Does ne1 else expect people to take hats off indoors/at table?

Question

Does ne1 else expect people to take hats off indoors/at table?

Answer 1

Yes

Answer 2

of course //bloody bad manners otherwise

Answer 3

sometimes, when there is higher class ppl there yes

Answer 4

YES!!! Indoors, at the table, when the National Anthem plays or someone prays. It's disrespectful if they don't.  

Answer 5

i expect it..

Answer 6

Men have taken to wearing baseball caps everywhere.  They should remove them at the table at least.  

Answer 7

I wear my hat all the time when I leave the house.  Usually if I am standing inside of a public place like a mall, library, or bar I leave it on.  If I'm at a table about to have dinner or maybe having a few drinks with friends at a pub I always take it off.  If I find myself in someones house or apartment or squat, whatever  Then I again take off my hat.  It's just a matter of respect and the decent thing to do.

In other words yeah I expect people to take off their hats to.

Answer 8

it really depends on where you are. if you are sitting at a bar or something, or in your own house, it probably won't matter.

but if you are going to a nice restaurant with your family, or are in anyone else's house, it is respectable to take your hat off.

Answer 9

not I

Answer 10

depends on the place and who you are with......like if you are with your buddies at lets say friday's i would not expect but if you are someones nice house where they have cooked you a nice meal i would expect the hat to come off or if you at dinner with say your girlfriend/boyfriend's parents........it really depends on the place, time and who you are with....at least that is how i feel.........

Answer 11

I don't expect it any more. I was taught that hats should come off indoors (shoes too when I was growing up). I was also taught that wearing a hat while eating was also bad manners.

I guess there are way too many people who didn't get taught what's good manners and what's not.

Answer 12

sure do,but most of my friends have good standards anyway

Answer 13

A lady's formal hat is always worn outside of her own home and before the cocktail hour and is taken off only when the lady is invited to make herself at home. A lady's formal hat needs to be incorporated into her hairstyle, and is often pinned in place, rendering impractical any attempt to remove it casually.

A gentleman's hat comes off when you come under the roof of any private establishment, or when you talk to a lady. This is regardless of whether you are a gentleman, or a lady wearing a gentleman's hat such as a fedora or a ballcap.

Admittedly, many modern people are deprived of a gracious upbringing and are ignorant of this rule, and others may presumably leave their hats on under the mistaken impression that I am not a "better class of ppl". If those folk are strangers I ignore them. If they are in my home or office, I ask them politely to "take off your hat, and come in". I find it impossible to answer a technical question, or sign an expense account form, or conduct a performance review, or any other demanding task, while being distracted by blatent rudeness. Such petitioners generally realize that complying with my expectations is in their best interest.

When I am NOT in control of the situation -- as when my darling grand-nephews sit down at their grandma's breakfast table with their ball-caps on -- I simply excuse myself. I cannot discipline someone else's children or make comment to someone else's guests, but I can and do take offense and leave. And usually they or their parents are then embarrassed, and it doesn't happen again.

Taking offense at blatent rudeness -- in a restrained and dignified manner, of course -- is a much underused and etiquette-approved skill. I recommend it to those who still prefer graciousness in their daily dealings.