Apple UK closing stores to mark Queen's funeral
All Apple Stores in the UK will operate at reduced capacity at the start of Her Majesty the Queen's lying in state, then close entirely on her funeral day, September 19.
Apple paid tribute internationally to the late Queen Elizabeth II by making over its homepage in her honor. That new homepage continues to be in place in the UK, but has since reverted to Apple's regular design everywhere else.
Now stores in the country are also to pay respects by changing their opening hours and operations. The most significant is that all stores will be closed on Monday, September 19, 2022, which is the day of the Queen's funeral.
According to MacRumors, there will also be a reduced operating capacity on Wednesday, September 14. This information was reportedly given to staff, and the full closure follows the UK's making Monday a public holiday.
At present, all Apple Stores have published their opening hours up to September 18, 2022, the day before the Queen's funeral, so the closures are not yet listed.
Nor is any change to store operations on Wednesday, September 14. However, the official sites for UK stores all show "special opening hours" for Friday, September 16.
As yet, the actual hours of business being shown for that day in stores including the new Apple Brompton Road, are the same as ever. But Apple notes that, "some services, such as Genius Bar, may not be available."
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Apple paid tribute internationally to the late Queen Elizabeth II by making over its homepage in her honor. That new homepage continues to be in place in the UK, but has since reverted to Apple's regular design everywhere else.
Now stores in the country are also to pay respects by changing their opening hours and operations. The most significant is that all stores will be closed on Monday, September 19, 2022, which is the day of the Queen's funeral.
According to MacRumors, there will also be a reduced operating capacity on Wednesday, September 14. This information was reportedly given to staff, and the full closure follows the UK's making Monday a public holiday.
At present, all Apple Stores have published their opening hours up to September 18, 2022, the day before the Queen's funeral, so the closures are not yet listed.
Nor is any change to store operations on Wednesday, September 14. However, the official sites for UK stores all show "special opening hours" for Friday, September 16.
As yet, the actual hours of business being shown for that day in stores including the new Apple Brompton Road, are the same as ever. But Apple notes that, "some services, such as Genius Bar, may not be available."
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Shift employees who are paid by the hour are unlikely to be paid for their mandatory time off unless they are able to take it as holiday, which they may not want to do.
Even if Apple are paying their staff they're contributing to a grief indulgence environment where many other employers will not be paying their workers. This is not something we need right now, there is no justification for it.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/queen-elizabeth-death-king-charles-2022-09-12/card/queen-s-funeral-could-dent-the-u-k-economy-cTGzylqqh4knX0geVXOj
The odds of any company closing for that day and not paying their staff is very low, as the bad publicity would hurt them.
We will soon know if that happens as the media will be eager to publish this sort of story.
If anybody here knows of any particular company that does not pay their staff for that day please post it.
Just remember, there are two sides to every story"
- Billy Bragg
Keep moving those goal posts.
It's not one day, shops are closed now. Shops will be closed through to the funeral. A whole week of indulgent national grief signalling. It's pathetic.
I never thought of myself as much of a republican, but this sickening debacle has tipped me over.
I read the thread past the comment I responded to and as I mentioned your issue has nothing to do width Apple whatsoever. As an outsider I find the whole thing odd. I think having a family cosplay royalty is goofy but every February in the U.S. we consult a rodent about the weather. So, we have our fair share of odd. I read a posting by Billy Bragg (no fan of the Queen) and he talked about mourning in this situation and it totally makes sense as he isn’t mourning the loss of a person.
I was always talking about retail workers in general, with reference to Apple, but not exclusive to Apple. I expandaed the range of what I was talkming about, but didn't change my original point. Hence the 'goal posts' are in exactly the same place. But again, there are no goal posts here, I'm not in competition with you or Apple. I don't know why you think we're playing a game instead of having a conversation.
I've been pretty clear what I'm upset about, and it's the fact that the country is in the grip of a collective insanity over the death of an elderly woman of natural causes. This is being compounded by grief signalling from the media and unrelated companies who are feeding this overbearing requirement to mourn. The country is shutting itself down at a time of economic hardship, which is only going to hit the poorest in society. Perhaps a fitting tribute for one of the most privileged individuals who has ever lived?
All that is annoying enough on its own, but it has a very sinister side, as republicans are being arrested for going against the grain, even when its only stating their views: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/11/republican-protesters-arrested-king-charles-proclamation-events
I read a piece by Billy Bragg, I assume it was the same one. It was kind and empathetic towards a certain kind of mourning of the passing of a generation, but he's wrong if he thinks that's what the country is in the grip of. The vast majority of what is happening is pageantry towards the monarchy, an extension of the Jubilee earlier this year that was equally deferential and grovelling to an outdated institution.
A tantrum? I'm just talking here. Either talk with me or leave me alone, thanks. If you insist on condescension then know that I can take it and hit back a lot harder.
You seem to think your general frustration with the situation is a pass for making claims that aren’t true. As I pointed before I normally find your comments here to be thoughtful and informative. It is a striking change in disposition. The way you approached this subject, making up things to complain about, and your attempts to spin your original comments into
something new are an impediment to being taken seriously at this point. That said we all have our moments where out frustration gets the better of us. I get it. I’m going to exit this conversation as it is entirely unproductive.
I just noticed that you edited a Billy Bragg quotes into one of your earlier posts:
The Tory Party are the biggest supporters of the monarchy. Their earlier incarnation, the Cavaliers, aka the Royalists, famously fought a civil war against democracy over that support before. This all comes at a very convenient time for the Tories when a disgraced Tory Prime Minister is being replaced with an unpopular Tory Prime Minister* whose agenda openly patronises the rich over the poor, and has been widely panned in the press. A week of blanket coverage of Elizabeth Windsor's funeral serves them very well as a smokescreen.
Very laughable position to imply that mine is a Tory view.
* somewhat amusingly, an unpopular Tory Prime Minister who was once a member of a different party and said that the existence of the monarchy was "disgraceful". Actual quote.