Manners a.k.a Etiquette

[Matt the Funk]

When people are complete dicks or stare at you with an attitude I tell them off. Other than that I am nice and shit. I hate when people don't wash thier hands after going to the bathroom...just nasty...

[Breukelen advocaat]

I got on the subway two days ago, and there were very few empty seats. There was a pretty good cross-section of people, including loud high-school kids, which is not unusual where I live. I decided to sit between two people. Now, I'm pretty thin. As I was lowering myself into the seat, my bottom accidently bumped into a bag that this woman had on her lap that was hanging over my seat. She start's yelling at me, with an accent, "There's all these seats, and you have to pick this one........."

She didn't expect me to open my mouth, so I said something like I'm sorry, and she kept it up, so I blasted her, "It's YOUR bag that's in the way, I said I'm sorry, and YOU...,etc" - which the whole car heard, lol. I moved to a different seat, after I had the last word, and threw a sarcastic-sounding, "Ya know what I'm sayin'?", really loud. They don't expect men to answer back like that. Fuck 'em all. I'm crazy, and I don't start shit with people, but I'll always finish it if they do. When people see that you're like that, they always back off.

[FreeVenice]

I hate it when a fight's going on and, instead of trying to break it up which is the right thing to do, they pull out their phone and start recording it like a dumbfuck to sickly enjoy violence later.

Sorry, I got to disagree on this one. I think that a one on one bout between two individuals with mutual agression toward one another, must settle there differances. Hurting someones pride can be like a seed growing inside someone. I agree completly about the cell phone thing, those peeps deserve to be slapped. . .

It's not about enjoying violence, it's about releasing tension between the two. As much as I hate to say it, it is in our nature to battle, and I say keep it man to man/woman to woman. It's either this or you get a bunch of peeps with there head so far up their asses with arrogance that they go pushing themselves/there opinions where they are not need nor wanted. . . sorry wanting a documentry about christians. . .

[206 DankySpanky]

Not weedsmoking ettiquette. Just social.

I've been reading through the forums and it's great to see other stoners that are intelectual and intelligent. It shows that we are not all a bunch of second class citizens like the gov't and anti-pot organizations try to precieve us as.

Anyways, coming from a completely Colombian household I was forced with manners and was always told to be polite. And now that I'm starting my adult life, I'm thankful and people always compliment me on mine. And it's just nice to be nice and for people to appreciate it.

I was just wondering if any of you give importance to social manners or etiquette? And what kind of things do you hate when people do?

For example, I hate it when people sneeze or cough and don't cover their mouths. ESPECIALLY if it's directed towards me and my pipe. lol

Or when I hold the door for people and they dont thank me, like if I'm some kind of fuckin doorman.

There are a lot more, but I'm just curious about yours.

hey im colombian too!

very cool.

were u born in Colombia? If so even more cool:thumbsup:

lol, i was born in Cali sorta near Bogota.

anyways if uve ever been back there have u found the bud??. its crazy if u know the right people my cousin grows som crazy strains so when i go down there it like heaven, and the cops dont give a fuck. i live in seattle now but i went back to Colombia the past 2 summers and o baby my cousin who lives ther has some crazy shiieet. the best thing is u can smoke a j while walkin down the street, cops dont care, or u just give them like 5 bucks to leave u alone its great. and when i go all my weed is FREE. the dankest bud ive ever smoked too. but thats because i have family out there with land so they can grow. god its great.

bud is also really cheap there. like unbeievebly cheap like $1 a gram so its basically the best place ever

[206 DankySpanky]

sorry my post was completely off topic

[Kid Dynamite]

Dude...I HATE when people dont thank me for holding the door for them. Especially when they are old enough to know their manners.

yeah that really gets me too...i mean a thankyou doesen't hurt does it. Some people, not being sexist, but often teenage girls just act as though your their personal door opener, so they dont need to thank you...

[FreeVenice]

I say if they haven't said thank you by the time they cross by you. . .Trip them. . .lol, it doesn't have to be to the floor. Just a little stumble to shake them up. . .

[stinkyattic]

Manners are very important to me and always have been. I was raised pretty strictly and table manners were like rule #1 of our house... I always got the sense that my mother saw an orderly meal as a microcosm of the life she had always aspired to, far removed from her hardscrabble roots.
So my table manners are ridiculous and I consider eating dinner in front of the TV completely abhorrent unless there's a REALLY good reason for it [*cough* red sox game].
Also thanking people!!
Huge thing for me.
Being respectful to waitstaff and retail workers is IMHO incredibly important- Having worked in restaurants all through college and then after when I was trying to buy my house, I'm apalled by the total demanding, condescending, assholes that seemingly normal people can turn into when they walk into a restaurant. Some lowly busboy comes by to fill your water, say thanks to the kid- friendliness makes the difference between a good work environment and a bad one and you both go home happier, unless you are a total douchebag who ENJOYS putting the working class in their place in the mud.
Rant!!!

[napolitana869]

Opening the door for people is one of my big things. What really bothers me is that normally when you open a door for someone they kind of grab it as well and hold it open for the person behind them, I hate it when the person you're holding it for just keeps on walking and doesnt do anything and you're stuck holding the door for 10 people. I had a friend that use to do this so I just started closing the door on her. Please and Thankyou are big in my book too. I just really hate rude people in general. People interrupting me is bad too. Bad manners is one of the only things that really makes me lose my temper at people.

[EE2000]

I grew up in the south, I was taught to be nice and polite, and mind my manners. I say yes sir or no sir ( or ma'am depending on gender ).

I have never been impolite on purpose, its not who I am. Me and my SO say thankyou alot to each other, if I cook dinner he thanks me, if he cleans the snow off my car or brings me coffee at work I say thankyou. Its the way we are. I couldn't picture being impolite.