No speculations, please.
2006-12-25 15:42:41 · 15 answers · asked by wildheavenfarm 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Picture yourself talking to a basketball player. How would you feel if he condescendingly bent over to speak with you?
2006-12-25 15:45:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it is socially acceptable. I would guess it would depend on the "little" person that you are crouching down to speak to and the reason behind you doing it.
2006-12-27 13:36:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would try to find two chairs and ask if the other person would like to sit. If there are no chairs, then I wouldn't crouch down. You just may have to lean a little in case you can't hear the conversation.
2006-12-26 12:37:44 · answer #3 · answered by pathfindercia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heehee. If a man that is 7 foot tall crouched down to talk to me I would think that would be okay. Maybe the little people actually think that people of a normal height are abnormal looking. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be at the same eye-level as someone else when you are speaking with them.
2006-12-26 04:35:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not necessarily.
socially acceptable or not one must consider common courtesy. one would only crouch down to talk to a short person if that person were hard of hearing otherwise your attention to that person with an incline of the head would be sufficient.
2006-12-25 23:55:30 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only if they're under the age of 8 or 9.
2006-12-25 23:44:34 · answer #6 · answered by Jordan D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it is not acceptable. And the person who said midget- saying midget is unacceptable- use the term little people.
2006-12-26 00:46:13 · answer #7 · answered by Shodan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends....are you crouching to make yourself seem less of a giant (which is socially uncool) or are you attempting to meet them eye to eye and actually pay attention to them as you or they speak?
2006-12-26 00:25:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Although if it were really noisy or one of you were hard of hearing and you needed to say something important, I don't think they would take as much of offense. However, for normal conversations, I think it would be considered rude.
2006-12-26 05:03:01 · answer #9 · answered by Nicole F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this person was a child,yes. But if the person is an adult,then no. It would offend the person you were addressing.
2006-12-27 07:26:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋