Manners pet peeve's

[Cindiloohoo]

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UGH bad etiquette for pledging the flag is another that gets on my nerves too. If you are born in America, you should be proud, and SHOW IT!

 

[StupidBird]

DH doesn't salute/pledge, out of respect, because he is not a US citizen, even though it got him many dirty looks. He does just stand quietly and respectfully. Hat off. But we see lots of people who just can't be bothered one way or another to pause and show respect for others.

DH is being re-trained on cell phone manners. When on a date night, he whips out his crackberry and does emails and who knows what, right there at the restaurant table. So engrossed was he, he never noticed the bizarre and grotesque faces I was making at him. A lady next to us did, I thought she was going to fall off her chair staring. (I was using my hands and all too). I have threatened violent things to happen to that device. I also know how to disable it in ways he can not fix, but does no damage. Which I haven't had to do yet.

People who talk on the cell in the public bathroom are really special. I flush just for them.

 

[FrizzlesRule]

All the things I've read are gross and disgusting or just rude. What really makes my blood boil as much as chicken haters do is sitting next to people in the library that either smell, are rude and noisy or yapping on their phones.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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Yeah...it's not just public either, bad manners have even spilled over into the internet...they're EVERYWHERE!! I understand not saluting the flag if you are not a citizen, but citizens who enjoy ALL the freedoms, should show respect IMO. Otherwise, there are plenty of foreigners who woud LOVE to take their place and show respect for a country they'd be proud to call themselves a part of.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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YES!!! We consider it bad manners to SMELL offensive too!!

 

[ChickenToes]

My pet peeves: take your hat off at the dinner table, don't talk with your mouth full, and be respectful AT ALL TIMES. If there is one thing that makes me angry faster than anything else, it's dealing with someone who is disrespectful. Makes me want to beat them with my shoe.

 

[country lady]

I, too, think good manners are necessary. I saw Meredith Viera say "Don't call me that" to a young contestant who called her "ma'am" on the game show. I thought she was rude and I haven't watched the show since. Why this upsets some women (also holding a door for them) is beyond me. I always say "thank you" when someone is kind enough to hold a door open. DH and the kids do the same. We just hold doors open for everybody. Manners keep us civilized, IMO.

 

[MagsC]

Another thing my mom always taught us at the dinner table was not to make scraping noises with our spoons/forks....

 

[Karrie13]

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Oh yes... and don't slurp the last drop of a drink out of your cup with a straw. Don't shovel food into your mouth like you are starving... eat like a civilized person (still working on this with my son

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[PaulaJoAnne]

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Personally, my own rule for women in hats is: work hat, same rules as guys. Fancy church or dressy hat, on indoors maybe, but not on when it will be a bother. Since I have never have anything but something to keep the sun off my face, the branches from slapping my eyes, and something to stuff my hair into that keeps it fairly simple.

Some of us ladies wear a headcovering, so removal is not going to happen