mick2me 3,033 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 I also hate it when people can't say THANK YOU when I hold a door for them... If someone walks off without acknowledging something I have done for them I have a phrase that I use, which originated some years ago... I was on International Drive the tourist area of Orlando when a car pulled up and a German tourist popped his head out of the window and said... "Vich Vey ist to Disney" I gave him directions and he just started to drive off! I cupped my hands and shouted after him... "DON'T MENTION IT... Oh you didn't mention it!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,877 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Do you take your shoes off when you enter someones house? A member of my family expects you to at their house but does not when they enter mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Very RUDE of that person Denshaw @ #28. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Do you take your shoes off when you enter someones house? A member of my family expects you to at their house but does not when they enter mine. When I enter someone's house for the first time I always ask if they'd like me to take them off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 'Manners maketh the Man' - what about the woman? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,638 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Just tell them to turn their phone off when they come to see you, and explain that you consider it bad manners for a visitor to be on the phone all the time, different if they need to answer the damn thing but not to make calls in your house, or worse, play bloody games on the thing. After all they wouldn't spend that much time on a land line Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Judge Michael Stokes was not amused when a member of the publics mobile went off the other day in court, during a murder trial. I am really glad it was not mine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 I work for an agency anywhere that food is served. In ALL staff canteens the is but one ritual, particularly among young women. Sit down. Put plate of food down. Check phone. Have a mouthful of food. Check phone. have some food. Send a message. have some food. Check phone. Oh Hello. nice day. Check phone. another mouthful. check phone. God what has the human race sunk into. Shoes off when with strangers? they'd soon ask me to put them back on. No matter how often I wash them, my feet are always....well....aromatic? Here's a point. When I was a child, all grown ups, unless they were relatives, were Mr so and so or Mrs So and so. NEVER first names. Not ever. It was bad manners and would have been punished. Relatives were Uncle or Aunt or Grandad or whatever. That seems to have been committed to life's dustbin. Also at our house, when Mum or Dad were having conversations with anyone, us children kept quiet. When visitors came, the TV went off. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Bilbraborn, you are not my long lost brother are you? Seems we grew up in the same family home ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 There are millions of our generation out there who could say the same thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Just tell them to turn their phone off when they come to see you, and explain that you consider it bad manners for a visitor to be on the phone all the time, different if they need to answer the damn thing but not to make calls in your house, or worse, play bloody games on the thing. After all they wouldn't spend that much time on a land line Rog I tried that, the person laughed and told me to stop being so silly. They sit on social media and youtube. Iv been told I'm too wrapped up in my house being my 'palace' and I need to ditch my thoughts on how people should 'behave' in another persons house. Growing up, I was taught to call our elders mrs, miss or Mr whatever. We had a couple of elderly neighbors and I always refered to them as mrs and mr. People comment on how well mannered my two year old is, she says her pleases and thank you's and if she doesn't I quickly remind her. And she knows to cover he mouth when she coughs. Manners cost absolutely nothing. It shows respect, and everyone (mostly) deserve a little respect. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Beware they may be logging in to your home wifi (If you have it) and using up your data allowance!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Can't you just disable your WiFi when you have visitors? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 My wifi is password protected... They don't have the password Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Same here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Federal government buildings security take your phone off you at the search area, you retrieve it on the way out, which would also count law courts. Besides, lots of phones today have capability for video recording, I'm surprised UK courts refuse to allow cell phones in them. Just spotted an omission.... "I'm surprised UK courts don't refuse to allow cell phones in them" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 My wifi is password protected... They don't have the password Don't you believe it ! If it's on a little pull out jobby on your sky box (Or whatever service provider you have) then it'll take all of 5 seconds to take it out look at it and put it back in! (Whilst you're making them a brew for example!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 There is the original password on the box. But that's been changed. And the only way they'll get it is by askingus what it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Anyone do that to me would have to have an operation to extract their phone from where the sun never shines! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,090 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 On the subject of manners, I took my elderly father in law to a coffee shop in Arnold a while back. I asked the woman behind the counter for "two coffees, please." Her answer was "Three pounds" (or something like that, can't remember the exact price now). She took the money I handed her, put it in the till, and turned away without a word. As she was walking away from the till, I said "Thank you" to her in a loud voice. All I got in return was a filthy look and two cups of what tasted like dishwater shoved across the counter at me. I've never been back to the place since, and wouldn't recommend it if it were the last place left to get a drink. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 I would have told her why as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 "Visitors with Mobile phones", You say? They might be logging in to Nottstalgia.com? And thats what I say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 They could be logging into Gungadin but it is still ignorance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 If I visit Rellies, I prefer them not to be watching Soaps, X Factor or Jeremy Khyle, Not that my rellies would. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Oh dear. I am worried that other members might think that my parents were fire-breathing harridans who were always shouting and bawling at us when they weren't clouting us around the ear. Not at all. My mum and dad loved us and wanted the best for us. They wanted us to be independent, socially acceptable, hard working and above all POLITE. The only way they saw of teaching this was Zero Tolerance to bad manners. I am so thankful to them for all this. Wherever I work now I am loved because the younger ones are especially touched by being treated with respect and good manners. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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