OT: Etiquette question

i agree with you in principle, but in a family situation, i would ask them
to help in the kitchen, so they would be helping dh, then i would get the
device if they left it on the table and move it to anothr room, when they
returned i would say, oh i moved it to the livingroom where nothing will get
spilled on it... and you can sit in there where its quit later if you
want... and as i write this, if it weren't a family member i would probably
grit my teeth and simply not invite them again, it is not my job to teach
manners, i choose not to have children and i don't intend to teach lessons
that people who did procreate forgot to or were incapable of teaching, lets
let the workplace and unemployment office do that.

Lee
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On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:41:34 -0400, Boron Elgar
wrote:


Hahahaha, now THAT'S funny!

I'm just not big on "instant gratification" that texting must give.
Jeeeez, I think of email as instant. You can write a "letter" to
someone on the other side of the world and two seconds after you hit
"send", they're reading it if they choose to.

Texting is more of a "captive audience" thing, but no faster than
email really. It follows the same exact bandwidth to the destination.
You just don't have to "open" the response.

I think texting is for kids who don't really understand how email
works.
 
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Landon wrote:


You guys have to pay for incoming texts? Wow. They get you coming and
going!

Miche

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On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:24:39 -0700 (PDT), projectile vomit chick
wrote:


You remind me of myself and my siblings when we were small children.
We'd use cussing to show how "cool" we were to our friends.

I can only imagine that you're much older than we were at that time
and only acting childish in an effort to impress.
 
On Apr 14, 5:53?am, "jmcquown" wrote:

So, would you just come out with "Hey, knock it off"? How would you
have handled it? Sometimes we bite our tongues rather than make the
experience even more unpleasant.
 
On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:25:38 -0400, Dave Smith
wrote:


That line wasn't in conjunction with a "hers" computer? We had two
computers and two dial up lines back then. Hubby had 3 lines back
then. One for his computer, one for the fax and one for a telephone.
Then there was my line.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
On 4/13/2011 8:46 PM, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
Maybe I should rephrase that to "no one I care about". If someone
doesn't have common sense to know that someone may not be able to
respond then too bad.
 
On Apr 14, 6:41?pm, "J. Clarke" wrote:

All valid points. How many times have you a tree fall or a burglar
disabling and wired phone. I know I never have. I did have a burglar
cut a kitchen table wired phone AND stole the portable phone off it's
charging station, which I discovered as I ran back upstairs to use the
phone!! ARRGH!

John Kuthe
 
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september.invalid says...

I can't use a cell phone in my house, however that doesn't mean that I
am unaware of the benefits if one lives in a house in which a cell phone
works.
 
"Bob Terwilliger" wrote in message
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You should not even bring an iPad to a dinner engagement. I do carry a
smart phone and I did use it last Sunday to look up some information about a
subject that came up in conversation. It was for the benefit of all of us
and relevant to questions that arose. Then the phone was put away and not
touched again.

Even my grandkids know that the dining table is a phone free zone.
 
a most bizzare story but sadly beleivable,... but what i wonder is how
people on welfare have two lines... when dh and i were poor, we went without
any phone for a time, and when we got one... it was cheapest one not one
with bells and whistles... i mean it seems odd to have all that in
telephones and be on the dole, Lee
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On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:41:28 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
wrote:


A nice "Hey, Jim or Jane, how about giving me a hand with something in
the kitchen" would be a tactful way to handle it. Then, when in the
kitchen, it could be explained to the person that what they are doing
is unacceptable and that they need to put their device away or leave
the table to another room. I would have no qualms about telling them
they don't need to stay if they are bored with the company enough to
blatantly ignore them. Rudeness results in blunt remarks from me.

When faced with rudeness of this caliber, I would just say it to them
at the same table they were being rude at. To hell with them if they
don't like it. Perhaps it would teach them some of the manners they
are so lacking in.
 
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