Employees of a funeral home have decided to play a practical joke on a partner inside Work place. But they also recorded the moment and the the video went viral. After being considered disrespectful, there were consequences.
In the pictures you can see the workers of “T. Cribb & Sons” in London, UK, standing next to what appears to be a corpse inside a mortuary bag.
But suddenly, when one of them unzips the body bag, a colleague jumps out and sits down like a reanimated zombie and screams.
As expected, this shocks the victim of the joke, released months ago, for a moment Daily mail inside video that circulated again on social networks.
Viral video of “corpse” in funeral home
The video was filmed in a funeral home in Beckton, East London. And it has generated disparate opinions among those who find the joke fun and on the other those who qualify it as disrespectful.
John Harrissenior partner of T Cribbs and Sonsconfirmed that he had suspended part of the staff after viewing the images at the time.
“It’s a joke that should never have happened or been shared. I have no words ”, she ruled, clarifying her position a lot.
And he continued: “It’s a family business and they’ve been here for 50 years.. All the good work we’ve done during this time can be jeopardized by one silly thing. I’m really lost.”
He added that he understood those who argued it’s disrespectful and that he couldn’t approve of something like this.
Position of funeral home owner
After the closed-door, but viral incident in the networks, Harris suggested it some staff may be made redundant.
“If it hadn’t been shared, I could have dealt with it internally and made some reprimands, but now you may be losing experienced staff, even one who he has been with me for 25 years“, he explained.
Beyond its harshness, he stressed that the people involved “They are excellent professionals”and that he finds it strange to see them like this in the video.
In any case, he was able to clarify: “I would like to offer an unreserved apology if the video offended anyone.”
Repercussions on social networks
The video, posted on Twitter by the user @peachpukit far surpassed 1 million views and was retweeted by tens of thousands.
A user named Lee H wrote, “Absolutely disgusting behavior,” while another, EFCBilly, called it, “Pretty disrespectful.”
Another like Nick Bavin, on the other hand, defended the joke: “I know someone that happened to that too. You can call it bad taste, but you have to have a sense of humor.”
And another joined the defense: “People with this type of work need to relax and these types of jokes are more frequent than you think“.
A third Twitter user added, “Anyone who doesn’t see pure British humor at its best needs to sit on the naughty rung.”
Source: Clarin
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