The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Saying please and thank you helps the other person feel valued, holding a door for someone is actively helping them, and chewing with your mouth open is unsightly.

What similar rationale even is there for insisting that removing your hat is good manners? The lack of any real connection between manners and bareheadedness (unless the hat itself obstructs the view or expresses values contrary to the norms of whoever is around you) is the problem here.

Removing you hat in a private space is meant as a show of respect. There are other, more practical reasons which don’t really apply any more.

When a hatted man removes their hat in my home, I feel valued. When a hatted man removes their hat in my home, they’re actively helping me by saving me the trouble of either telling them that they’re an ill-mannered clod or physically throwing them out. I find hat-wearing in my home to be unsightly.

Boru