It never ceases to amaze me when I go to a fairly nice or better restaurant to see guys wearing their hats at the table. I am not talking about some dude at lunch at McDonald's. I'm talking about a nice steak house or likewise having dinner with the family.
When I was growing up I was taught to take my hat off in the house but if I ever sat at the table with it on it would have been removed for me.
And if I tried to walk into my Grandmother's house, especially the kitchen, the hat was removed for me without me being asked to take it off.
Originally Posted by srvy:
This man does but when and where I take it off is the difference. Casual dining is just that.
I don't get it. it's not hard. Indoors, you take your hat off for dinner. Is there some difficulty here? Is it that hard to take off your hat? Do you have some debilitating illness that prevents you from removing your hat?
There are a few hard and fast rules: you take your hat off for dinner. You help a lady with her seat. you pay for your date's/wife's meal. Is there that much trouble remembering that much? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
I don't get it. it's not hard. Indoors, you take your hat off for dinner. Is there some difficulty here? Is it that hard to take off your hat? Do you have some debilitating illness that prevents you from removing your hat?
There are a few hard and fast rules: you take your hat off for dinner. You help a lady with her seat. you pay for your date's/wife's meal. Is there that much trouble remembering that much?
Originally Posted by cosmo20002:
If I'm eating a casual dinner at home (or in casual restaurant) with family, who gives a **** if someone is wearing a baseball cap? If everyone is dressing up for some reason, that's different.
Common sense and comfort have come a long ways since when the boomers were growing up, thankfully.
You see pictures of men wearing hat and suits to baseball games, even in the 1960s. Why? Had to be uncomfortable as hell, especially in the summer. For what purpose? To look nice? For who? It's stupid.
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
I don't get it. it's not hard. Indoors, you take your hat off for dinner. Is there some difficulty here? Is it that hard to take off your hat? Do you have some debilitating illness that prevents you from removing your hat?
There are a few hard and fast rules: you take your hat off for dinner. You help a lady with her seat. you pay for your date's/wife's meal. Is there that much trouble remembering that much?
Seats must have been a lot more complicated in the olde days. [Reply]
Originally Posted by cosmo20002:
Why? Special occasions aside, what makes sitting at a table and putting food in your mouth a sacred, hat-free zone?
:-)
I suppose i should try to understand that the average millennial just doesn't understand the simple concept of 'respect.'
Someone took the time and effort to put together a meal for you, dipstick. Taking your hat off is a sign of respect for those that provided a meal for you. t's also a sign of respect for those that you're having a meal with.
JC, I can't believe that anyone would have to explain such a simple concept. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
I don't get it. it's not hard. Indoors, you take your hat off for dinner. Is there some difficulty here? Is it that hard to take off your hat? Do you have some debilitating illness that prevents you from removing your hat?
There are a few hard and fast rules: you take your hat off for dinner. You help a lady with her seat. you pay for your date's/wife's meal. Is there that much trouble remembering that much?
Do you take your hat off in a pizza parlor fast food restaurant picnic? I think you are going a little overboard on this rule. [Reply]
