[CFrance]

Of course you can label them--as bad mannered. Doesn't mean you have to go tell them. That's bad manners too.

There IS a standard, even today.

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by gomoho

Ok 2B but do you think those germs are gonna jump out of the hat and get you???

Maybe, and then I may take after Howard Hughes.

Seriously, I just think it's the right thing to do when in a restaurant, but it doesn't really bother me.

[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by Tweety Bird

Religious head coverings are due to respect and are clean. A dirty, stinky baseball cap?

"A dirty, stinky baseball cap?" Yes! Not to mention that it is fashionable to wear it backwards.

What is wrong with these wives/partners, etc., who don't say anything and think it okay or fashionable.

[jblum315]

The slobs have beaten them into submission, emotionally

[Meddick]

I was raised to not were a hat indoors. However, having said that, this is me and I really do not think much about what others are doing with respect to hat wearing. As long as the folks are not rowdy, they are free to live and let live, as far as I am concerned.

But then again, I am not a hat wearer.

[memason]

Well, sorry folks, but Joe says it's ok to "Leave Your Hat On" ....

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b04jq7NB1s]Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On - YouTube[/ame]

[gomoho]

Quite frankly - I don't give a damn!

[quirky3]

Fumar! So happy to hear from you!

Would this be OK in restaurants then?

p.s. Just kidding, everyone, just kidding! Fumar LOVES dogs so much!!

[elizabeth52]

This is from the Emily Post Institute:

Men – Hats can be left on…
Outdoors
At athletic events (indoors or out)
On public transportation
In public buildings such as post offices, airports,* and hotel or office lobbies
On elevators

Men – Take hats off, including baseball caps …
In someone's home
At mealtimes, at the table
While being introduced, indoors or out (unless it's frigid!)
In a house of worship, unless a hat or head covering is required
Indoors at work, especially in an office (unless required for the job)
In public buildings such as a school, library, courthouse, or town hall
In restaurants and coffee shops
At a movie or any indoor performance
When the national anthem is played
When the flag of the United States passes by, as in a parade

Women – Fashion hats (not baseball-style caps) can be left on…
In someone's home
At luncheons, weddings, garden parties
At religious services
At a movie or any indoor performance
When the national anthem is played
When the flag of the United States passes by, as in a parade

Women — Take your fashion hat off…
Anytime it blocks someone's view, such as at a wedding or in a theater
Indoors at work
Women — Remove baseball-style (unisex) caps…
In someone's home
At mealtimes, at the table
While being introduced
In a house of worship, unless a hat or head covering is required
Indoors at work, unless required for the job
In public buildings such as a school, library, courthouse, or town hall
In restaurants and coffee shops
At a movie or any indoor performance
When the national anthem is played
When the flag of the United States passes by, as in a parade
*

*

(Cancer patients are exempt from hat rules. They may keep their hats or caps on at all times if they wish.)
*

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by zonerboy

Sweaty hats, maybe.

See how misspelling a word can change the whole meaning
of a post?

And they said spelling doesn't matter.

[Suzi]

I've never been fond of men or women wearing hats at meals. Raising sons, I learned to pick my battles, so I gave up for meals at home (especially grabbing lunch). But insisted, hats off at restaurants (McDonalds didn't count). The younger generation doesn't seem to adhere to the same norms we did, but thats probably our own fault because we didn't force the issues like our parents did. Its a new generation out there - many of us were professional women working outside the home. I'm not making excuses, but the time I was at home with my sons for meals, I rather wanted to cheerfully hear about their day than to scold them for wearing a baseball cap. I'm culpable for this hat-wearing generation.

[LI SNOWBIRD]

I take off my hat at the table when dining out. It's something I learned as a kid. It's common curtsey. I'd like to add- do not put your hat on the table. Put in your lap or a prong of your chair.

On a side note: men: take off your hat when the US flag passes during a parade. It's something we all should have learned but forget to do.

[perrjojo]

It's true wearing a hat at a meal is uncouth but then so is wadding your napkin and tossing it on the table, putting elbows on the table, talking while chewing, ad infinitum but I was not appointed the manners police. It is also quite rude to comment on others bad manners. Also customs do change over time even if we don't like it.

[gustavo]

Originally Posted by elizabeth52

This is from the Emily Post Institute:

Men – Hats can be left on…
Outdoors
At athletic events (indoors or out)
On public transportation
In public buildings such as post offices, airports,* and hotel or office lobbies
On elevators

Men – Take hats off, including baseball caps …
In someone's home
At mealtimes, at the table
While being introduced, indoors or out (unless it's frigid!)
In a house of worship, unless a hat or head covering is required
Indoors at work, especially in an office (unless required for the job)
In public buildings such as a school, library, courthouse, or town hall
In restaurants and coffee shops
At a movie or any indoor performance
When the national anthem is played
When the flag of the United States passes by, as in a parade

Women – Fashion hats (not baseball-style caps) can be left on…
In someone's home
At luncheons, weddings, garden parties
At religious services
At a movie or any indoor performance
When the national anthem is played
When the flag of the United States passes by, as in a parade

Women — Take your fashion hat off…
Anytime it blocks someone's view, such as at a wedding or in a theater
Indoors at work
Women — Remove baseball-style (unisex) caps…
In someone's home
At mealtimes, at the table
While being introduced
In a house of worship, unless a hat or head covering is required
Indoors at work, unless required for the job
In public buildings such as a school, library, courthouse, or town hall
In restaurants and coffee shops
At a movie or any indoor performance
When the national anthem is played
When the flag of the United States passes by, as in a parade
*

*

(Cancer patients are exempt from hat rules. They may keep their hats or caps on at all times if they wish.)
*

Emily who??

A lot of dinosaurs here worrying about something that they have no business worrying about. MYOB. If someone wants to wear a hat and it isn't in my face, I could care less. Now let's talk about the choking perfume the so called people with manners waft into the restaurants. I can't even breath sometimes, but they're not wearing a hat so I guess everything is great, according to Emily.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by gustavo

Emily who??

A lot of dinosaurs here worrying about something that they have no business worrying about. MYOB. If someone wants to wear a hat and it isn't in my face, I could care less. Now let's talk about the choking perfume the so called people with manners waft into the restaurants. I can't even breath sometimes, but they're not wearing a hat so I guess everything is great, according to Emily.

It's not a worry; it's a complaint. Unless the OP went up to the hat wearer and got in his face, then she was minding her own business. She's entitled to her opinion and the expression of that opinion.

And perfume and hat wearing in restaurants are the same thing--rude. It's also rude to refer to someone as a dinosaur. And that's my opinion.