that doesnt always happen RIP fair lady 🌷🌺 ☀️— The Spice Of Life (@The Spice Of Life) 1557840452
#DorisDay. Good on Doris Day for eschewing all the nonsense of a funeral. They are useless ceremonies!— Mark Owen (@Mark Owen) 1557814636
Doris Day says no funeral, no memorial, no marker. Kind of cool, I guess, but kind of a middle finger to her fans, isn’t it?— Jeremy Tuman (@Jeremy Tuman) 1557775340
People who wish to honor Doris Day's memory are being encouraged to donate to or volunteer with an animal charity - like the Doris Day Animal Foundation.
RIP Doris. You will be missed.
