Let's Talk About Manners...

[cstacatto]

How about when you order a sandwich at a deli.......

CAN I GET A SANDWICH....makes you sound like a neanderthal.

Try this one:

May I please have a sandwich.

Then maybe your sandwich will taste nicer cause it will be made with love hehehehe.

 

[scbatz33]

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Send the parents a bill. Invoice it for the food and the damaged goods. Maybe, just maybe, they'll get the hint....although I doubt it.

 

[crtrlovr]

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Ok, along the same vein but probably a bit more controversial... how about adults that do the same thing. We have some in-laws that we're not particularly close to, who will show up at the door without calling first, and expect to be entertained for 2 or 3 hours. The final straw was when they showed up at 7pm and without even knocking tried to open the door and walk in.

After that, we wrote them a polite letter asking to please call before coming to visit - they now act totally insulted... thoughts?

good riddance to bad rubbish? I can't stand that. We have folks who have told us "you don't have to knock, just come on in" Ummm, no. What if you're doing "things". I still knock. I just can't walk into anyone's home like that. I certainly don't want people doing it to me.

Of course, we have 3 dogs - big dogs - so we don't have it happen much!

Oh and I can't call someone before 10am or after 10 pm. It just seems rude. It was just how I was raised.

So true. I don't even just "walk in" at my PARENTS' house, and I REALLY detest it when someone tries that here. It happened just a few days ago -- an acquaintance of ours came in through our "carport converted into our office" door which either my husband or I had neglected to lock. We usually keep it locked ALL the time, even when we're home. He strolled on through the office, into the kitchen, and just "appeared" in the doorway between the dining room and living room, scaring the snot out of me and ticking off my husband immensely. IMHO, "that just ain't cool"... His excuse was that he'd knocked and no one answered. He didn't bother to knock on the FRONT door which opens directly into the living room. That makes me REALLY not trust someone.

 

[Lunachick]

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I have a sister like that! OMG Obviously we don't go out together that much anymore. We were in an antique store, and browsing around, I catch up with her. She saunters over and then suddenly back into a corner (into a cute cupbard I might add) and lets a big one go! I'm shy, so I (giggling madly here) quickly go into another room (I don't know her!) But the thing is, she did this all the time. I'm like - it wasn't me, of course with her confidence and my lack thereof, it looked like I farted.

Sometimes you can't win.

Anyway, now I go shopping with my other sister. At least until I get brazen and don't care anymore and start acting like my other sister.

Antique stores - BEWARE!

 

[piecemaker]

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That is a big one with my DH. He was a beer drinker and of coarce that means he belched to. One day I told him I was sick of his mouth farts. He said it isn't a fart cuz it didnt come from his behind at which I told him but they both start in the same place. One just goes up and one goes down
piecemaker

 

[Rosalind]

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Ok, along the same vein but probably a bit more controversial... how about adults that do the same thing. We have some in-laws that we're not particularly close to, who will show up at the door without calling first, and expect to be entertained for 2 or 3 hours. The final straw was when they showed up at 7pm and without even knocking tried to open the door and walk in.

After that, we wrote them a polite letter asking to please call before coming to visit - they now act totally insulted... thoughts?

There's a real simple way to get rid of them, and you only have to do it once: walk right in front of them in your birthday suit, then scream "Oh my god! Honey, put the...ummm...STUFF away! Your parents are here!"

I used to have guests who dropped by without calling or knocking first. They caught me and some friends skinny-dipping in the pool. They rarely come by anymore, and never without calling.

 

[Ugly Cowboy]

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Yep, makes me wanna smack folks when they do that... and talkin with there mouth full, especially when your tryin to eat to... I dont want ya spittin in my food LOL!

And when folks come out to the barn, dont let your kids run free, play hide 'n seek in the stalls, chase my sheep, goats, chickens, etc ("oh, there just playin" dont set well with me. I respect your stuff, respect mine if ya would.) And especially, when its your horse, clean up after it.

 

[conny63malies]

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My DH just udders "hungry, so hungry"

 

[jonathansenn]

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This happened to me at college with my friend from New York. He would just show up at the house. Sometimes he would be there when I got home. Just sitting on my deck waiting for me to arrive.

I think this is a northern phenomenon, because this is considered extremely rude in the South. Even though I am their grandson and had permission to hunt anytime, I had to call my grandmother before going over there just to park my truck.

 

[Chicken Fruit]

someone probably said this already, but I really cant stand it when men itch their crotches in public.

i can see you, mister. After all, we're having a bloody conversation! GET YOUR HAND OUT OF YOUR NETHER REGIONS!

Even worse is the "my hand is just in my pocket" scratch.