Remembrance Day

Today the sound system in the office floor crackled to life, shocking everyone into silence. Ever since we moved into the new office about five months ago, we have never heard what the voice over the system sounded like, and most probably did not realise there was such a system. So guess what the voice was saying? 'Let us put on.. blah blah blah...' then it stopped. It started again a minute later, 'lest we forget'. Ahh... now it made sense what the Voice was saying. It was Remembrance Day, a day to remember the sacrifices made by soldiers during the World War 1. Major hostilities ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month thus the special date. Many people on the street were wearing a pin of a single (fake) poppy flower on their blazer, while somber men in green uniforms and beret sold these remembrance pins around street corners. And so, in remembrance of the brave people who sacrificed their lives and endure horrific war fights, we in the office observed a minute's silence. Lest we forget.