Etiquette - September 2007

I grew up in a small town where if a funeral was on your road you pulled your car over as a sign of respect and let them go by. The other day I was driving down the highway and passing on the left, didn't realize until the very front of the line that I was passing a funeral procession. In town I always pulled over for funerals, but what about highway travel? And even in town, does anyone see this being done any more? People get mad and honk even if I pull over for an ambulance or fire truck any more, so I don't know what kind of reaction I'd get for pulling over for a funeral. Anyone know what the proper etiquette is here?

2007-09-21 08:32:52 · 8 answers · asked by Parrot Eyes 4

2007-09-21 07:56:28 · 14 answers · asked by Sammie G 1

i work at an Italian Restaurant with my brother and we both make togo orders.

i don't want to come in, and if i don't he will be there anyway, so they really don't need me.

what are some GOOD excuses to use...


Keep in Mind:
i have to work tomorrow...
i worked yesterday.....
and i'm in school.

car breaking down isn't a good one.

2007-09-21 07:54:25 · 18 answers · asked by Chelsea 2

My boss has temper tantrums on a regular basis. She literally will scream at us and say VERY demeaning things. She is very controlling and criticizes everything we do.She is very impatient and yells at us all the time (except for her "pet). Her boss is in another state. One time I told her I was going to call her boss because I thought she was being unfair. She blew up and now is even more cold towards me. Can I tape record her horrific behavior to cover my butt if in the event she were to terminate me?

2007-09-21 07:51:09 · 15 answers · asked by my2cents 4

2007-09-21 07:43:50 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

i was told to call brinto nicole whom is on my friends that is the number she gave i am wanting to know if it is real

2007-09-21 07:38:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-21 07:01:17 · 11 answers · asked by pursefreak 1

What's with the USA mentality that people need to drive the biggest car or SUV? Isn't this one of the reasons gas prices are so high? Will these people who drive HUMMER also drive a military TANK if it's legal on the street?

2007-09-21 06:14:57 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have received waring letter from A.P.T office.

"I am walking very heavy in my apartment thru night. please try walking softner."

However, I cannot agree with that.
I live with my wife and one month baby.
We don't run in my apartment thru night. We live just two people walking. We are very carful everyday.
We donot close doors because noise. This apartment is old and made from wooden.
We cannot go to bathroom at night?
I think neighbor is very senstive. They might be not go bathroom.
I hear noise at night and early moring. someone use washer and dry at night and early moring everybody stamp at steps and close door very heavy but I stand it.
by letter, If I donot comply letter they charge $250 fine, legal action.
I promise I'm very caful in my apt. I donot walking and I never walking very heavy. My wife and I are not heavy, neither.
What I gonna do?
I have to compliant, too?
Or I must walking softer, how? I already walk softer.
How can I solve?

2007-09-21 06:00:12 · 4 answers · asked by cjq 1

I am a guest at my boyfriend's sister's home for dinner this coming Sunday night. What kind of dessert should I take as a hostess gift for us to have after dinner? I am partial to something chocolate...

2007-09-21 05:28:45 · 6 answers · asked by Sarah 5

homecoming dance is tomorrow & my son, at the last minute needs me to special order green tipped white roses for his girl. Is it rude for me to ask the florist, who is the only one in town, to get this together for me?

2007-09-21 05:05:54 · 8 answers · asked by mowsermae 3

Yesterday I was dropping my girls off at daycare and I saw this elderly man laying on the ground next to the curb. There was a wheel chair next to him so I asked him if he needed help. He told me yeah so I helped him get into his chair and he was shaking really bad so I called the paramedics and waited with him until they came. The man was 76 years old no family to speak of and he had been laying their because he had fallen out his chair during a seizure (is that how you spell that?)
He had been there all night long this is a very busy street he was on and I stopped and helped him at 6:30 am. That means hundreds of people passed him by.
What the heck is wrong with human beings? I mean how would you feel if your grandfather was laying somewhere helpless for hours and hours?
How many of you would really and I mean be honest with yourself would really stop to help a person in need? Keep in mind I was on my way to work and ended up being 20 mintues late. How many would do that?

2007-09-21 04:59:12 · 13 answers · asked by sosexicopgirl 2

2007-09-21 04:30:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do people ask a question hoping for answers only to slaughter the people who answer them?

2007-09-21 04:09:10 · 8 answers · asked by * 3

to drink out of the font in a church?

Sorry but i'd polished off all the communion wine

2007-09-21 03:57:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

We are having a family reunion and I have a table with pictures of our family that is not with us any more,what should I have written at table?

2007-09-21 03:52:37 · 4 answers · asked by buffywalnuts 4

I desperately need to crap at work but there are people all around. Shall I hold it and resist constipation or shall I just go for it and reveal what a repulsive human being I am to all my colleagues?

2007-09-21 03:52:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My close friend met someone and they really like each other, and then she tells me they're second degree cousins.
They had never met and both their parents/family aren't close.

I don't know what to think!!!
She won't marry the guy, but im confused, is she wrong?

2007-09-21 03:35:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

of someone who has had a death in the family?

2007-09-21 03:34:16 · 10 answers · asked by Herbert Windt 2

2007-09-21 03:20:16 · 16 answers · asked by melon_rose 2

A friend of mine has invited me to a get together at a restaurant for her birthday by email. I sent her an email back saying yes I would go but if it was ok if I brught my boyfriend. The get together is tomorrow and I haven't heard from her. I already told my boyfriend about it and she does know him and does know that we are still together, so should I bring him?

2007-09-21 03:10:31 · 24 answers · asked by m3du2a 2

let say you won the lotto for 26 million and you wanted to give away some money because now you feel kind of guilty. And you see that eventhough you was spending money and wasting it you still got alot of money. I buy stuff that i don't even need or it goes out of style and they come with a new model. I am tired of it and then my greedy cousins want me to always sponsor them with some crazy idea. if you just really wanted to see someone really happy with some money what would you do?

2007-09-21 02:53:43 · 30 answers · asked by Kelly 1

I like to be true to myself, but sometimes I tend to accommodate the person I'm with, friend or stranger, by slightly changing my personality to make one feel more comfortable, or at ease.
I like to be myself, but for example, if I'm with business associates I have a 'business' personality, and if I'm with friends I'm myself (funny / a little weird / quirky), and when I'm with family, I'm just the same except a little bit more crazy. I tend to read the person I'm with, then change up a little to adapt to the person.

The closest thing I could find to explain myself is how Dave Chapelle explains it, except he relates it to pressure.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ksgLM_kDAc4

I relate to this clip on so many levels..
Is it just me, or do other people do this? I want to be myself ALL the time, but I'll probably loose my job, repel the opposite sex and be a social nut case.

Its a shame...because i have this funny feeling I'll be more successful professionally and socially if I was just me.

2007-09-21 02:47:37 · 7 answers · asked by jay s 4

do you think it is rude if the bring a 20 oz bottle of pop

2007-09-21 02:18:46 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

When invitited somewhere for a meal in a home? If you know the people quite well?

2007-09-21 02:17:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

My neice is half Peurto Rican and is about to turn 15...her parents are not home at the moment for me to ask how to spell "keen-sen-yetta" (the traditional birthday party for that age). Thanks!

2007-09-21 02:09:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Give Me Your Do's And Dont's please ....

So I got this new job, and I like it, but I want to avoid being the new "employee" that gets off to a bad start. I tend to be aloof at first if I don't meet a co-worker that I can relate with immediately. I know I do this partly out of shyness, but I know I need to break this habit.

Any advice?

2007-09-21 01:58:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

without being insulting. Also, some people have this persistent habit to 'yell' at their cellphones. Sometimes, the voice can be so loud and shrill that you can hear it at the other end of the hall.

You also have to think twice when you know who you're speaking to, e.g. if it's a 6'8" Black guy with an angry look, a redneck trashy bimbo - I mean the kind of people who are likely to charge back at you with something like "Wha-chew lookin' at?" You simply don't want to mess with their attention problems

But does that mean you have to tolerate their nuisance? Well mostly EVERYONE does

2007-09-21 01:58:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

When you give someone a gift and they go "You shouldn't have" - isn't it true that they really aren't willing to receive it from you - that they are rejecting your gift? Even if they end up accepting it?

2007-09-21 01:24:10 · 10 answers · asked by art_flood 4

Sometimes I feel like having breakfast in my room instead of sitting down in a hotel restaurant/dining area when I travel only by myself. Is it okay if you go there and take the food to your room, suppose it is a breakfast buffet?

2007-09-21 00:10:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous