Etiquette
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Topic: Etiquette
Posted By: Bunkered
Subject: Etiquette
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 7:13pm
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Etiquette is something that seems to be lost on most people these days. Whether it's holding the door for someone, not wearing a hat indoors, or simply the way you talk to people, our population (especially teenagers) seem to be completely incapable of being polite.
So I figured I'd post this thread to see what you personally find to be the most impolite actions that people around you take. Here's the list I came up with off-hand: 1) Talking on a cell-phone while checking out at a store. 2) Swearing and/or using racial terms in public. 3) Wearing a hat while eating. 4) Not saying thank you when I hold a door open for you. 
5) Not getting over to let people merge onto the freeway. 6) Not stopping to see if everyone's alright in a car accident. 7) Answering cell phones in movie theaters. 8) Cutting in line. List whatever people do that's just downright rude, in your opinion. ------------- 
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Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 7:36pm
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Thoes dang whipper-snappers. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 7:38pm
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Those damn kids with their backwards caps listening that hoodlem
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 7:39pm
| Chewing with their mouth open. I don't care what anyone else does, but that's the most disgusting sound ever. It makes me sick to my stomach, and my roomate is awful about it. |
Posted By: Apu
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 7:42pm
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usafpilot07 wrote:Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 7:43pm
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Stopping for accidents can make things worse for everyone. especially if its raining or something
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Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 7:47pm
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It's not etiquette that's the problem is the lack of consideration towards everybody. ------------- 
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Posted By: jordanpischke
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 7:48pm
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This always ticks me off. ------------- 
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 7:56pm
God I agree. That sound is one of the few things in this world that make me almost uncontrollably mad! It's so simple to avoid, and there's really no excuse to do it. My neighbor has a horrible habit of doing it, and since he's an older gentleman, and I do respect him, I never say anything about it. Yet it drives me up the wall! ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: X-51
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 8:04pm
| Chewing with ones mouth open is a direct result of not having the ability to breathe through the nose, that or ignoring it outright. |
Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 8:08pm
Isn't that what etiquette means? ------------- 
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Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 8:25pm
Sorry for the rant, it just kind of kept going once I started lol. -------------
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Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 8:37pm
I never stop at an accident, unless it has happened right in front of me, because there is usually already 5 different cars full of people there and I feel I would get in the way or make more trouble when for the people already in the accident. ------------- <Sig violation, Section 1> |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 10:22pm
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I aggree with Kickin. You should stop and help if you're needed, otherwise dont crowd. ------------- 
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 11:13pm
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elevator etiquette pisses me off. You let people out, then you get in. You don't run to catch the door of an elevator or ask someone to hold the door when you're a distance away at an elevator bank with 6 or even 8 elevators. when the doors open, and someone needs to get off, you move so they can get off.. can you tell i had a job where i rode an elevator easily over 100 times a day? also, in lecture halls. if you sit at the end of an aisle, get up early and leave so the people in the middle of the row can leave. likewise, if you know you're a slow test taker, don't take up the end seats so we smart kids can leave when we're done and not crawl over the obstacle course that's your backpack, jacket, purse, and whatever else you felt you needed to bring to class for a test. |
Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 11:20pm
In the dorm last year we only had 2 elevators for the building and it pissed me off when one guy was on the elevator and he wouldnt hold it for you. It would take an extra 5-10 seconds just to wait but they couldnt do it. I know this is completely different then yours because you had more elevators and a job to do but your story reminded me of this. And I agree with the lecture hall thing. -------------  |
Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 11:25pm
understand basic subway etiquette. ------------- 
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 12:31am
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actually, same thing for lecture halls, you let people out, you don't zerg rush into the hall before the class before you leaves to get your seat. I've put my shoulder into a few people who try to get in the door while i'm in a line of people to get out. that, and the classic one liner, "gotta get a good seat huh?" also, about holding the elevator, sure, I'll do it if you're hurrying, or if i'm feeling nice, or if i'm the only one in the elevator and not holding anyone up besides myself. I just hate people who round the corner and catch a glimpse of an open elevator door and scream "hold that for meh!!!!" while trying to hang on to their precious bag of popcorn from the vendor in the lobby, and finish a phone call with their teenage daughter who had a crisis because her boyfriend broke up with her. in general, my exceptions are limited to: a.) people i like b.) cute young girls c.) handicap people d.) people who are close enough not to be a bother |
Posted By: Tical2.0
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 12:53am
People throwing/dropping there Credit/Debt cards down on the counter instead of passing them to you. Spitting. When people fart around you then leave so it smells like you farted. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bunkered
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 1:57am
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Thowing the money/card on the counter pisses me off a bit too. I usually do the same with their receipt if they do that to me, but am otherwise polite and courteous to them.
I think I've been a complete dick to one customer in 8 months, and he greatly deserved it. Guys who just come in cursing up a storm (at me) because they can't figure out how to pump gas crack me up. -------------
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 1:59am
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To add to lecture hall etiquette:
-If you are more than 10 minutes late (and that's stretching it), don't bother coming in, unless there is a very quiet way to do so. We all hate you. -If you're using a laptop, go sit near the back, I don't want to have to see you browsing Digg/Pr0n all class. And mute your speakers, just do it. -In general, if you are anywhere where silence is golden, turn off your cell phone. Don't put it on vibrate, don't put it on silent, turn it off. |
Posted By: Belt #2
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 2:56am
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I usually set the money on the counter as the cashier is figuring out the total. I do have a nasty tendancy to throw my ID down on the counter when asked for it. It makes me seriously angry when I buy tobacco products on a daily basis at the same gas station, almost always at the same time of day, too. Seriously people, why must you continue to ID me if you already know what the situation is?
One of my old favorites: When the weather is not tire-traction approved, and you see someone stuck, offer them a tow. Last snow I saw a guy in a little 2wd s10 literally stuck trying to get out of his own driveway (how pitiful). Seeing the giant "chevrolet" and bowtie logo sticker he had on his winshield, I couldn't pass up the opportuinty to hurt his pride. I offered to tow him out with the 4wd ford I was driving at the time. He almost accepted my offer until he realised what I was driving. "I'd rather total my truck than be towed out by a ford" I told him "alright, good luck" and left some nice rooster-tail snow reside on his windshield as I left. I wish I could post his response (forum rules). You really had to have been there. It was a golden moment. ------------- Most importantly - People suck. |
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 11:45am
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People who cut in line, especially at the airport. It's your fault you're irresponsible and can't get anywhere on time. No need to delay everyone else.
People that will open your car window when you have the heater on, and it's below 30 outside, any you're freezing cold. Etiquette and being considerate to those around you is not a common trait. Most will just go on with their self centered little worlds. |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 11:48am
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I don't find cursing in public that offensive.
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Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 11:51am
When I was working at a convenience store we could get in serious trouble for not id'ing every time. Firstly, if the person was using a fake id and it's only checked the once, they can keep buying illegally. Second, a liquor store down the street from us got busted pretty hard for selling to a kid (working for the police to bust people for this) that was 21, but because he didn't "look" 27, the age you must appear to not get carded, and the cashier didn't card him, the place got a fine. We didn't want to ever get caught not carding somebody. ------------- 
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Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 11:54am
It all depends on the audience. If there's a bunch of kids around me, I won't do it, or if I know it will bother the people around me. |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 12:38pm
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im eating while wearing a hat right now...with my mouth open! but seriously, how does wearing a hat while eating affect you at all? ------------- 
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Posted By: Tical2.0
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 12:40pm
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Its just disrespectful when you are around people.
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 12:56pm
So is it disrespectful to wear a hat in public? What happens is I am eating a hot dog at a ball game? What if I am eating outside at a picnic table? What if I am having a bad hair day and my hair is more offensive than the hat? What if I am just having a snack at the kitchen table but no one else is eating? What if I am at a kitchen table eating snacks, drinking beer, but am playing poker or watching a ballgame? What if I am eating at a sports bar? Should I remove my hat for all that too? Where does one draw the line and who decides? |
Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 1:00pm
Well, the common denominator here is his head... Get rid of that and none of the rest of this is an issue. -------------
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Posted By: Tical2.0
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 1:05pm
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 1:06pm
how so? i can see punching someone in face as being disrespectful, or nailing someones wife as disrespectful, but how is wearing a hat while im eating around others disrespectful? if anything, id say someone else asking me to remove my hat while im eating as disrespectful, as they are butting into my business. -------------
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Posted By: Tical2.0
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 1:08pm
Okay well In my family. and many families I know they don't take it to kindly when you are having a nice dinner, and don't take off your hat. That's all I'm saying, nothing more nothing less. -------------
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 2:17pm
Since when does your family and those other families dictate what I do? I think it is rude that your family judges my hat wearing at the dinner table. |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 2:25pm
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Chewing with you mouth open is definitely on my top. I hate bad eating habits, and I usually don't looks at the person because I get nautious pretty easy with that sort of stuff. A few days ago a kid at my lunch table was eating, and then he would flip his retainer in his mouth and it had food and crap in it, I spun completely around and almost yacked. As for the hat at the dinner table, I usually always have a hat on, usually like an af baseball hat or something like that, and the only time I take it off while eating is at a nice restaurant. -------------
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 2:47pm
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The whole 'hats are disrespectful' notion seems silly to me. Shouldn't one be judged by their actions/behavior rather than whether or not they are wearing headgear?
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Posted By: Tical2.0
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 2:47pm
When I said you in the post. I wasn't meaning it as YOU. Stop trying to argue. -------------
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 2:56pm
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you people! what do you mean by "you people" ?! -------------
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 2:59pm
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sunglasses like all the time. Particularly in restaurants.... Get over it. -------------
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 3:10pm
That amuses me - because I make a point of wearing sunglasses in stores and restaurants, just to annoy people. It gives me a headache, but it's worth it, as it apparently it working.
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 3:13pm
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That would have been good advice last century. Alas, this is now the 21st century, and having access to a functional cell phone/blackberry 24/7 is no longer optional. I turn mine off only on airplanes, and only for the minimum required period of time. Otherwise, it is on and within reach at all times.
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 3:20pm
saw you in a restaurant with sunglasses on, Rambs. And I would go back and edit my misuse of "where", but it's already been quoted... -------------
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 3:33pm
Well, given that I am doing it on purpose, it is hard to argue with your conclusion.
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 4:00pm
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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 4:14pm
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Bluetooth in ear at all times annoys me
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 4:15pm
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Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 4:18pm
Blue-tools. -------------
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Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 6:26pm
| People who bowl right next to you while you are bowling. Throws me off sometimes. Especially bowlers that have been bowling for awhile in leagues. |
Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 6:34pm
After bowling in a league for 6 years this drives me nuts when people do it. Its so distracting. ------------- |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 6:45pm
just an observation, the only people i see wearing these around campus, are black. just throwin it out there -------------
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Posted By: DarkMachine5
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 7:15pm
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i hate it when im in a restaurant or other public place with a group of other teenagers and they swear loudly. Its just like come on don't reinforce the stereotype. I really hate it when there are parents with their children around and people swear.
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Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 7:15pm
1) Why? I can do everything just as quickly if I am having a conversation with someone as without. Heck, if anything I am quicker so that I may finish my conversation in private once more. 2) I don't really find simply swearing in public nearly as bad as swearing obnoxiously loud, or swearing period in front of kids. 3) As previously stated - dumb. 7) Again, discretion should be used. If someone picks up and whispers "Hey, I'm in a movie babe, I'll call you back. Love you. Bye", quickly, I don't really mind. On the other hand, if someone picks up and says "Hey, what is up!? Awesome! Yeah, I'm watching ___. Yeah, it kind of sucks, et cetera," very loudly, then I tend to get annoyed quickly. Also, BB, what is wrong with a phone on vibrate or silent? |
Posted By: BradNowell
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 7:18pm
lol Darkmachine5 is a name i use for a few other forums. I just logged in with it on instinct. Didnt even know i made that username here. ------------- "When I travel through mountainous areas or places of questionable hillbilly population, I usually keep a gun in the vehicle" -Da Hui |
Posted By: TheSpookyKids87
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 11:56pm
| People that wear shorts when its in the negatives. |
Posted By: AngelSlayer
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 12:03am
Not so long ago I held a door open for a young lady at the dorm I lived in last spring. The exterior doors all lock and you need a keycard to open them, so I had to get mine out and it was open, so I held the door for her so she wouldn't have to get out her card....seems completely nice and noble and we both could have gone the rest or our lives without every thinking over the instance again. But no, she stopped in the doorway and confronted me with something roughly like, "I can do it...myself" and sort-of continued to remark to her friend that I was chauvinist or sexist or something for holding the door. -------------  
Hey, Pate, it does feel good to be a gangster. |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 1:52am
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Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 3:38am
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On the hats, people are putting the food element above the context element. Its fine to eat food with a hat on, but when its a sit down meal with people, its generally seen as tacky to keep outwear (hats, sunglasses, etc.) on in a formal or semi-formal setting which are generally viewed as indoor events, and the same rules apply to these events when they're outdoors. A picnic is hardly semi-formal, but something like a banquet would definetely be. Plus, lets face it, you look like a general <arse>hole when your wearing a hat at a table with other people. As for phones, I don't mind if someone has to answer one in a formal or semi-formal setting, provided they keep it brief. If its something urgent or pressing, and not just shooting the breeze, thats understandable. As hysteria said, its tacky when they just pick up to chit-chat. Frankly, I think everyone should keep their phone on Vibrate all the time. Its much more polite and less irritating then hearing random loud bursts of song. AngelSlayer, I've been noticing a trend in that area. As part of equality for women, Chivalry must die, however, too often good manners are mistaken for Chivalry. Sometimes people are just dumb. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 4:09am
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I'm of the opposite belief. I've always thought that this would be a better society if the ideals of chivalry were followed today. Chivalry upheld the ideas of respect for women, amongst other things that could benefit from society. If a man performing his gentlemanly duty of holding a door for a lady is seen as insulting, then I almost fear for society.
------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: +DreX+
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 11:32am
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Feminists bother me. Maybe its their whole way of attacking the male sex; I didnt do anything and one just went off on me how bad the male sex was... I almost smacked her, but I cant because that would reinforce her view. I hate snowboarders who do dumb things and make snowboarders look bad, like cutting off other skiers, because skiers complain too much. ------------- Insert Fail Here |
Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 1:02pm
example. Me and my girlfriend where waiting for a table to open up for us in a fairly nice restaurant. It was one of those restaurants that rich people eat at and don't seem to realize it's a chain... Now, we're both 17 and we don't really dress up nice to go out to eat (especially at novelty chains such as this restaurant), however we don't ever wear anything inappropriate and we're always polite. Anyway, we decide to wait in the room by the main entrance (can't remember what it's called. It's like you go through a set of doors and then another then you're at the front desk thing) due to overcrowding. I see a group of middle aged people, obviously anxious to get away from the cold. Me, being in a good mood, decide to open up the door and hold it for them to get inside. About 3 women and 2 men, about in their late 30's to early 50's passes me without even a glance or thank you. I then turn to my girlfriend and say loud enough for them to hear "...boy, it is sure nice to be in the likes of such polite people." To which one of the males wearing cowboy fatigue glances at me and gives me the stink eye. I then wave and smile and say "See? Classy." we then both laughed. ------------- X |
Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 1:33pm
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Round here being friendly is just part of the culture. Although when I was working in a supermarket on the tills I noticed people from the more affluent areas were undoubtedly less polite to us mere shop assistants. I don't know why but it's the truth. |
Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 24 February 2008 at 4:38pm
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The thing that gets me about feminism is it's your democratic right as a human to be allowed to do things like vote, drive and speak in public. Fan 'effing Tastic.
It is just as much my right to open a door for you if I want to. I am not doing it because I think you are incapable, I am doing it to show repect. I'm also doing it to show I'm a nice guy, and I'm not a pushy ass who thinks he as more rights to get though a door than a woman. (HINT, THIS would mean I am a sexist.) Personally I think women who have a chip on their shoulder so big that they can't accept a guy being polite, well they need to lighten up. I actually had a date end over this. As we walked to my car from her house, we both had to pass the passenger door. So I opened it for her. As she climbed in she said "I can do it myself you know!". Well because I wanted to get into her pants I let it slide. When the bill came she demanded to know what her half was. I said, "I asked you out to supper. I do't expect you to pay for it." Her reply was "I am able to pay for my own food thank you very much." At which point I drove her home and dropped her off.Making a point to get out the car and open her door for her. KBK |
Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 7:04pm
I stop and wait, even if I am in mid-stride. Most people do the same and we have to agree on who is going to go first. ------------- Sig is WAY too big. |
Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 8:02pm
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Anyone else not put their elbows on the table while in public / eating with family or anyone you're showing respect to?
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Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 8:19pm
This is why I wish people would disable keypad tones on their phones. You can text without everyone else hearing BEEP BEEP BEEP BOOP BOOP BEEP BEEP BEEP BOOP BEEP DERP BEEP BEEP...DADERP! Is there really any need to have a sound telling you you're hitting keys? |
Posted By: Tical2.0
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 8:31pm
Blind people? -------------
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Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 8:37pm
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Tell me that was a joke. |
Posted By: Bunkered
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 10:23pm
It doesn't really bother me that much if someone does it, but I never do that. -------------
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Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 10:25pm
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Not getting a "thanks" when holding doors open for people doesn't bother me. It's the lack of an expression of gratitude that kind of ticks me off. Some people, as explained by a post above, act as if nobody is there. I also can't stand: People not warning you when they're going to pass you (if they're very close) on ski-slopes/sidewalks. Pilots not calling out what they are doing in uncontrolled skies (the same guy crossed in front of us twice today because of this) When people try to force a thanks out of someone. Blocking people from switching lanes. -------------
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Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 10:27pm
Really? Cause the last time I was in Scotland i got in two fights and saw a guy beat up his handicapped sister ( in prestwick) all in the same night. I was all happy when i learned we were stopping over there and woke up the next day with bruised knuckles and sore ribs. Good thing i wasn't drinkin... ------------- A second class drive is always better than a first class walk. |
Posted By: Bunkered
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 10:40pm
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I'd like to add a couple things to the list:
1) Bicyclists who feel the need to take up entire lanes and impede traffic. 2) People who refuse to merge right and let you pass. On the ride back from Tennessee yesterday, some dumbass from Indiana was riding in the left lane doing 65, and riding right next to a semi. Held me up from passing for over 30 minutes. I was about to push him forward with my bumper I was so pissed. -------------
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