Etiquette - October 2007

His wife confronted me about a comment I had made and blew things way out of proportion. She wasn't nice about it either she said some really nasty things to me and made the situation so much worse.We haven't spoken since May of this year.Of course I speak to my brother-in-law since he is my husband's brother.And of course when all this happened he took her side.

2007-10-23 11:03:52 · 10 answers · asked by mhbrasil76 1

2007-10-23 10:57:18 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-23 10:31:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are nice ways of saying to someone "that's none of your business"? I'm always asked my age like they think it's okay to ask a grown woman her age. I know that me having a tiny child like voice (or high pitched) really doesn't helpe me at all but I really need help on this. Just now, some telemarketer called and I mistakenly answered because I thought it was family calling. I usually don't answer, but anyway, she asked me how old I was bluntly before she got on to say anything! She didn't even say how are you or hi I am so and so from this company! Nothing! Just said "how old are you?" How rude and weird first of all! Anyway, what are some nice things I could do? I just wanted to hang up and not speak to her but for some reason I didn't and I was even polite to her saying that I wasn't interest in taking the survey. Why are some people just so tactless!

Note: this wasn't the first time I got asked about my age in front of my face ( a friend's relative did this). And I know it's

2007-10-23 10:26:23 · 12 answers · asked by Suzy Suzee Sue 6

Hi,

I am a college student who lives off campus and has a car. My roommate doesn't. I told her that I will be able to give her ride every now and then but not always. Some how she has gotten the message that I am going to give her a ride whenever she wants which is completely false. She jokingly call me her "driver" or "her driving slave." I really don't like that and it is pissing me off. Now when she owes me money for electricity and stuff... she expects me to take her to to the bank. I have a lot of stuff to do specially since I am a college student. I do not want to end our relationship but I do not want to give her the impression that she can walk all over me. Please help me. I don't like hurting people's feelings but I think i am going to have to.

We were not friends before we moved in together... we met after signing the lease and got along with each other.

2007-10-23 10:03:30 · 9 answers · asked by needanansnow 2

I know its a weird question but I honestly don't know how to reply to this. Its not like "How are you?" which is easy to answer. Please help.

2007-10-23 09:59:36 · 20 answers · asked by WILL 2

I am so obsessed with Ed hardy and i always wear it to school to show off all my Ed Hardy shirts . I always get so many comments when I rock it like "nice shirt". One girl even called me fashionable. Additionally I get a lot of stares. Does wearing Ed Hardy to school make me the most fashionable person there. By the way Ive been getting a lot of bad looks from a tiny group of envy Abercrombie people lol what does this also mean?

2007-10-23 09:40:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im a transcendentalist so big part of my life is enjoying nature. Naturally, walks in the park alone is something i just do. Usually on a sunday morning you can see me in this lovely park with a majestic lake with my dog, ipod and cup of coffee. However sometimes i'll see people staring at me in a really weird way. As if im some some pedophile (although im only 17). Whats wrong with young girls taking a walk in the park alone?

2007-10-23 09:32:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do you use the [ & ] and when is it considered appropriate to use them?

2007-10-23 08:46:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-23 08:44:30 · 10 answers · asked by myophora 1

What do you think about adults that swear around their children? Would you feel comfortable leaving your children with them?

2007-10-23 08:41:56 · 25 answers · asked by King of Biscuits 6

2007-10-23 07:56:50 · 15 answers · asked by : 6

Neither eye keeps consistent connection, but he can see.

2007-10-23 06:44:19 · 12 answers · asked by Dr. Obvious 4

We live in a terraced house. Mine is the last one in the whole row of houses and we have to take our garbage bins from the back. All the bins of my neighbours' (the green and black ones) are all kept on the pathway and it is a nightmare removing their bins and keeping them back again just to take mine out and vice versa when I have to get my bins back in. What do I do? Should they keep their bins out in the first place (we have big back gardens, by the way) and bring them out on collection days? Its getting on my nerves. Is there any solution to this ( apart from me moving out)?
These days I keep my bin right outside and make them put mine back where it belongs. Am I a bad neighbour?

2007-10-23 06:23:27 · 7 answers · asked by paul 1

him and his assistant are running cable all over my house. How much do i tip them? do i tip them at all? I dont want to insult, but i dont want to over tip either.

2007-10-23 06:08:50 · 9 answers · asked by apple1821 2

2007-10-23 05:58:35 · 19 answers · asked by . 6

paying for something at a cashier,rarely do i hear someone say thank you anymore. often, i find myself saying thank you, when they say there you go. then, i feel foolish as i leave the store or restaurant.

2007-10-23 05:39:19 · 8 answers · asked by tomjohn2 4

2007-10-23 05:31:18 · 13 answers · asked by ? 1

just tell me what you think and why

2007-10-23 05:23:56 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

In my opinion, people are generally respectful of other people in public, even strangers. Why do people think we are so rude today? Is it because not everyone knows which is the salad fork? or.. are we actually more rude?

There are a lot of us and we have to deal with interacting with strangers on a daily basis. But how many are assuming someone is rude just because they didn't hold the door for you? Maybe they interact with so many strangers a day, there isn't time to nod at every person and hold every door. Maybe to them, being polite is leaving you to your person space. Isn't just as rude to assume everyone all the time should maintain a high level of awareness of everyone else around them?

I don't think people should go around slamming doors on people and burping in people's faces, but I think most people don't. Are we just so sensitive that when someone does act in a rude manner we blame everyone and say the world has become a ruder place?

Serious answers pls.

2007-10-23 05:21:44 · 32 answers · asked by {:3) 4

Has anyone every purposely flushed a hotel toilet at the precise moment you hear the noisy person in the room next to you taking a shower?

(You know, the one that kept you up all last night through a series of television programs, porn and what can only be described as the Fartolympics)

2007-10-23 04:39:40 · 5 answers · asked by wild h 1

I speak to a very good friend online everyday. He always likes talking to me and leaves me offline messages if Im not around.

Recently - i find he is growing closer to me. Trusting me with his deeper issues and thoughts. He says im loyal.

I feel I have to tread carefully now because I dont want to hurt him in any way because he is revealing his vulnerable side.

Is this what men REALLY want? A woman they can trust and share their innermost feelings with?

Answers from Adults only please.

2007-10-23 04:38:43 · 24 answers · asked by Autumn 2012 3

I understand using a speakerphone when you are listening to your bank account, or to hold music etc. But, I think it is very rude to call a place of business and expect that the person on the other end of the phone to deal with the laziness of not picking up the phone. (not blaming people who cannot do it, just the lazy ones).

Does anyone have any recommendations for a nice way to tell them to pick their phones up? I have tried to tell them that I cannot hear them, then they scream (lol). I work in healthcare and would bet that there are HIPPA regulations affecting this anyway.

2007-10-23 04:15:57 · 8 answers · asked by laneydoll 5

I had the misfortune of having to get the train & tube (London) into work this morning as I had a training course in the city (I would usually drive to work)

On the train, I was one of the first stops so thankfully I got a seat, tucking myself neatly in by the window on a bank of 3 seats. The 2 seats opposite me filled up as did the 1 on the end of my bank leaving a spare seat in the middle of me and a man.

3 stops in, a lady got on, roughly threw her bag on to the overhead shelf & instead of asking the man to move she threw herself down in the middle of us.

She was tucking her coat down her sides and span around & said to me in a very agressive tone, "can you move over please?" I was so shocked I laughed and said "where to? I am at the edge of the seat" (I was pressed up against the window by now)

As I could not move, she decided to open her metro paper full stretch and read it with her fist in my face for the rest of the journey!

Why are some people so bloody rude?

2007-10-23 04:15:14 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I will be moving in with my boyfriend. Is there any way to hide the number 2 smell and sounds? You can hear everything unless you run the faucet!

2007-10-23 04:06:00 · 20 answers · asked by mmmoatmeal 1

They have destroyed Fla. with their rudeness nobody wants them in this state. They are intruders and should go home. Have you had the same experience with these rude people?

2007-10-23 02:25:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

my executive director even put together a letter about me in the staff newspaper that goes to all the schools. At my job recently some people talking about me and doing very silly and childish things. They changed around my entire schedule and made it very difficult for me to do my work. The are a few people including my supervisor that has said really hurtful remarks. I work at a school with needy children my problem not the students what sense does that make. How can you go from loving a place to hating it in just a few months. Since I'm married I can't just quit because of the effect it would have on my family and I need another test to be certified so I feel stuck. Here is a good example some one wrote a letter and put in a new worker mailbox and put me name on it and my supervisor brought me in her office to talk to me about it. I feel like I am in High School not working at one. What should I do I want to curse everyone out and leave but im trying to be smart in my decision.

2007-10-23 02:16:01 · 1 answers · asked by juv 1

Mine are black with seqins. Just because I'm old doesn't mean I cant have funky boots.

2007-10-23 00:26:15 · 21 answers · asked by : 6

As a mother myself, I hate to overstep any boundaries, but..

I have a friend who is way too hard on her three year old. She doesn't have a lot of money, so I often pick her and her child up and take them with me when I have to go to the grocery store or whatever because she doesn't have a car or a way to get there (she and her husband share the car and he takes it to work).

She straight up yells at him in the store, often telling him to "SHUT UP" when he isn't even being that loud. He'll just be talking, but she thinks he needs to be quiet when they shop.

Another time, I took them tot he doctor because he was sick and he kept wanting to get out of his seat in the waiting room and she told him to "sit his little @ss down and shut up."

She's otherwise a good mother, but the way she talks to him concerns me. Should I say something? What would I say?

2007-10-23 00:24:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-22 23:00:31 · 26 answers · asked by Dombey 2