Didn't your mother always tell you to take your hat off at the dinner table?

Not really; we lived in the South and weren't uppity folks. I grew up on a cotton/soybean farm and with a cotton gin, grain elevator and a fertilizer distributorship in the mix, most of the time we rarely had time to sit and eat like you citified folk.

It's just a total lack of respect for those around you. When I visited true southerners(those that were born in Kentucky and Alabama and still live there) they expected me to have manners....those from the south are actually more tuned in to what is appropriate...and my parents taught me what was appropriate in their eyes and my southern friends drilled it into my brain. Everyone here has a reason to justify living they way they want to live......and I guess it would be nice to say that what someone else does doesn't bother us.....but we all know it does. If it doesn't conform to us, then we have an opinion. It's not going to change, but we don't have to like it. Take off the hat and buy a comb if your vanity over your hair gets in the way. As for the Sharon....what is posted is "Attire
Business Casual is recommended for most performances. On some special occasions, more formal wear may apply and will be noted." Of course they ask not to take photo's but camera's and iPads are held high basically announcing S**** you Morse Center, we don't care about what you want...it's want we want. End of rant!

If they have to be told, they are not worth telling!!!

Exactly. :thumbup:

Wow. People get quite upset when they can't think of a single reason why you shouldn't do something totally harmless.

Hats off at the dinner table and at the Sharon or similar venue. So far I've yet to see one at worship in our Church. Good manners and etiquette are learned traits and are never out of style.

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Wearing Hats in a Resturant
 

What is worst is when a person takes their sweaty hat off
and sets it on the table.
Nothing wrong with leaving it on your hat during causal dining.
Or what about this, the other night at Cane Garden 2 couples
were sitting at a table next to us having dinner.
One lady receives and Face Time call from the family and
carries on a conversation as if she's in her own home.
About 15 minutes later she receives another phone call
which she answers and carries on another conversation
for 10 minutes . . . Now that is rude.

Definitely not okay no matter how the man is dressed. Once a man is no longer outdoors, especially in a restaurant or church, his hat should come off.

Well..........
 

Only twice in my life have I sat at a meal with my hat on. Both were in Texas.

Once was in a small cafe near the LBJ Ranch where there were about 30 people having lunch at long communal tables. Like all of the other men in the room, I was wearing a "cowboy hat."

Every man wore his hat throughout the meal. There was no place to hang hats, no room on the tables for hats, and no empty chairs to place hats on. It was the custom of the area to wear cowboy hats at meals.

The second time was in a "very nice" restaurant near Bandera, Texas, where there were only four of us at the table. Our host was wearing his cowboy hat, and I felt that taking mine off might be considered a criticism of him wearing his, so I wore mine.

In Texas, western style hats are acceptable both in "cowboy country" and in major metropolitan cities like Dallas, Austin, and Houston. I only wear my "cowboy hat" in Texas, not in Florida.

In Florida there is a long tradition of locals wearing "redneck hats" which they customarily wear at the table when taking meals. My father-in-law wore his during all waking moments throughout his entire life. My brother-in-law presently does the same.

Never having been a member of the country club set, I don't know about the customs of golfers wearing their golf caps at meals.

Through four years of college in Florida I never saw one of my fellow students wear headgear during a meal. In the Army I never saw anyone wear headgear in the mess hall. The Sheriff's Office I worked for was pretty strict about wearing hats, but never required it at meals.

Bottom line.......... I think it looks "unrefined" to wear a hat while eating, and I can understand why people think it spoils the atmosphere of the dining area, but I don't let such things affect my enjoyment when eating out.

I can live with hats, even though not a thing I would wear in an eatery.
Pet hate is cell phones ringing and being answered when eating. That is ignorance. :cus:

We are products of our environment. There was a time when guys in my neighborhood believed success was achieved by working toward an occupation that required wearing a suit and tie. Protocols were established for social interactions.

Then the hippie generation kicked in and grunge was cool. it carried to the office where corporations were, much to my chagrin, pressured to causal attire.

With that change came a change in thinking. I spent the remaining years of work in part policing what my employees wore and making a determination if it met the company's dress code. Believe me when I say some folks simply have no common sense .

A person's attire in part reflects who they are, as does the manner in which they maintain their property, their conversation, etc.

One of the benefits for me for now being retired is that I no longer have to play clothes monitor.

Personal Best Regards:

No class or manners
 

This thread is about wearing hats especially in restaurants but you just hit upon one of my "pet peeves" regarding cell phones. Worse IMHO are dog owners who put their dogs on restaurant tables----especially outside patio tables. No manners and no thought for others.

More than men wearing hats, I hate seeing women playing with their hair in restaurants. Loose hairs flying everywhere, into my food maybe. If a woman needs to fix her hair she should go to the ladies room otherwise keep your hands out of you hair