2007-12-22 15:57:02 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I have a bad knee, it hurts like heck to stoop. But I'm paranoid about bending over.
2007-12-22 16:03:40 · update #1
I bend over to pick it up. My knees are not holding my butt up very well these days so it is much easier to just bend over and pick it up. Heck, it would be much more embarrassing to squat down and then have to ask someone to help me back up!
EDIT: to those who say that stooping is more lady like... I am sorry, but it is less lady like to have to be helped up off the floor because your knee's won't do it!... I can see it now... "excuse me Mr. executive... could you grab me under my arms and pull me upright so I can stand?" "How's your back sir?"
Just don't wear short skirts and it shouldn't be that much of a social faux pas.
2007-12-22 16:02:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Honestly .. stooping is the way you should go..
first off.. it is so much better for your lower back..
and secondly most ladies know that the lady like thing is to stoop rather than bend.
Personally lady thing aside.. I stoop just because of my lower back.
Now for you.. if you have a bad knee.. and stooping hurts your knee.. than by all means.. what do you suppose to do..?? what other choice do you have but to bend??
If you stoop and it hurts your knee more so.. then you can be in for surgery and such.. which is not fun.
Anyway.. bending is okay since you have an ailment that prevents you from stooping without hurting yourself.
2007-12-23 03:08:04 · answer #2 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i stoop down like bend me knees
2007-12-23 01:06:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were a woman, stooping down is practical and a very good idea: you don't want to stick your behind up in the air, and your knees are probably not what they once were.
2007-12-23 00:02:44 · answer #4 · answered by Lighthouse 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry about your knee. But to stoop down is more lady like.
2007-12-23 00:06:09 · answer #5 · answered by mikk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always stooped down to pick things up but the "old" ladies at my work still say cheeky things about my butt...and of course, (with a bright red face) I tell them that I'm married lol
2007-12-23 18:29:22 · answer #6 · answered by Paul S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I work in a dental office and constantly knock things off of my cart. I usually have to bend over the cart to pick it up or move the whole thing. Really it just depends on the situation. I wear scrubs to work, so It's not like I have to worry about anyone seeing my va-jay-jay like some women who probably wear panty hose.
It doesn't really matter. We shouldn't be bending over and no one should be looking at our buts while we do it either.
2007-12-23 00:13:05 · answer #7 · answered by Rachel T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on factors such as what I have on, what fell, and if I put my head lower than my heart today will I faint.
I stoop if I am in a modern dress, if I don't need to look at it to pick it up, and if I'm having fainting problems that day.
I bend over if I'm in a medieval dress or jeans, if I need to look at what fell in order to pick it up, and if I'm not having any fainting problems.
2007-12-23 00:02:29 · answer #8 · answered by Alexandra L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always try to stoop, and if I'm wearing skirt/dress I most definitely do..... but if I'm wearing pants I do whatever I feel like at that very moment. I have a nice big a $ s so if they want to enjoy the view, be my guest..... LOL
2007-12-23 01:15:32 · answer #9 · answered by Lprod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stooping shows class for a lady : )
2007-12-23 00:05:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋