Slurping/No slurping is an interesting one, considering it varies by culture. Which one is right? XD
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Social Faux Pas You Never Understood
- Thread starter tr00per
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this is 100% not cool. using ear/headphones that leak a lot is just as bad imho
imagine if everyone started playing music loudly in public?
Taking your jacket off at dinner.
Fuck you I'll wear what I want.
Had an argument with some friends trying to convince me I'd be warmer without it cause I would adjust to the indoor temp, but if I wore it I'd feel colder once we got outside cause I had acclimated inside while wearing the jacket.
Like, what the fuck are you talking about? Who cares, I'll take the risk folks.
Fuck you I'll wear what I want.
Had an argument with some friends trying to convince me I'd be warmer without it cause I would adjust to the indoor temp, but if I wore it I'd feel colder once we got outside cause I had acclimated inside while wearing the jacket.
Like, what the fuck are you talking about? Who cares, I'll take the risk folks.
Its acceptable while in a vehicle, why not while out and about? :(
Are you talking about playing music with your windows down so everyone has to hear? Cause that's not cool either.
If you live in a country where no one holds doors (like Japan) it'll make a whole lot more sense.
I know a guy who tells everyone to take their shoes off in his home but when he goes to another person's house he wears his shoes inside, no matter how many times you ask him not to or point out his hypocrisy.
That's absurd. Now I personally couldn't care less if people wear shoes in my house, and I probably would prefer to keep them on at other peoples houses preferably, but you do what the host asks. Like, if I asked my friend to take their shoes off and they refused I'd kick them out.
Staring is pretty common, people rarely wash their hands after using the toilet, and putting your elbows on the dining table is encouraged.
So, dunno
The hat elbows things I really don't get either.
Wait, what? Shaking women's hands is a social faux pas where you are? Over here you'd be looked at really weird if you kissed a woman's hand instead of shaking it...
It depends on if you like the song or not
Having to wait for other people to get their meals before starting your own at a restaurant. I don't see why my food should have to get cold for several minutes. I would never expect people to wait for me and I actively tell them to dig in if they're waiting.
Seems like some weird antiquated piece of etiquette that needs to go away.
Seems like some weird antiquated piece of etiquette that needs to go away.
As a parent I don't bother with classic etiquette that doesn't make sense (such as always use Fork with left hand, elbows on table, etc) while making my kids aware of them and noting they'll have to decide themselves how they feel in social circumstances with those.
Sensible manners and behavior plus cleanliness are a must though for me. Polite interaction, awareness and empathy for others and keeping yourself clean are the core for social living.
Thus I have polite well mannered kids who don't sweat the small stuff which I consider a good result.
Sensible manners and behavior plus cleanliness are a must though for me. Polite interaction, awareness and empathy for others and keeping yourself clean are the core for social living.
Thus I have polite well mannered kids who don't sweat the small stuff which I consider a good result.
that's why you use your elbowsYou should wash your hands every time you poo.
peeing, however...
Or the paper towel you used to dry your hands or literally anything else. Bad excuse not to wash your hands. (which everyone should do more regardless of whether you just used the restroom)
oh yea i haaaaate this
one time i went to eat at this not-fancy-at-all little restaurant, and the waiter came to me and asked really rudely "uhhh, are you alone? is it just you?" and in my head im like WTF yea can i just eat or what?
pissed me off. why have an attitude like that towards a paying customer? i'm a regular there too, for like the past 5 years.. sometimes i eat with the gf, sometimes alone. am i a freak of nature?
These things make me feel so incompetent. I don't understand most of them. Recently had a thing happen where a client dropped a tanpon out of her bag and i instinctively picked it up and gave it to her. Husband went into a fit and got super mad. I'm left thinking what the fuck did I do or what the fuck did she do. I don't understand.
I mean I sort of do, I just don't know why people seem so invested in these things when they're never spoken of as if it's in our interest and always used to put us down.
I mean I sort of do, I just don't know why people seem so invested in these things when they're never spoken of as if it's in our interest and always used to put us down.
Not saying hello / bye to your co-workers and neighbours you come across in your house / office floor
Like some of those people I've never even talked with why am i expected to greet them
Like some of those people I've never even talked with why am i expected to greet them
I thought it was because you esstenjallu paid for your meal then gave a little extra as the gift.
Altho think the common enough trend in Ireland is 100 per person if there's a meal. 50 if there ain't
Having to greet everyone at a party. Kissing women on the cheeks and giving men a hand.
I'm here for the one throwing the party, not entertaining their guests.
I'm here for the one throwing the party, not entertaining their guests.
ho yeah that's so me... it's not a big deal but i really don't like forcing myself to go near everyone, shaking their hand and kissing their cheek! But if you don't you'll get a really bad look
just saying hi should be enough
Not pointing at strangers does kind of make sense to me. Without any other communication most people would assume that there was probably some negative intention behind it.
for me, very loud car music, the kind that makes the windows of other cars vibrate, isn't cool either.
like i said, imagine if everyone played their music on loudspeaker? how awful would that be?
I think some of you are just using this thread to vent your own personal social anxiety instead of what the intent is lol
In the reverse one that's always irritated me is when fake ass "cowboy" type dudes wear their straw hats indoors. Like come on man, my momma would have smacked the shit out of me if I tried wearing that big ass thing in the house.
This is mostly a southern thing tho I think.
Ot though one thing I always found odd was in ME countries apparently showing the souls of your shoes is considered /very/ rude. Just weird lol
This is mostly a southern thing tho I think.
Ot though one thing I always found odd was in ME countries apparently showing the souls of your shoes is considered /very/ rude. Just weird lol
I don't think anywhere that serves 3/4-pound cheeseburgers is going to care lol
I keep elbows off the table if I'm at a formal black tie dinner or in a nice restaurant, but I don't care when I'm in a burger or pizza place and I don't think anyone else does either.
Those shoes have all sorts of dirt and shit on them, I don't want that tracked on to my carpet
I think this one varries by class. If you're in a middle+ class then it works but if you're lower class and have to do manual labor then the act of taking off your shoes is going to result in some dank ass feet so people don't do it.
In most of the houses I've always been asked to take off shoes it's always been more "posh" type houses in the burbs.
By region or nationality. Not class.
If you're not Asian or particularly particular, SoCal doesn't do this often.
Hmmmmm guess that's a point, some people have stinky feet but if someone's coming over I'd like them to at least not have just come from working a ton and have gross sweaty feet. Maybe I sound even more suburban just saying that lol
I never understood this either. Especially at small venues where the band can see most of the crowd. Why not show some appreciation if you have a shirt?
That one is pretty simple. They don't want you to dirty their floors.
lmao yeah. There were a few staunch defenders of it in a thread last week, such jokers.
Glad I missed that thread. I've seen the sentiment on GAF and ERA in the past though and laugh at any posts where someone tries to defend it.
In the old days you would have been called a "sin-eater" and been an essential, yet despised member of the community.