(I'm sure I've spelt that wrong!)

So what "rules" do you have, what are your own personal "unspoken rules of etiquette"?

I have two that I can think of:

If there is a spare double seat on a bus .... you NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE choose a seat next to someone.

If you are in a toilet (at work or other public place) and you have a dump you wait until the other person in the toilet has left before you come out of the cubicle. Ditto the other person stays in the cubicle if the "dumper" comes out first. We DO NOT need to know who's had a poo, eye contact does not need to made at the hand-dryer.


Any more?

Never 'visit' for a long time. Friends and family are like fish - lovely fresh, but they go off after a couple of days.

Talking to a stranger on public transport is completely unacceptable behaviour - unless there is a problem with the transport! Then you are allowed to talk to your fellow passengers, provided it is only to moan about the problem.

But....should you see that person again on a later date, the previous conversation becomes null and void and it will once again be unacceptable to speak to them.

Talking to a stranger on public transport is completely unacceptable behaviour - unless there is a problem with the transport! Then you are allowed to talk to your fellow passengers, provided it is only to moan about the problem.

But....should you see that person again on a later date, the previous conversation becomes null and void and it will once again be unacceptable to speak to them.

oh right on, sister!

Gawd...I met one of my best friend from striking up a conversation on public transport! :-O
Weirdo's are people too!
And what about sweet little old ladies who ask about marmalade and stuff.
You CAN'T just ignore them!
yoikes...
What I can't abide, tho', is people talking loudly on mobiles on public transport.
'Hi..I'm on the bus.'...'I said I'M ON THE BUS'.......
AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH...drives me menthol!

drives me menthol!
:laugh: :laugh: :wink_kiss

Never pick your nose in the car when another car is driving towards you.

Gawd...I met one of my best friend from striking up a conversation on public transport! :-O

****Whispers**** I too met one of my friends on public transport, but we generally keep it quiet 'cos you can be committed for that round here.....

Always put the divider thingy between your shopping and the person's in front of you at the checkout - particularly if they are old - because they WILL ALWAYS joke that they are on a pension and cannot afford to pay for yours too. ha ha. (NOT) :ranting:

Sorry should this be in this thread or in a ranting thread??

People who when out for the evening spend most of the time texting :mad2:

When calling on a neighbour, one should knock or use the doorbell. Leering in through the sitting room window to make you jump out of your skin is not acceptable :ranting:


Oh it is such fun working from home :laugh:

It really makes me mad when you get off the train at your station that people are crowding round the door waiting to get on and not leaving you any room to get off and hardly moving out of the way at all. I just shove my way through them – hmmpphh.

When you come to my house I will make you a cup of tea on arrival (so long as you don't engage me in a lengthy conversation in the living room which is some distance from the kitchen). About 2 hours later I will offer you another.

If you like to have your tea on a "chain-drinking" basis, i.e. cup whipped away as soon as you have finished and the next one poured, then please feel free to either make it yourself or ask outright for more tea please. Comments like "it's a bit dry in here" or sitting with tongue extended and rolling of eyes is futile. I am usually too far into what I am saying to notice such subtleteas :laugh:

When visiting sister-in laws go complete with flask to save dehydration.

:laugh::laugh::laugh:.............

You must call all ladeeeeeees over a certain age Mrs. That age was once 30, then it went to 40, now it is around 90!!:whistling

:laugh: :laugh: :wink_kiss

Never pick your nose in the car when another car is driving towards you.

My hubby does this all the time!!!!!!!!!!!! :ranting: i have now started calling him Wart -Hog.

When walking on the beach about to choose a couple of sunloungers, always choose loungers at least two (or more) away from everyone else and then when you are settled and anyone dares to look as if they are coming to sit next to you, give them the evuls.

When visiting sister-in laws go complete with flask to save dehydration.

And when visiting Mother In laws go complete with ear-plugs, Lunchbox and flask.

When i am on a bus i always give my seat up to mothers with young babies, the elderly, and young children, but sadly people have not done this for me when i have been with my children.

You should never make conversation with someone on a plane when you have been sick in the toilets, a lady started a conversation with me on a plane to Tenerife a few yaers back and she had been so sick in the toilets her breath was buzzing and i could'nt get away from her.

When visiting sister-in laws go complete with flask to save dehydration.

Ooooh I'm liking this Mazz. More time to chat and I won't have to clean the kitchen floor or put a teatowel over the grimey cooker next time you pop in ;)

If someone gives way to you on a car-lined street, for example, SAY THANK YOU! :ranting:

Indicate at T-junctions. Straight ahead is not an option.

Always try and burn off a superior car at traffic lights.

If you're a bunch of blokes in a lorry or van and you pull up next to me, pass at least an admiring glance, if not an outright letch.

Patsy, did you have a bad car journey this morning, by any chance? :ninja:

Most mornings ils. Most mornings.

It is an unspoken etiquette that you must always tell people that their newborn babies are adorable. Even if you actually think they are ugly as sin and/or are secretly repelled by them......

It is an unspoken etiquette that you must always tell people that their newborn babies are adorable. Even if you actually think they are ugly as sin and/or are secretly repelled by them......

But how? I usually manage a pathetic 'What is it called?' :blush:

If you have gone out of the room to fart, shake your garments and allow at least 15 seconds before re-entering the room.

Hmmm...I disagree about talking to strangers on public transport. I spoke to an old woman on the train one time and made her laugh (even though I wasn't saying anything funny whatsoever) and she told me before she left that I had "made her day" which I thought was nice :)

However, what I cannae and will not tolerate are people burping when they talk to me. Farting I can handle - in fact I still find farts funny in a totally immature sort of way - but I cannot stand it when people burp!

Hmmm...I disagree about talking to strangers on public transport. I spoke to an old woman on the train one time and made her laugh (even though I wasn't saying anything funny whatsoever) and she told me before she left that I had "made her day" which I thought was nice :)



You should have shown her your German Weave.

Hmmm...I disagree about talking to strangers on public transport. I spoke to an old woman on the train one time and made her laugh (even though I wasn't saying anything funny whatsoever) and she told me before she left that I had "made her day" which I thought was nice :)

Yeah, but I think you do things differently in Scottishland PJ...... :laugh:

In London, you are quite clearly insane if you talk to a stranger. I mean, they might bluddy talk back! :ohmy:

I feel pretty much the same as PJ, it wouldn't bother me if someone struck up a conversation with, in fact it happens quite a lot. Must have one of those faces!! :shocking: I did notice when in London absolutely NO-ONE SPEAKS to each other.

I have met some lovely "strangers" on the bus, train etc and have even got some business...........but that I mean my jewellery before anyone thinks differently!

Patsy, I am so with you on the traffic thing! People can be so rude! The other day I made a HUGE mistake of driving down the Royal Mile. It was the start of the Festiva, it was packed with people and far too much traffic. Anyway this man in a council van starts mouthing off at me cos he can't get past, I very calmly take my pen, roll down my window and make a big show off writing down his registration number. He then puts his hands up and mouthed sorry! Just calm down, you will get there eventually!!

I have met some lovely "strangers" on the bus, train etc and have even got some business...........but that I mean my jewellery before anyone thinks differently!

Hey - I'm half kidding guys. But only half mind

Seriously, it is a bit of an unspoken rule in London that conversation with a stranger = clear proof of insanity. But, there are exceptions to that rule and I fairly recently met a girl on the underground who has since turned out to be quite a good mate. She is the girldfriend of one of my first loves from school too wich proves what a small world it is! Mind you, she initiated that conversation - not me, but I'm mighty glad she did.

But she comes from Bournemouth originally, not London, so she is quite possibly inbred. Which might explain her "unconventional" behaviour....... :laugh:

Hey - I'm half kidding guys. But only half mind



karenh, I know you were. ;)

Although in Glasgow, I do get a bit freaked out as practically everyone speaks to you like you are their long lost buddy! Now, that just takes a bit too far!

Always get your ti-ts out at passing vehicles especially vehicles with sexy men in them. :bag: (just kidding)

If someones eyes glaze over when you are talking to them - SHUT UP AND LEAVE THEM ALONE...THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED!

If someone continues doing a menial task as you approach and they do not greet you - GO AWAY THEY DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU!

Do not invade a persons personal space if you haven't been invited.....esspecially if you have B.O. or bad breath!

If you use the last of the loo roll, do not simply put the new one on top of the holder and leave the carboard tube of the previous in place...CHANGE IT ALL TOGETHER!

If you spray the seat when having a widdle...WIPE IT UP!!

The person who notices the last biscuit should offer it to all before taking it for themselves.

When you go to the cinema...if the film has already started and you are late sit in the first available easy to get to seats...do not spot the seats amongst others which mean you have to ask them to move so you can squeeze donw the row, blocking everyones view, to get to them.

Do not take noisey snacks into the cinema!

Do not talk all the way through the film at the cinema!

If you have guessed the ending of a film do not share it with others until afterwards!


When making a post in a thread about ettiquett don't go on and on..oh! :blush:

:bag: okay I'll stop....for now...

When you hold a door open for someone and they don't say thankyou - shout after them THANKYOU!!!:glare:

When someone lets you into a traffic queue, give them a smile and a thumbsup:thumbsup:

When someone in the back seat of your car says they are going to be sick - STOP the car immediately, it is easier to replace rear broken lights and sweep up a bit of glass - than it is to remove the smell of sick from the passenger well behind your seat!!!:sick:

When you hold a door open for someone and they don't say thankyou - shout after them THANKYOU!!!:glare:

Oh I always do this now.
Same with the traffic thing as well, if you let someone in, and they don't wave a thankyou hand, you then wave at them as if to say thankyou :w00t: with the best glary face you can do.

"What I can't abide, tho', is people talking loudly on mobiles on public transport.
'Hi..I'm on the bus.'...'I said I'M ON THE BUS'.......
AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH...drives me menthol!"

Or people who talk loudly on mobiles anywhere, as if to say "Yeah, listen to me, I'm a very busy and important person!"

I never sit next to anyone I don't know on a bus if I can avoid it, in fact I sit on a different seat to people I know unless it's busy. I always sit upstairs if I can. I always stand up for others if required. I won't start a conversation on a bus or train, but am more than happy to talk back to someone.

Already mentioned, but if someone does you a favour.... SAY THANK YOU!!! The amount of times I've been polite to people whilst working (and although I generally have to be polite, I also do it of my own accord... plenty of times you can come across a shop worker who's chewing and doesn't help) and they don't say thank you.