why were people rearranging the furniture on the titanic when it was sinking ?

Question

if I were on the ship my only concern would be to get my stuff and get a lifeboat

Answer 1

You must be hilarious in real life if you take everyday phrases so literally.

Answer 2

I've been reading Titanic books, and many of the passengers were told " this ship will never sink" and they just stayed with that idea. They may not have done the furniture, but they sat around and played cards etc.

Answer 3

They weren't.  The saying "rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic" is a metaphor for futile action which doesn't address the real, serious, problem one is facing.  It's obviously pointless to rearrange chairs on a sinking ship.

Answer 4

They were doing no such thing, that is a stupid myth.

Answer 5

They weren't doing that.  That would be like putting lipstick on a pig.

Answer 6

It might be too confusing for you, to explain what was meant.

Answer 7

the people on the titanic were not rearranging the furniture when it went down. it is an idiom which is often used to describe a futile action in the face of impending catastrophe. The phrase was first used in print in 1969, in Time Magazine, in reference to reforms in the Catholic Church.

Answer 8

probably so when the ship was tilting,,,it didnt crash into people