Etiquette - July 2007

I asked a question on here about my sister, & someone (apparently new) gave me an answer, stating that I was "wrong" for exploiting my sister by "putting my personal business on the net". Hello! People ask advice about their family members all the time.

2007-07-14 12:29:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Today I was at the market and this guy got angry with the cashier because she told him that she couldnt scan his water while it was in the cart. She needed him to hand it to her. Anyways, she was holding her arms out over the belt and one of her hands was actually on the belt. This jack *** slammed the water down on the belt onto this young lady's hand. She was obviously in pain so I walked over to the line across from hers. This *** hole stood there. So, she called the manager and told the guy that her hand hurt really bad and he said to her "Stop your whining, I have my own problems. But I guess this means you wont be finishing my order." The manager had the nerve to come over and apologize to the man for any inconvience. When the man was in the wrong. He probably broke that girls hand and he gets an apology but does not offer one. Anywhere else and that would have been a lawsuit.

2007-07-14 11:36:52 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mate has just beem moaned out for peeing in MY pond by a neighbour. Is it not up to me if someone is allowed to drunkly waltz off in my garden for a slash

2007-07-14 11:36:12 · 10 answers · asked by Enoch Returns 2

you happen to know?...and you like the person...so you are saying .."wow"...."geez. I have never heard of her doing that"...what else can you say so they know you are listening???but NOT getting involved...I just hate it when people come to me...and just vent about someone...I AM NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THE PERSON...PLUS I WOULD NOT WANT STUFF TO GET BACK TO HER...what can i say??? to just know that i am LISTENING to her?????

2007-07-14 11:13:39 · 9 answers · asked by sweet 4

I heard on the radio today that some bright sparks at the DVLA have elected to skip the next registration on the list - it was meant to be SNO7 but they decided not to use it because it looked a bit like the word SNOT?! (No it wasn't a joke!)

As the radio presenter said today, if the word can be read out quite freely on the radio, it can't really be that offensive. Has the whole world gone insane?!

2007-07-14 10:35:16 · 14 answers · asked by justasiam29 5

i do it occasionally, in a conversation or like when i bump into something ,and i dont even think about it, like a reflex reaction or something, . it can be embaressing sometimes. any tips

2007-07-14 10:16:00 · 26 answers · asked by loretta_2006 2

How many of you out there actually SAY something to people in public places who give out any of the above? If you do, what do you say? What response do you get? Whatever happened to just sitting quietly on a bus or train or in a restaurant? Now, there are people talking and talking and talking all around you, and it seems to me nowadays that everyone is getting louder, that I have to hear conversations that are either intensely puerile or boring or intimate or vulgar, and there seems to be little that I can do to stop it all. It's really hard these days to find a quiet place. My own room is the exception.
And when I walk on the pavement in one direction, and schoolkids are coming towards me in the opposite direction, why is it that now I have to walk in the road? They stay as they are, three abreast, no thought of making way for anyone else. Is the situation with good manners now beyond saving? Must we just accept that everyone will now behave EXACTLY AS THEY PLEASE?

2007-07-14 10:15:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm was invited to the Chicago Racquet Club "Last Days of Disco" event tonight. I've never been there, but wikipedia describes it as "a pretigious athletic club". Dress code on the invitation says "Disco Attire or Black Tie". As a girl who is not going in disco attire, should my dress be black? Any color? long? Short?

2007-07-14 10:03:14 · 11 answers · asked by OuiOuiChica17 2

Would you kindly explain why you feel the way you do about this?
Thanks

2007-07-14 09:55:54 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-14 09:54:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

After a nice dinner and a long enjoyable evening of casually flirting,you wind up having passionate, intimate intercourse with your lover. Just at the most in-opportune moment, you break wind audibly...............
Do you -

A- get up and run away

B- stop,.... get bug-eyed then continue

C- apologize profusely

D- act like nothing at all had happened

E- Ask if any of that got on you.....

F- Get up,walk over to the boxfan close by and turn it on

G- Calmly walk out of the room, ............ and don't return

H- apply humor such as "who let the duck in" or "there must be a frog under the bed"

2007-07-14 09:50:05 · 7 answers · asked by frith25 4

Three years ago, I had a flat mate(a couple). We shared the apartment for a year. We bought everything almost together like kitchen utensil, tv etc. We bought this second hand tv. It cost us 40 euro. When they wanted to leave the apartment , they asked their 20 euro back after 1 year watching the tv!!! I was quiet angry at that time but give them back their 20 euro anyway. And now, I am about to leave this apartment but of course I couldn't sell the telly for 40 euro because this telly is quite old. My question is, if you were me, will you be angry because your flat mate ask the money back? I know, I should sell the telly at that time and divided the money by two. But I still need the telly at that time.

2007-07-14 09:42:24 · 11 answers · asked by Tesco 3

2007-07-14 09:42:16 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

the friend keeps making phone calls on her cell phone or taking calls. They're all social calls; nothing business related.

She does this when we go out to eat.

2007-07-14 09:10:54 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

when you make mistakes... you expect forgiveness; why do we find it so difficult to give others that same courtesy?

2007-07-14 08:31:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

It is a weekend and you have done all there is too do so you ask your boss/co-workers what needs to be done and there is still nothing except wait on customers. Do you just stand there bored?

2007-07-14 08:21:17 · 6 answers · asked by Magical name 3

Today it was about 10 AM, and I was just getting out of bed. Half naked, eating my breakfast, feeding the dogs, and getting ready for a shower. Then, of course, the doorbell rings. I went and saw that it was my MOTHER'S friends from 3 states away. I don't even know these people, and my mother doesn't even live here. I basically told them to take a hike, and now I'm wondering if I was wrong to do that. They came completely unexpected, and rudely expected to be welcomed into my home on NO notice. Was what I did really out of line ? Or was it an expected reaction ?

2007-07-14 08:20:46 · 14 answers · asked by ♥♥♥ 1

At work-- a medical office-- we always have a lunch and cake for people's birthdays, and everyone signs a card. The doctor also gives a nice bonus to the birthday person. All birthdays are written on a special calendar, including mine, but there was no lunch or anything done for my birthday. No one even wished me a happy birthday. I was totally forgotten or ignored. Today, one of my coworkers handed me a card that we were all signing for the next person's birthday which is on Monday. I felt pretty left out when they did that. I just quietly said, "Hmm... I guess everyone forgot about my birthday on the first of the month." I feel like it would almost be selfish if I reminded them that I was forgotten, but I don't want to be taken for granted in the future. Part of me says to just blow it off, but another part wants to say something.

I've been there longer than anyone else and have a critical position there but I'm not one of the "clique".
What should I do or say?

2007-07-14 08:13:53 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I live in an upper middle class town. While most of the rest of town is huge 5,000 square foot homes, I live on a modest street. However, the average home price on my street is $400K-$500K for a 1200-1500 square foot home. Some people are middle class individuals w/ high schools or college aged, few are empty nesters and a majority are young working families w/ children.

Therefore, you can guess that everyone's home are very neat. The lawns are nicely maintained, flowers planted, the upkeeps of the homes themselves is nice.

However, about 1.5 year ago, I got new neighbors. With each passing month, their yard becomes dirtier and dirtier My driveway parrallels the side of their garage. On this side they have old night stands, broken kitchen chairs, an old TV, a few garbage cans filled, empty boxes, a broken bike. I can also see into the back of their yard, They house came w/ a swimming pool.

2007-07-14 07:14:16 · 16 answers · asked by Answer Girl 2007 5

What would you say, how would you react, and most importantly, how would you avoid embarassment?

2007-07-14 06:39:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-14 05:57:57 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have seen many of you do it, so don't deny it. why on earth if your not going to help the person, bother waste time posting?
we are all guilty of it at one time or another, but i'm talking to the one's who do it repeatedly and you know who you are.

i see the point system and to have a top contributer tag mean's what? that you post in any question for that status?

are ppl's selfesteem so low these days that they need the internet to justify there existence?

i think y/a should do away with status titles and i am sure we will see a drop in responses from most ppl, or yahoo should have an option button where if the person responds but fail's to help "see ex below", the answer should have the points removed along with the answer.

i seen this answer today from a top contributer:
sorry i can't help you.

now i voted the answer thumbs down. why wouldn't y/a make a option, to report that post where i can say, didn't answer the persons q, so y/a can delete and remove points

2007-07-14 05:47:11 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I live in a small apartment building. The people below me are crackheads who stay up all night making noise and entertaining customers. Moving is not an option. What would you do?

2007-07-14 05:20:10 · 14 answers · asked by Running Gal 6

The only people that I know all drink. I don't know how I can meet safe people.

2007-07-14 05:03:15 · 4 answers · asked by Melanie S 1

2007-07-14 04:58:10 · 18 answers · asked by pinky 1

because mines is aren't they supposed to be nice to you

2007-07-14 04:39:57 · 23 answers · asked by Horse Breath 1

2007-07-14 04:39:37 · 4 answers · asked by Melanie S 1

2007-07-14 04:23:07 · 19 answers · asked by subin 1

because one of the people said i had told them to hold it down, when he was talking to the person in the cube next to mine. I did no such thing and am totally shocked how he could say such a thing. I haven't spoken to the man ever except to give him a message from our GM.
Why ?????

2007-07-14 04:07:52 · 3 answers · asked by zipp 1

I am working on invitations for my sister's wedding, and I was wondering what was proper for the rsvp cards. Do I fill out the envelopes for them and put a stamp on it or just leave them blank?

2007-07-14 04:06:25 · 4 answers · asked by armatose 2