Let’s Talk about Etiquette

If everyone had common courtesy, etiquette, respect, manners, and perhaps a conscious the world would revolve with less headache.

I can never understand for the life of me people who would come to your house for dinning no matter what time of the day and they bring nothing with them on their first invitation. Or they would text and ask, “do you want me to bring something with me” and when you say, “surprise me” they surprise you alright and bring nothing. That totally blow me away. I call that first and last time invitation. You see when you are invited to a person home the first time it is a nice gesture to bring a gift with you. Whether it may be a bottle of wine doesn’t matter if it is cheap, flowers, or a box of candy. Never show up with empty hands. Second invitation you  would ask the invitee if they would like for you to bring anything with you. After that you are no longer obligated to bring anything with you unless you feel like it or the person who invited you made a gesture for you to do so.

When a person who don’t know you at all met you just once in life call asking for money to borrow. I understand we all fall down in life sometime but wouldn’t they think it is tacky to ask a complete stranger for money and expect it the next day. I had to bust out laughing about that one and say “wow, really …….. wow”.

Talking and eating. I know when I am having a really good conversation I tend to talk with my mouth open but I am always covering my mouth. I have the fear something might come out plus the food looks better in the plate than my mouth, lol. But some people don’t cover their mouth when they talk they want to share what they are eating with everyone for some odd reason. Please if your a “see food talker” wait until you have  finish chewing or cover your mouth when talking. Same goes for cow grazers. What is up with people chewing gums like they are cow grazing grass. It’s not cute so stop it!

Cell phone talkers you all annoy me when you talk in public. I remember when cell phones use to be for emergency now it is use for boredom. Tell me why must a person feel the need to talk on a cell phone when they are with a person having a nice meal in a restaurant? If the person is boring you to death suck it up and call your friends about it when you get home. Not only in restaurants also in the grocery stores, in lines, in bank, hospital, and the places are endless. You see I don’t have a problem really of hearing your business when you talk loudly on the phone. It is like I am being entertain with out watching tv or reading a book. I can just stay in the area of where your voice is at the top of your lung as if your in a night club with loud music playing. I think my problem is that I don’t have any caramel popcorn and my flosser around to put up with your loud conversation. Well at least I know now what your doing Friday night. Hope you have fun.

“Fish for sale”. My mom use to say fish for sale and I knew exactly what it meant. It meant close my legs and sit up straight. I do not have a problem with females having their legs open when wearing jeans perhaps they are unable to cross their legs. But when your wearing a skirt or dress please cross your legs. If that feels uncomfortable cross your ankles and have one foot on top of the other. This still give you a comfortable feeling and your fish won’t be for sale.

Bloggers…I will never understand some bloggers who go to a person page and click on the like button as if they have not read anything to leave a comment to a person page. Is this their way of book marking the page for others to follow them. I think that is so tacky. The same goes for people who subscribe to a person blog for them to subscribe back but never leave a comment. Please don’t waste your time doing that on my little blog if your not sincere to actually reading all my b.s and grammatical errors:) Same goes for those people who leave a comment but never click the email notification encase someone/myself have a question to ask.

Walkers who think they own the street or the grocery lane back off woman coming your way with hips and she know how to use them. My first year living in Germany I walked in the street many days because the side walks are narrow and people when they see you coming they don’t move behind their friends or family members they keep the position forcing you to walk in the street. After living here for a year I told myself no more walking in the darn street keep your butt on the side walk. Now when people come my way it is like two bulls facing each other head on. Eventually one person have to move and it is no longer me! Same with grocery store people. Sometimes the stores can be so full but their is always some room behind a person or at least me. I don’t understand why people must squeeze themselves in front of me when there is tons of room behind me and worst they don’t say excuse me and there are German words for it. I tend to tell people to excuse themselves. Some actually do and some look at me like I am crazy.

If everyone had common courtesy, etiquette, respect, manners, and perhaps a conscious the world would revolve with less headache.