Even in the Southwest, where wearing hats indoors is tolerated, I always removed my sombrero or cap when sitting down to eat at a table in a restaurant, and always took it off entering a home ( even my own ).
I’ve always hated the “no hats indoors rule” (except when eating). To me, it comes across as anal retentive and old fashioned. Just another antiquated notion that should be done away with. True, you should take your hat off when eating, but other times, it should be okay.
Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips did not wear his otherwise ever present 10 gallon hat at home games in the Astrodome. “My mama told me, when you’re indoors, a man removes his hat.”
It’s a rare thing to sit down to eat anywhere these days and see anyone other than myself remove his hat. And, as someone else already said, it isn’t an age thing. I see plenty of folks older than me (and I’m 61) who were certainly exposed to decent manners that can’t be bothered with them. So it’s more than poor upbringing, it’s lazy, selfish, no manners slobs.
You know, the same ones that set their cell phone volume on high and shout into it all through your meal. They used to be the obnoxious, loud mouthed, cigar smokers but that’s been stomped out, at least the smoking bit, in most places today.
It’s kinda funny, I was watching an Adam 12 re-run and saw a hippy type character at a college cafeteria scene sit down and remove his hat. He was a background character that had nothing to do with the ongoing dialog, but it really stuck out for me since those kind of good manners are so rarely seen today.
Templo S.U.D. almost 7 years ago
Un hombre se puede llevar una gorra durante un séder judío de Pascua (pero esta familia no es judía).
NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 7 years ago
I don’t get the hat thing.
jamescordeiro almost 7 years ago
Men are not supposed to wear hats in a house, church, or while eating, only women are. Its a manners thing you don’t hear much about anymore.
BlueIris Premium Member almost 7 years ago
@JamesCordeiro Nor is it much seen.
Linguist almost 7 years ago
Even in the Southwest, where wearing hats indoors is tolerated, I always removed my sombrero or cap when sitting down to eat at a table in a restaurant, and always took it off entering a home ( even my own ).
That’s just the way I was raised.
GaryCooper almost 7 years ago
If I had tried to wear a hat to the table at my Grandma’s house, I would have gone hungry.
tad1 almost 7 years ago
I’ve always hated the “no hats indoors rule” (except when eating). To me, it comes across as anal retentive and old fashioned. Just another antiquated notion that should be done away with. True, you should take your hat off when eating, but other times, it should be okay.
Davepostmp almost 7 years ago
Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips did not wear his otherwise ever present 10 gallon hat at home games in the Astrodome. “My mama told me, when you’re indoors, a man removes his hat.”
sml7291 Premium Member almost 7 years ago
It’s a rare thing to sit down to eat anywhere these days and see anyone other than myself remove his hat. And, as someone else already said, it isn’t an age thing. I see plenty of folks older than me (and I’m 61) who were certainly exposed to decent manners that can’t be bothered with them. So it’s more than poor upbringing, it’s lazy, selfish, no manners slobs.
You know, the same ones that set their cell phone volume on high and shout into it all through your meal. They used to be the obnoxious, loud mouthed, cigar smokers but that’s been stomped out, at least the smoking bit, in most places today.
It’s kinda funny, I was watching an Adam 12 re-run and saw a hippy type character at a college cafeteria scene sit down and remove his hat. He was a background character that had nothing to do with the ongoing dialog, but it really stuck out for me since those kind of good manners are so rarely seen today.
ron almost 7 years ago
Most men of my generation served in the Armed Forces as a basic obligation as a citizen. There we learned to remove our cover (hat) indoors.