Things I find rude and will make me look down on you

One I hadn’t thought of but really annoys me: I live in an apartment building (I think you’d call it that in the US anyway) and I HATE when people buzz my flat expecting to be let in, when their business is with someone else. Why would I let anyone in when they’re not here to see me? And why buzz anyone but the person you’re there to see? It’s not okay to harass a total stranger to aid you in conducting business with anyone else.

No.

You’ll take my chances.

Another thing I find incredibly rude is handicapped people who shit themselves and then wander around the mall muttering on about some stupid ass thing like, “A handi-cappable person was using the HC stall so I had to shit myself.” or some other bullshit like that.

Interesting, thank you for that insight.

People playing loud music on public transport really does annoy me. It’s always shit music, too.

Not in central London, it won’t. The tourists just ignore you no matter how loudly you speak. Ignorance of English is no excuse for not understanding a phrase like “excuse me.” Non-tourists do it sometimes too, as if thinking that you couldn’t possibly be speaking to them.

Well, yeah, if someone’s dripping mayonnaise on your shoulder then that’s obviously really rude. But that’s not how I see most people eating on public transport.

You’re claiming that your dick is SO huge that you can’t put your legs together? Do you have elephantiasis of the nuts?

It’s more the risk of it. It’s one of those things you really shouldn’t be electing to take a chance on, because if there’s an accident you’re screwing over someone else and not just yourself.

There are actually people who do that ? :confused:

Probably.

YES. This was the first thing I thought of.

Also, if the train is packed, fold up your fucking newspaper instead of spreading it out like you’re reading it on your La-Z-Boy. Or join us in the 21st century and buy a goddamn smartphone.

But if someone’s sitting down eating, there’s no real risk. Unless they were eating so messily that they were spewing food with every bite, which would be rude anywhere.

Maybe on a train at a table, but buses and the (Glasgow) subway are an extremely bumpy ride, and can be packed. And when I’m trying to squeeze past to get out, I have to be extremely careful to keep my (long) coat pulled tight to me. It’s just a lot of hassle when you could’ve eaten where you bought the food, or waited until you got somewhere appropriate. And that’s without taking into account the issues of smell and touching stop buttons/poles with your greasy hands other people brought up.

I never do that. But then, I never go to the malls anymore.

Is that one of those sneak bragging things like “I never watch TV” ? :slight_smile:

Yeah, I know why you don’t go to the mall anymore, just trying to bring a smile to ya.

It’s a problem when they’re taking up the space in front of adjoining seats. I find public transport seats insufficiently wide as it is. I don’t want to have to fight the guy next to me for leg room.

I also agree with those who are wondering what is wrong with wet hair. Blow drying isn’t a social requirement.

You were mortified or disgusted? “Mortified” means humiliated or shamed.

Inside your own home, you are free to require that shoes be removed upon entering. In the homes of others, making such a request is odious, as is removing your own footwear without first asking permission. Do either of those in someone else’s house and I’ll think ill of you, though I won’t voice it. Do so in my house and you’ll be required to leave without getting any cake. I keep homemade cake around at all times partly so I can punish visitors thus.

I think less of people who look down on reading. I don’t demand that others read as voraciously as I do; their not doing so is its own punishment. But the attitude that reading is somehow a punishment, or BAD for you, is irksome.

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Uh… The first part of the first sentence above I understand (unless you don’t mean “to other guests”). But the second? What’s wrong with taking off shoes? How do you know why they’re doing it? Maybe they just like walking around in socks when they’re indoors?

Just to ask, isn’t it also rude to take up valuable floor space where someone could be standing for a bag?

I don’t object, or even care, if people remove their own shoes in their own homes when I am not around. No reason for me to give a flip.

I care a little, but decline to object, when people remove their own shoes in their own homes when I am present, or ask me to remove my shoes in their homes. I don’t care for the custom but in one’s own house one gets to set the rules; if I don’t care for the custom, I am free to leave but must do so politely.

I care a great deal and definitely veto when people remove their shoes (and socks) in MY house without asking me if I mind. That’s rude. It’s even more rude when a certain Rhymer sister not only does so knowing my feelings on the issue, but then somehow manages to FORGET HER SHOES when she leaves.

So what if they take off shoes and leave socks on? Is that objection-worthy? Because that’s what I was envisioning in your last post. At least there I could see there being something about smelly feet or whatever.

I’m thinking of the tube and London buses, hardly places with tables. Nobody has ever spilt food on me and they’d have to actually go out of their way to do so. It’s not like people are eating a three course meal including soup.