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[Mellie32]

Internet etiquette --

Don't type in all caps or misspell words on purpose (you=u, are=r, to=2, etc.)

Keep your family drama OFF of social media.  I don't want to read about the latest fight between you and your sister-in-law or you and your ex.  

Don't take and post pictures of your kids when they're sick -- I honestly don't understand that one at all.  

[Mellie32]

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@divine wrote:

Return borrowed items promptly and in the same condition as when they were borrowed.

Never drop-in unexpectedly.

Be punctual.

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Amen!

[Mellie32]

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@MyGirlsMom wrote:

No trolling social media, pretending to be someone you're not.  

No smoking outside the entrances of businesses.

No volunteering TM!

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TM?

[MyGirlsMom]

No feigning ignorance

Taking up two parking spaces

Leaving the toilet seat up

Taking almost the last of something so you don't have to throw out the container or change the roll

Toss, brush, or comb your hair at the dining table

[tedEbear]

  No bodily noises in public.

[Irshgrl31201]

Right now we are teaching my grandson the yes ma'am no ma'am, yes sir no sir thing. He has started saying it by himself and it takes me off guard that he has started doing it without being reminded. I gave him milk the other day and he said thank you ma'am. I just love little kids with manners. I don't like it when parents don't pay attention to their children and let them run wild. There have been times when we go out to eat that he has gotten fussy and I think it is the obligation of the parents to get up and leave (even to just calm them down). Other people are paying money to enjoy a meal out and it is rude to subject others to endless fits or crying. Kids do that, it is normal to have that happen once in a while, but to not address it and subject others to it is just wrong.

I think being punctual is really important. A person who is constantly late for others has no respect for their time. 

I like to acknowledge gifts or nice things people do for me. Usually a little thank you note. I had little stationary and envelopes made up at my printer and it has my monogram on it. One is just my stationary and one is a light weight card stock that has my monogram and "Thank You" on it. I like to use those for a gift and something nice that someone did for me. It takes a few minutes and is appreciated.

I can't stand when someone blows their nose at the dinner table or around people eating. Get up and go excuse yourself. Same with out of control coughing. Table manners are a big deal to me. Can't stand it when people hold their forks between their thumb and forefinger. Growing up we had to go to etiquette classes. We learned not to do the American cut and switch at the dining table. We learned Continental or European etiquette for table manners. It is much more seamless. 

No talking loud on cell phones. I can manage to be five feet away from a person and they can't hear every word I am saying. I don't understand why that is a problem. Also if I am talking to someone in person, I don't go through my phone or start googling stuff, playing with my phone. I pay attention to them. 

Say please and thank you and acknowledge when someone opens the door for you. 

If I buy a person gifts and I don't hear from them, they don't get gifts anymore. It doesn't have to be a big to do, if you aren't into thank you notes fine but a call or email is warranted to acknowledge it. 

I like to be inclusive. I don't like others to be left out. IF a new friend is meeting my older friends, I make sure to introduce them and hang around to make sure they feel comfortable if we are with a bunch of people they haven't met. 

When I receive an invitation that requires a response, I make sure I send one. If they are gracious enough to invite me, I will not leave them guessing. That is rude. 

If I am talking to someone on the phone and I get another call, unless it is an emergency, I don't drop my first call, that is rude. Also if I am talking to someone on the phone, I don't carry on conversations with others in the room while still talking on the phone. That is rude. 

I am sure there are other things that bother me and I consider to be rude but can't think of them right now.

[ROMARY]

What only slightly 'bothers' me:  Is when the models, after applying their lipstick/lip color, rub their lips together.  I know that they have been told to do it that way, because all of the makeup models do the same.  I like applying my lipstick and leaving it alone.  Just a very slight pet-peeve.  Nothing important. 

[Lila Belle]

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@Mellie32 wrote:

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@MyGirlsMom wrote:

No trolling social media, pretending to be someone you're not.  

No smoking outside the entrances of businesses.

No volunteering TM!

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TM?

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Playing dumb. Like pretending you don't know a poster meant TMI.

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[Irshgrl31201]

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@tansy wrote:

The last bit of etiquette I passed on to a toddler was we don't eat our boogers, followed by don't feed your boogers to the doggie.  Rules to live by.

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Oh gosh Tansy my almost 2 yr old grandson just did that the other day. He is getting over a cold and not the best at blowing his nose yet and he picked his nose and fed it to my dog. My dog then followed him around everywhere he went for more. 

[ROMARY]

Coughing or sneezing without covering with a tissue, or blocking with their forehand/hand.