# Is it impolite to refuse to share your umbrella with a stranger when it's raining?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 13, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impolite-to-refuse-to-share-your-umbrella-with-a-stranger-when-its-raining/660930 "2013-06-13T21:29:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impolite-to-refuse-to-share-your-umbrella-with-a-stranger-when-its-raining/660930/101 "2013-06-18T16:00:33Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> I was waiting at the bus stop this morning and it started raining. I asked a person if I could stand under her umbrella.
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> NO!
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> WTF?

I know! You get the strangest reactions! It’s only an umbrella, right? The last time I asked someone, she screamed and ran away. You’d think she’d never seen someone wearing a hoodie before. I even spoke in a whisper to not seem threatening. And it wasn’t even raining! It’s not like she would have gotten wet.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impolite-to-refuse-to-share-your-umbrella-with-a-stranger-when-its-raining/660930/102 "2013-06-18T16:10:11Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> Could be a serial killer waiting to slip a blade between your ribs.

“Is that your shiv or are you happy to be dry?”

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