I apply brakes out of the blue when someone is tailgating me. It gives them such a fright that they back right off, immediately.
That's interesting. Because I have a problem with people who put down every slight and mistake as a mark of disrespect. Since we're all human, and vary in our mileage, there is absolutely no reason to take any of it personally unless it's markedly pointed at us .. personally. To respond in any other way than acceptance of that variability (ie, to take everything personally) is kinda ... well, sociopathic (that word again!). To take it a step further again, and regard oneself (or one's belongings) as necessarily deserving of respectful treatment over and above the normal behaviour of the individual we have issue with, is hmmm ... problematic, to put it mildly.
But in many places/cultures, knives are not used when eating. Spoon or fork is always held in the right hand, in those cases.
Towel. Which is gross beyond measure. My father has bidets, and I can't even look at the hanging bum towels in the bathroom. Sorry Dad
I use my fork with my right hand because I am right handed and it is just awkward with my left hand. I don't really care if someone is Petty enough to be upset about something so silly! That kind of thing went out last century anyways unless you are British Royalty (or wannabe British Royalty!)
Uh - do you know what sociopathic means? And we know at least one thing you're petty about... lol, what you consider "over and above" most people consider "basic common courtesy"
Thy shall not dareth sayeth table mann'rs art fusty and outdat'd! Anyways, the "I am right handed" is a bollox argument since this is exactly why the fork goes in your left hand in the first place - the knife is active and therefore goes in your right and the fork is passive and therefore goes in your left. If you cut a slice of bread, do you hold the loaf with your right and cut with your left "because you are right handed"? No, you don't so shut up!
IMO no one eats with their fork in their left hand except lefties. The only way Americans are different than Europeans with this seems to be that the Euros don't switch the fork to the right hand after cutting a piece of meat, but Americans do.
Yeah, if it is a dish that is okay to eat using only a fork, it goes in your right hand. But only then. Well...Americans are barbarians! I am glad you left Europe. Lol, I kid.
The hanging bum towels??? You actually call them that? Would live to see a TV ad for some detergent. "Compare results of Brand X!" (Customer takes a whiff of a half cleaned "bum towel" and wrinkles nose) with "Spring Fresh"! (Cue harp and a choir, as customer sniffs and smiles beatifically.) "I'll never use Brand X on THIS family's bum towels again! Honey, please come void and dry your bum so I can use my Spring Fresh!" "But I ain't digested proper, love." "Try, dear, TRY!!"
That's all fine, but I wouldn't want to guess about a potential life and death situation. In general terms, why not do what is right instead of taking chances?
Because curb service must have been pretty cool at grocery stores back in the day. No need for handicapped spots. Those folks could just pull right up to the building and have their groceries loaded in.
Maybe I do, maybe I don't. Generally, it means dislike of fellows. ie, if you find yourself at opposition to your fellows (for things which others would be okay with) on a regular basis. Easily peeved people are essentially sociopathic. Common courtesy is somewhat in the eye of the beholder. Others will have different ideas, not necessarily meeting our own. If we feel personally aggrieved by these variations, we are practising a type of arrogance/sociopathy. Not suggesting most of us are immune to this kind of aggravation, because most of us are surely not. But acting on it, with any kind of regularity, is problematic. It indicates a core belief that we personally, are deserving of adjustments in normal behaviour from everyone we meet.
Americans switch the fork to the right hand after cutting something up? Seriously? That.is.very.weird.
What else to call such a thing? It's a dedicated bidet towel, hanging next to same. I'm sure the owners of bidets don't call them that, but all of us non-bidet fans do. Or something equally graphic
Right, but how in the world does the term come up in conversation? Can't you just call it a towel? "Hand me a towel, please." "Here you are." "No, I want a bum towel to dry my bum." "How did you wet your bum?" "In the bidet, how else?" (The word "bum" is already funny to Americans. We call it a "butt.")
