Etiquette - December 2007

2007-12-11 08:18:51 · 23 answers · asked by suzywong 4

Several years back, I ordered a pizza over the phone. I waited about 1/2 hour, anxiously licking my chops. I was starving! Suddenly, there came a knock at the door. It was a guy with a pizza in his hand. But wait! It wasn't from the place I ordered a pizza from. It was from a major pizza delivery service. The guy asked for the money, and I told him: " Hey, I didn't order from you guys"! Bullsh*t! The guy shouted. You'd better cough up the money now.! I restated myself, but he just stood there cursing at me for 5 minutes. Finally, my mother came to the door, and got involved. We showed the guy the coupon from the pizza place we ordered from, and he finally backed off. Afterwards, I called the his manager and complained. What would you have done?

2007-12-11 08:16:22 · 14 answers · asked by Road Trip 3

and seems self-conscious?

2007-12-11 07:57:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

My roommate is extremely messy and never lifts a finger to clean. She'll even follow me around as I'm scrubbing down the floors, bathroom, etc and talk to me...and she'll comment on how lazy she is! She'll walk by overflowing trash by the door and say how it smells as she walks out to leave (the dumpster is literally a 10 second walk from our front door). To top it off, she'll eat stuff of mine and not replace it which has gotten kind of expensive. Also, she's a hair stylist and says my drugstore products are "crap"...so she'll just throw them away! Not replace them with stuff she bought for me, she'll just throw them away! She's done this like 3 times and every time I say something she just shrugs and says it's bad for your hair. What should I do?!?! She has kind of a short temper so I don't know how to approach her. We have 6 months left in the lease, after which I'm definitely getting a place of my own, but I need to know how to deal with this!

2007-12-11 07:19:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

The situation is this: I met this person at work. He was there for training purposes from another country. We got comfortable talking, we got along and exchanged email id's when he was to leave. He seems like a decent, nice, good natured person. He is married. I am single. He went back to his country. We have exchanged a few offline messages and a couple emails now and then, but nothing regular. And now, I get an email saying it has been a long time since we spoke and he asked if he can have my phone number.

I am not sure at all, if his wife knows? Should I ask him?

Or is she supposed to know who he calls? Am I that important?

I am feeling a little hesitant about giving him my number, although am quite sure he means it only as a friend. I surely will like to have him as a friend, but I also feel his wife should know. But we aren't even in the same country, leave alone city.

Am I making a big deal of this? Should I just give him my number?

2007-12-11 06:07:28 · 16 answers · asked by ? 6

I am having a holiday party this weekend.The e-vites went out the first week of November I asked for everyone to RSVP by the 5th. On the 7th I bought the party favors based on that RSVP total. Of course since I've bought the favors 6 more people have informed me that they are coming.
Additionally, guests were 'encouraged' to bring a holiday treat to share. Some people have let me know what they will be bringing, others havent.

My question is who should get the party favors? Those who RSVP'd by the deadline or those who have brought something to share (as a thankyou)?

2007-12-11 06:04:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

We ( parents ) have seen each other a couple of times and had tea in the house. What to buy for the father, the mother and the son? or is it not necessary?

2007-12-11 05:54:30 · 8 answers · asked by jody 1

I chose not to go to this years Xmas party at my job. many reasons..i don't like italian, my friends arent going, we have to pay money for ourselves!!!! They are going to try to pressure me in a meeting in 20 minutes. What are some reasons i can tell them and keep a straight face AND save face of why i'm not going???

2007-12-11 05:36:57 · 43 answers · asked by Hilary B 2

I already RSVP but my boyfriend and I will not be able to make it. What reasons should I give my boss to cancel on such an early notice which are believable. By the way I need to cancel today and the party is on Thursday.

2007-12-11 05:27:59 · 8 answers · asked by RockStar 2

the other person is so stupid ,you get infuriated , i did just that today , i asked the person to make an apt for me with someone, she said i have his apt book in front of me ,but dont no when he is available , aarrrrrrrr, i get so angry , do you

2007-12-11 05:20:34 · 8 answers · asked by ? 6

2007-12-11 05:01:43 · 9 answers · asked by Rabbit 5

2007-12-11 05:00:08 · 19 answers · asked by mia 2

Ok, well first my boss is already getting on my nerves but that is a long story. There is this lady who works with me; she has a high up position. Anyhow I have noticed that she speaks to me a trillion times a day, and only me. It’s annoying sometimes. She has to pass my desk to get to her office, and every time she leave out, or returns she speaks. If she is on her way to the copier to pick up a piece of paper she will speak to me. If she passes me in the hallway or in the ladies room she will speak. I am a very friendly person. I speak when I arrive to work or when I am leaving for the evening. But I don’t continuously speak to the same person several times a day. And like I said she only does me like that.

2007-12-11 04:23:04 · 12 answers · asked by Applered24 3

2007-12-11 04:08:43 · 37 answers · asked by Bob I 3

My next door neighbour just moved in. Last week my sister had an underwear party while our parents were in London. I was out then, I arrived home early in the morning to find almost naked people lying all over our house front porch with beer bottled lying everywhere. Apparently that applied to my neighbours front porch too. The muslim neighbour was very upset. I apologised to them, though they stomped of in a rage. At night we had roasted pork noodles bought from the chinese restraunt. I knew that my muslim neighbour had not reached home yet but they had a few young teenage childern at home. So I offered to buy food for them. Unknowly I did not know they could not eat pork. And thus again they were outraged. I really hope to get on better terms with my neighbour, my parents will be returning home soon! I don't want them to know anything. They seem to not want to even look at me and say that I discriminate, also they call my sister unmodest.

2007-12-11 04:04:02 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was at work (a bar) Thurs and it was really slow, no customers, and I was waiting for my buddy to show up with his sister and his brother-in-law. I guess his sister was visiting here from London. So I was just sitting there talking with my manager and he says to me, "What the F is that?"
So I look over and I see this guy with a blue mohawk and piercings everywhere carrying a fake baby. By fake baby I mean a doll. Then the power went out cause it was snowing hard and we couldn't see a thing. And the lights at the back of the bar that are supposed to stay on when there are power failures, did not stay on for some weird reason. Aside from the weird guy with the fake baby, there was nobody else in the bar. We asked if anyone was there and nobody responded. Anyway we managed to find flashlights and tried to see if that guy was still there. We didn't see him. When the lights came back on 5 minutes later, the weirdo wasn't there for sure. We never saw him again. What the heck?

2007-12-11 03:59:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

With your child's last name being different from your new name and your new husband's name, what is the appropriate way to sign the cards now?

2007-12-11 03:38:23 · 3 answers · asked by Corona 5

Ladies:
My next door neighbour found her husband cheating on her. I think she walked in on them. After the initial fighting and arguing, she forgave him within 3 days! He didn't apologize and even tried to rationalize that it's his 'lifestyle' etc, and that she, his wife, was the crazy one for getting upset.
I don't know about you, but I don't think she should have stayed one second upon finding the two cheaters in her bed together.
Since then, while she has been at work, he has had other women over again.
I don't particularly like the wife (or the husband), in fact, otherwise I find her rude and a bit odd and I'm not friends with her. But putting that aside and in the name of the 'girl's code', would you tell the wife anyway that her husband has since cheated on her, or would you leave it alone figuring that she knows the deal and that she has chosen to tolerate his behaviour?

2007-12-11 02:41:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ladies:
My next door neighbour found her husband cheating on her. I think she walked in on them. After the initial fighting and arguing, she forgave him within 3 days! He didn't apologize and even tried to rationalize that it's his 'lifestyle' etc, and that she, his wife, was the crazy one for getting upset.
I don't about you, but I don't think she should have stayed one second upon finding the two cheaters in her bed together.
Since then, while she has been at work, he has had other women over again.
I don't particularly like the wife (or the husband), in fact, otherwise I find her rude and a bit odd and I'm not firends with her. But putting that aside and in the name of the 'girl's code', would you tell the wife anyway that her husband has since cheated on her, or would you leave it alone figuring that she knows the deal and that she has chosen to tolerate his behaviour?

2007-12-11 02:39:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am having my graduation party at a loft at a swanky downtown sushi restaurant. I will get a few sushi rolls and appetizers to place on the table, but everyone will have to pay for their own alcohol and entrees if they want to eat. All of my good friends know this already, but I feel that I should put it on the invite anyway. How should I word it? Thanks!!!

2007-12-11 02:35:35 · 25 answers · asked by LA 3

I'm doing an essay for this topic, & just wanted to here any stories, or experiences.... Thanks!

2007-12-11 02:33:39 · 5 answers · asked by luv2bhapi 2

I regularly take a walk in the park and I like to take a small pistol with me and shoot at birds. I have managed to kill the odd pigeon or starling but nothing too exotic and I only do it when there is hardly anyone around so it is safe. However some of the locals have got really angry! I've always managed to run off but I don't understand what their problem is as the pigeons are always pooing everywhere so I'm just eradicating rodents really. What do you think?

2007-12-11 02:25:18 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just thought this would be a cute way to ask them over for coffee and conversation.

2007-12-11 02:20:34 · 7 answers · asked by Learning is fun! 4

2007-12-11 02:15:47 · 8 answers · asked by hash blondie 1

Who else can't stand that poor comeback?

I got in a fight with a friend the other day. I explained I didn't want to talk to her because she was acting like [insert reasons here]. In turn, she states: takes one to know one - a statement I haven't heard since middle school! The statement did not bothered me because not only did that not describe me but it also set some of my reasonings in stone. (And it just disreguarded my reasons unfairly)

It just made me realize how silly the phrase was itself. What do you guys think?

2007-12-11 01:17:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

...someone stares at you?!

2007-12-11 01:16:29 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

framed it and put it up on a wall in our house. I am proud of it because it looks really good but then I don't want to look like a show off. I was thinking putting it in our bedroom???

Oh, I am not naked in the pic or anything but much like my avatar my shoulders and chest are bare.

Also, is there a way to scan a photo into those Kodak machines and save it on a picture CD?

2007-12-11 01:11:59 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-11 01:06:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Some chat room moderators make it clear to not type in all caps as other participants perceive it as shouting.

How about email?

When you get an email in all caps, do you perceive it as shouting? Or just a lazy typist who won't take the time to shift the case key as appropriate?

How do you FEEL when someone types a message to you in all caps? Or at least, what is your first impression before you are able to fully digest what they are saying?

By the same token, when someone types a message to you over internet and they include zero capitalization, zero to little punctuation, and everything is all lower case -- do you feel slighted in some way? Like maybe you are so unimportant to that person that they couldn't take an extra half-second to correctly capitalize your name, the beginning of a sentence, proper nouns, etc?

Or is the standard now that no-one knows how to type or punctuate correctly so if you actually DO take the time to do these things, YOU'RE JUST WEIRD, MAN!

2007-12-11 01:01:10 · 12 answers · asked by John S. 5

Theres a guy in my class who is always debating with the teacher .He asked what a certain word meant and the teacher answered and we all wrote it down,This guy said "looks like I,m not the only one who didn,t know.The teacher address the class and said if we didn;t know something why didn,t we stop him,I spoke out whats the point we knew he(this guy) would.I said (to the student)well you seem to be the one taking the lesson ,he is always giving an opinion on something.The teacher then pulled me up for being disrespectful.,I know my friends think exactly the same about this guy.and I have been dying to say something.Was I rude for speaking my mind?

2007-12-11 00:19:09 · 29 answers · asked by Lilly A 1