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Now it's time for our bad etiquette confessions

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kingsrings:
Okay, it's bad etiquette confession time for us now! ;)  Let's switch the topic from talking about the bad etiquette things other people have done to confessing our own bad etiquette mishaps. It can be any kind, for instance rude things you have done unintentionally, or just because you didn't know at the time that it was rude. What could of landed you as the subject of one of our threads on here?? I'll start:

*Some years ago, I went to a self-serve car wash I had never been to before. I didn't really know how these places worked and that there were two separate areas-one for washing, one for drying. I saw the vacumn cleaners in the side opposite of the wash area and just thought that was where people went to vacumn their cars. So I washed my car and started drying it in the same area. Next thing I know a woman is yelling out, "Excuse me!!!" and I looked and there was this long line of cars by the wash area waiting for a stall to open up. The woman starts yelling at me about why am I not in the drying area and how all these people are waiting for me to move there so they can wash their cars and how rude and inconvenient I am being to them. The other people waiting backed her up. So I've got all these people mad at me, all at once. I was mad back at them because I made an honest mistake and didn't know how things functioned there. I didn't respond because I was so shocked, just gave them all very dirty looks and took my own sweet time moving my car to the drying area.


*I've been guilty in the past of accidentally bringing too many items in the 10 items or less line at the grocery store. Sometimes I've just been so dingy or tired that I went to the line without checking first to see what lane it was. I've been consequently chewed out by the people behind me. Now I'm a lot more careful about checking first.

JeanFromBNA:
I was snarky to the pharmacy tech who tried to refill my prescription.  There was a miscommunication between the pharmacy, the insurance company, and the doctor and I was off meds that I thought I needed.  The delay resulted in my finding out that I did fine without them, so I should really thank the pharmacy.

goblue2539:
I think my most recent was a cell phone violation, but I have to confess I'd probably do the same if the situation rose again.

I stayed on my phone while going through the check-out line.  The reason is because my friend is leaving her husband and I knew if I got off the phone with her she was likely to do something emotionally harmful to herself or her husband, but I still should have at least asked if I could call her back.  The best I thought to do at the time was let her know I was in the check out line and apologize to the clerk as I paid. 

I'm sure I've done worse, but I'm having a problem with selective memory right now.  I'll add more as I think of them.  Or as they come up, as I'm sure some will during this wonderful season of giving as good as we get. ;) 

Oooh, I just thought of one before I posted.  I did cut someone off who was trying to enter the highway.  Dark, snowy night, and someone decided they were too good to merge when people were trying to actually let them in.  They had to drive right up until the entrance lane ended and the rest of the people had no choice but to let them on.  I got mad, and refused to let them in.  Mean and petty of me, and I did feel a little bad about it later, but only a little.  And only because I still made it to class on time.  If I had been late, I probably wouldn't have felt bad at all.  So, that definitely qualifies as a violation.  :-[

NOVA Lady:
My rudeness happened on vacation a few days ago, and I have NO excuse.

We were exhuasted from a full day at the stadium (we went to an NFL game in Miami, so it was hot) and we were starving.

We went into the hotel bar/restuarant to grab a drink and some sandwiches. Well the place was filthy. There were few people but trash from the previous occupants of all tables, so there was no clean place to chose to clean. We sat down at a table and waited for the waitress.  15 minutes later we saw no one (the staff was all congregated around the service bar area.) so I went up to the bar and asked for 2 menues, for someone to come and clean up our table, and take our drink order/get a drink from the bar.

The bartender gave me our drinks, demanded money (11 dollars and the a blank stare) which I gave him and then walked off. I dropped the drinks off at our table, moved the dirty dishes further along the table and walked up to the bar again. I asked again for two menues and for someone to come and clean up our table (it was filthy and the dirty dishes were still pile up there). He gave me the menues and said OK someone will be right around.

Well we waited another 25 minutes and no one ever came, the bartender ignored us.

Well, when the waiter ambled by our table (he didn't stop was just walking right by us) I got his attention and said, "Can you please clean up this table and take our order" in what I admit was a snappy tone. But when he let out a HUGE sigh, rolled his eyes and lamely moved a rag around out table and walked off without picking up the trash/food/dishes/beverages or taking our order I did in fact loose it.

I wont tell the long story but we ended up with room service for free in our room. and I might have said something along the lines of, "This is your job!!!" to the waiter and later the front desk person about the waiter.

I feel bad about being snarky now. I shouldn't have let my annoyance get ahead of me!

sweedetobee:
I never rsvp'd to the first wedding that I was a bridesmaid in. I assumed that the bride knew I would be there since I was IN the wedding after all, but I never realized I had to pick a meal, she needed to know if I was bringing a guest and that I just should have done the right thing and rsvp'd. She's never mentioned it to me of course but when I see her I still feel like a little jerk 5 years later. When planning my own wedding this all came back to me on teh karma bus when several of our guests either did not reply, or sent back a reply card marked yes or no but with no names and no return addresses..........

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