Public etiquette thread

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Bryan Regan does.

“He’s calling the hump?!”
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Here are a couple reasons why you might choose a middle seat ( none of which admit that you like the middle seat but rather like the possibilities that come with it ) :

1. If it's a empty looking flight, and you want to roll the die, maybe you pick the middle to chance that people would rather look for a seat where they don't have to sit next to someone or a couple who wants to sit together now has to look elsewhere. So in the end, you might get one or two seats empty next to you.

2. You hate couples and are a dick and rejoice when they ask if they can sit together and you say no.
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#2 is me.
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#2. I told a couple no once, but I was in a window seat in the front of coach.

#1. Flights are so full these days you’ve lost before you roll the die.
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I wish to reiterate that people who stop in a busy walkway and block the rest of us is annoying... just outside an elevator, center of an airport concourse, as they get off an escalator, blocking grocery aisle at rush time, etc.
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Here’s one:

Somebody in our shop has been chewing on all the ink pens...
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Oh! And when somebody licks their hand as some attempt to get a better grip on something...gross!

Would it be appropriate to just, say, lick a dollar bill or a receipt? Nope. Then why lick your hand before you grab it?

I had a guy lick his hand before he grabbed his credit card, and when he handed it to me the card had a big wet loogie on it. Wtf!
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I live in a building with a lot of Northwestern Med students.
Way too many of them enter the elevators with their backpacks on. They act as if they are oblivious that their backpacks are an extension of them and their bodies.

Fast food workers who handle money and then also prepare/serve food without washing their hands.

People who don't say thank you.

People who when they order food say - "give me".

People who slowly walk on narrow sidewalks in the exact center of the sidewalk - so I can't move past them without saying excuse me. Problem with that is often they are wearing headphones and don't hear me.

People who cough and don't cover their mouth.

To be continued.....
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When people are hogging the sidewalk to the point I can’t even move past them without saying something, I say “excuse you” instead.
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ousdahl wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:34 am When people are hogging the sidewalk to the point I can’t even move past them without saying something, I say “excuse you” instead.
You showed those MF'ers
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new puppies that won't just stay asleep the whole fucking night

so inconsiderate

(just got one, turned 7 wks yesterday)
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people in their over-sized trucks/suv’s that don’t know how to park
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Here, they all want to back into the parking stall. Many take several tries to pull it off.
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TraditionKU wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 11:25 am people in their over-sized trucks/suv’s that don’t know how to park
Someone did that last year with this huge van. They parked it in a "compact" space. It was pretty funny, so I took a picture of it.

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Get a tow truck
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I like to park my 2006 F150 in the spot next to them.
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jhawks99 wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:41 pmGet a tow truck
Can't tow something that fucking big.
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lobster wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:50 pm
jhawks99 wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:41 pmGet a tow truck
Can't tow something that fucking big.
So...if a van breaks down they just leave it where it sits?
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lobster wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:50 pm
jhawks99 wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:41 pmGet a tow truck
Can't tow something that fucking big.
Lol. Yknow they tow semi trucks right?
Just Ledoux it
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TDub wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:21 pm
lobster wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:50 pm
jhawks99 wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:41 pmGet a tow truck
Can't tow something that fucking big.
Lol. Yknow they tow fucking train cars right?
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