Settle an argument on this rainy holiday weekend. It's 2016, is it still rude to wear a baseball hat inside? Is it common courtesy to take your hat off when you walk inside someone's house? Discuss.
Other than that, it stays on... I respect those who invite me in their home... And I don't think wearing my hat inside, deminishes that... If they request that I take it off, sure... I'll remove it, but I don't even think about it
Hats, yeah, it used to be required to take it off indoors. If I wear a USMC baseball cap then remove it, my hair looks like hell. So I decide before I head out, hat or no hat?
Taught at a young age remove it once inside someone's house or when eating.
Sunglasses is ridiculous to wear inside. End up looking like a total idiot. Unless it's for a medical purpose only sunglasses should be removed indoors
I mean really. Does that really offend people. And why is that considered wrong. I'm 40. I wear hats and have worn hate probably 90% of my living days since about 8 years old.
I wear a hat to (a) protect my head from the sun/rain/snow, (b) mop up sweat and (c) complete the fashion of my outfit (whether it's a fedora for style or a baseball cap showing my support for a particular sports team).
I don't need (a) or (b) inside. Reason "c" makes some sense indoors, but other social considerations kick in depending on whether I'm in somebody's house or in a Buffalo Wild Wings. In the former, it usually comes off (certainly at the dinner table, but reasonable minds could differ over a poker table or watching the game in a den); in the latter I do as I please.
RE: If I'm wearing a hat I take it off at the dinner table
so often that you actually wear it inside someone's home. Since it's a compulsion of some type, you shouldn't feel it necessary to remove it - but clearly need counseling.
Hats, yeah, it used to be required to take it off indoors. If I wear a USMC baseball cap then remove it, my hair looks like hell. So I decide before I head out, hat or no hat?
One of the many reasons why I shave my head. People tell me it creates extra work. Oh no, it does not....
it was a big deal wearing a hat inside. I never wore a hat when I was a kid, but when I first started losing my hair I was so self conscious about it I would wear a hat everywhere.
The first time it was brought up to me that it was strange to wear a hat inside was when I went to my friends house and his dad came in the basement and said hello. He made it a point to say something about me wearing the hat inside
Being raised in the South (Texas), a man was always expected to take off his hat indoors. I've lived in California for 46 years, it's not that way at all here. What's particularly annoying to me (shows my prejudice, I guess) is to see "wanna-be" Cowboys wearing large "ten-gallon" hats indoors.
My dad's generation (WWII) always wore hats. My generation (baby boomers) never wore hats. It was all about showing off our long hair (when we were young). As we got old, we still don't wear hats.
The kids of today enjoy wearing baseball style caps. Many never take them off, anywhere.
In the military, it always considered very inappropriate for a man not to remove his "cover" in-doors.
is somewhat old fashioned. I don't wear hats often, but I do like to wear a Giants, isles or golf hat at times. I had no problem taking it off at her mother's house but last night the gf surprised me when she insisted that I follow the same rule at her house. "It's common courtesy." Thus the thread.
so often that you actually wear it inside someone's home. Since it's a compulsion of some type, you shouldn't feel it necessary to remove it - but clearly need counseling.
This post was a joke, right?
RE: RE: Sorry, but there's something wrong with you if you wear a hat
so often that you actually wear it inside someone's home. Since it's a compulsion of some type, you shouldn't feel it necessary to remove it - but clearly need counseling.
It usually means my hair does not look all that good or I just decided I'm not messing with the hair today. So I'll run my fingers through it, the hat goes on, and that's where it stays. What's the big deal.
whether you would wear a hat during a job interview. If the answer is no then that should tell you why you shouldn't wear one in someone else's house. If you want to wear one in your own house go right ahead (no pun intended).
whether you would wear a hat during a job interview. If the answer is no then that should tell you why you shouldn't wear one in someone else's house. If you want to wear one in your own house go right ahead (no pun intended).
That makes pretty much zero sense. I wouldn't wear sneakers to a job interview, either. Should I not wear sneakers in another person's house?
And don't forget clean underwear! (sarcasm off). I'm not trying to argue what is or isn't appropriate in a given situation. I'm trying to point out that how you are perceived is affected by how you are dressed. You should be aware of that when entering a home not belonging to you or a close friend. If you dress as you choose, well that is your choice.
That hats were outerwear, and protected you against rain, snow, etc. So, like a coat or boots, you would take it off as a courtesy to your host and so as not to track anything into their home. So "old fashioned nonsense" does have a basis in common courtesy.
So long as you aren't mucking up someone's house (I usually inquire about taking off my shoes as well), I don't see much of a problem with keeping it on - just be aware you run a greater than zero chance of inadvertently offending someone, so I probably would avoid doing at a work function, or other similar situations.
I don't wear hats very often so it doesn't come up for me, but a baseball cap seems fine to keep on. A fedora or other kind of "dress" hat would seem weird, but honestly more weird than rude. (In fact we had a firm meeting at a hotel followed by cocktail reception last week, and there was guy wearing a fedora. I thought it was a silly look, but it didn't even occur to me that it could be considered rude to be wearing the hat inside).
That kind of common courtesy doesn't go out of style.
But the etiquette of it goes beyond outdoor elements.
When some old lady tells a young kid to take his perfectly clean cap off in the house because men in the 1940s took their hats off, that's a bunch of nonsense to me.
And I don't even wear hats or caps.
I think it's still etiquette, that hasn't changed,
I think it comes down to what it so often dos, that people by and large can do whatever they want and other people can judge them for it however they want. That's pretty much how interpersonal interactions work.
is somewhat old fashioned. I don't wear hats often, but I do like to wear a Giants, isles or golf hat at times. I had no problem taking it off at her mother's house but last night the gf surprised me when she insisted that I follow the same rule at her house. "It's common courtesy." Thus the thread.
I think this is a symptom of a bigger problem in your relationship. If she's telling you that you can't wear hats inside her house, next thing you know, you will be wearing hideous outfits to horse races and dancing like a fool at Carnival like a certain whipped Patriots quarterback.
Other than that, it stays on... I respect those who invite me in their home... And I don't think wearing my hat inside, deminishes that... If they request that I take it off, sure... I'll remove it, but I don't even think about it
IMO, sunglasses s/b removed once inside.
Hats, yeah, it used to be required to take it off indoors. If I wear a USMC baseball cap then remove it, my hair looks like hell. So I decide before I head out, hat or no hat?
Sunglasses is ridiculous to wear inside. End up looking like a total idiot. Unless it's for a medical purpose only sunglasses should be removed indoors
I don't need (a) or (b) inside. Reason "c" makes some sense indoors, but other social considerations kick in depending on whether I'm in somebody's house or in a Buffalo Wild Wings. In the former, it usually comes off (certainly at the dinner table, but reasonable minds could differ over a poker table or watching the game in a den); in the latter I do as I please.
Now this I will do... I won't wear my hat at a dinner table unless it's my own flucking dinner table
Actually, no... Lol
My paternal grandparents house
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That would t be your mother-in-law's house would it?
Actually, no... Lol
My paternal grandparents house
I thought for sure you were talking about a house of worship?
Hats, yeah, it used to be required to take it off indoors. If I wear a USMC baseball cap then remove it, my hair looks like hell. So I decide before I head out, hat or no hat?
One of the many reasons why I shave my head. People tell me it creates extra work. Oh no, it does not....
The first time it was brought up to me that it was strange to wear a hat inside was when I went to my friends house and his dad came in the basement and said hello. He made it a point to say something about me wearing the hat inside
Regional, generational and cultural.
Being raised in the South (Texas), a man was always expected to take off his hat indoors. I've lived in California for 46 years, it's not that way at all here. What's particularly annoying to me (shows my prejudice, I guess) is to see "wanna-be" Cowboys wearing large "ten-gallon" hats indoors.
My dad's generation (WWII) always wore hats. My generation (baby boomers) never wore hats. It was all about showing off our long hair (when we were young). As we got old, we still don't wear hats.
The kids of today enjoy wearing baseball style caps. Many never take them off, anywhere.
In the military, it always considered very inappropriate for a man not to remove his "cover" in-doors.
But still, take them off during the National Anthem you a-holes.
Same here. But now that ppl mention it, I'm not sure why I find it ok to leave it on indoors but take it off while eating.
This post was a joke, right?
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so often that you actually wear it inside someone's home. Since it's a compulsion of some type, you shouldn't feel it necessary to remove it - but clearly need counseling.
This post was a joke, right?
At first - but now I'm not sure.
That makes pretty much zero sense. I wouldn't wear sneakers to a job interview, either. Should I not wear sneakers in another person's house?
Pure old-fashioned nonsense.
That makes pretty much zero sense. I wouldn't wear sneakers to a job interview, either. Should I not wear sneakers in another person's house?
Pure old-fashioned nonsense.
What kind of no manners filthy animal wears sneakers INSIDE someone else's house? Take your shoes off at the door.
So long as you aren't mucking up someone's house (I usually inquire about taking off my shoes as well), I don't see much of a problem with keeping it on - just be aware you run a greater than zero chance of inadvertently offending someone, so I probably would avoid doing at a work function, or other similar situations.
But the etiquette of it goes beyond outdoor elements.
When some old lady tells a young kid to take his perfectly clean cap off in the house because men in the 1940s took their hats off, that's a bunch of nonsense to me.
And I don't even wear hats or caps.
I think it comes down to what it so often dos, that people by and large can do whatever they want and other people can judge them for it however they want. That's pretty much how interpersonal interactions work.
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