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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 10:28 PM
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Be a Manners Police Recruit...
Edited on Thu Oct-20-05 10:38 PM by bliss_eternal
I grew up with women that had very stringent ideas of what courtesy was--what was polite, impolite, etc. There are things I can't bring myself to do, because it is ingrained in me as rude. When I see/hear others do these things, I am a surprised that social mores have relaxed so much. Then again, there are other things I'm glad no one bothers with...

So--Just for this thread--you are now The Manners Police.

What citations would you issue and why?

My citations:

1.Gum poppers (those that chew gum with open mouths and insist on snapping and popping it).

2. People that ask other's age-- I feel age is only relevant when you are wine or cheese. Asking (outside of the DU lounge) is the epitome of rudeness, imo. I felt this way at 20--I always cringed when I heard someone (strangers) ask others age.

3. Rude drivers--no signaling prior to turning or passing into lanes.

4. People that talk on cell phones in public places and practically yell ALL of their business to anyone in range of them--just classless. (No cell phones growing up, so technically no one taught me this was rude--I just think it is. ;)).

5. Atrocious table manners. Don't just mean elbows on the table stuff... I once dated a guy that ate like he was incarcerated--complete with him guarding his food with one hand. (I wish I was kidding...)


Anyway...your turn!!!


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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 10:37 PM
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1. every one of them is a pet peeve of mine too!!
i couldn't believe it when i read your list. me and my sister grew up together in the same house, but i cringed when she asked my son's future grandmother in law (old school armenian) how old she was at the engagement party. personally, i don't care if people know my age ( i wear it well), but i don't presume to think others feel the same way.

gum poppers - ahhhhhhhhh! drives me INSANE, especially in an enclosed space like a train or office. people that scream their bizness on their cellphones. and i am a cussing mf'er at bad drivers!

that is all, hee hee:-)
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 10:40 PM
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3. Shanti--
I'm cracking up that we share so many of the same peeves--that's so funny!

I actually changed one a bit, as I thought of something more specific. So check out #5. I wish I was kidding about that one, but it is based on a true story. LOL!
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 10:38 PM
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2. Here are mine:
1. People with large purses or bags (that includes men) who don't try to keep them close to their bodies, and end up hitting me with them when they go by.

2. People who stop in the middle of a sidewalk or walkway, completely oblivious to the fact that there are other people trying to get somewhere. This particular irritation is fresh with me, as I encountered it more times than I could count when I was in Las Vegas.

3. People who use especially bad curse language in public. I can cuss like a sailor, but I don't do it in public. I recently went into a neighborhood supermarket, during what was lunch time at the high school across the street. There were a lot of students in there, and almost everyone of them were saying "shit", "fuck" and other things. I don't care to hear that when I'm out in public. I was more angry at the store manager, though, for not grabbing these kids by the ears, and kicking them out of the store for that kind of behavior.

4. People who don't know how to say "please" and "thank you". What is so hard about that?

5. People with strollers who run into the backs of my legs. Please folks, those are supposed to be ways to get your child around, NOT battering rams. My husband and I are sometimes tempted to rent a stroller, go where there are lots of other strollers, and start running into the backs of people's legs. Of course, we would not do that, because it would be rude and mannerless.....

6. People who talk while chewing, and/or chew with their mouths open. Makes me want to :puke: . I mean, literally. I used to work with someone who did that, and when we would all gather around the lunch table, I could NOT look at her when she was eating.

I'll probably think of more, but that's my starter list.
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 10:46 PM
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4. LOL! LOL! LMAO!
Oh--my sides, Seattle Girl--your list is priceless! :rofl:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

It's not at all funny that so many in today's society are so blatantly rude, but what IS funny is how much I could relate to so much of what you said.

The stopping in the middle of the walkway--OmG! Saw it in Vegas--it's SO bad at Disneyland. To just walk along and suddenly, you slam into their back because they indiscriminately decide they are done walking. :wtf: People, it's called a WALKWAY!! Keep WALKING!

Stroller--Oy! We should write a book on that one!

Your #6--see my #5...

:hi:

Really enjoyed your list!
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 10:54 PM
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5. Glad you related! I like your list too.
To add something to my item about people stopping in the middle of a walkway, the other thing we encountered were people who would stop as soon as the got off an esclator or people-mover. This can cause a dangerous 50-person pile-up!!! Then these idiots have the nerve to be offended or mad because you have knocked them over!

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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 11:38 PM
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9. Oh, I know--
what is up with that? What about the ones that are walking rather briskly and suddenly just settle down to barely moving crawl? As you politely try to excuse yourself around them, they stop and briefly move in every direction that impedes you from getting past them.

:banghead:

I had the worst headache and hiccups to boot at Disneyland, and was trying to get to the nurse's station. This couple was doing that--I finally brusquely pushed past them--still excusing myself--and they cussed at ME!!!

:banghead:

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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 10:55 PM
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6. Shouldn't that be "Please be a Manners Police Recruit"?
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 11:33 PM
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8. Yes, you are correct...
my bad. LOL! :hi:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 11:02 PM
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7. If you're eleven years old and write a letter to the editor
Don't write

Amy Cheezit, Age 11

It only makes it look like you're after some sort of prize because your parents wrote a letter for you.
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