steph72276
Ideal_Rock
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So I just came back from an appointment. On my way home, there was a funeral procession going by on the opposite side of the road (4 lane total). I grew up in Georgia and every time a funeral procession goes by, people pull off to the side of the road as a sign of respect. In fact, I will never forget that when my grandfather passed away, as our procession went by, several of the older gentlemen not only pulled over, but got out of their cars and removed their hats as a sign of respect. So now I live in FL, and I was stopped b/c I wanted to show respect, but instead I only got honked at and almost ran over from rude people. I was thinking "are people so wrapped up in their own lives that they can't take 2 minutes to honor the dead?" But then I thought maybe it is just something no one does and never has done here. So that is the question, is it just a regional thing to do this? I know FL is in the South regionally, but culturally it is a world away--when I go back to GA I have to get used to everybody opening the door for me, letting women have a seat first, neighbors waving to everyone, etc because things like that are just not normally done here.