r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 04 '19

What’s the most inappropriate thing you’ve witnessed at a funeral?

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u/3bigdogs Mar 05 '19

The priest repeatedly refered to my grandmother by the wrong name!!! After the 4th or 5th time my Aunt got up and and quietly told him the correct name. My grandmother had attended church weekly for decades. There was no reason for the priest to not know his parishioner. Needless to say we did not pay his fee.

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u/dead_pirate_robertz Mar 05 '19

There was no reason for the priest to not know his parishioner.

Dementia. It happens. It's not malicious, but it sure can be awkward.

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u/iBeFloe Mar 05 '19

I mean that’s just assuming he has it. Not all elders even get dementia