Rude customer at Nandos!

Turning_into_scrooge

I you are in the presence of a Thai and you put your bag on the floor they will come up to you and tell you to move it higher, the floor is the lowest place so a ladies bag must always be place on the chair she is sitting in, nor would you cross your legs and place them on a table and point your feet at another person, they have been on the floor. Maybe the guy has not been here for long and it is a custom in his country. Live and let live

liney

It is rude to wear a hat indoors (traditionally) The man probably came across as abrupt because English was his second language.

The polite thing to do would be remove your hat, and apologise to the lady ...

sooz

Suzey wrote:

How weird.

I'm confused though...


Then later you say this:

'And as for people inside Nandos, there was hardly any at 2pm today! - and for the record Nandos ENCOURAGES you to eat with your hands! (as stated on their napkins)'



I think I've missed something!!!

Suze

i think he means nando's encourages you to leave your manners at the door.

hollydays

The guy was a loser.Ignore.
Years ago (1940s)it was considered impolite to wear a hat indoors,its so outdated now.he was probably drunk or as said previously,trying to impress.
Its not good manners to publicly pull somebody up on their manners.

Scarlett1

one of my local pubs doesnt allow caps, my friend was asked to remove hers by one of the bar staff when she was ordering a drink

mrcow

Sounds like he was having a bad day.

You should avoid confrontation with anyone who is that highly strung. They are far too unpredictable.

Sounds like his girlfriend had a lovely time :rolleyes:

fwhorn

BusinessStudent wrote:

Hi ALL,

Today Me and my friend went to Nandos for our dinner.

Anyway, we walk in and get seated at the table. As I walk up to the counter to place my order, a foreign young man aged about from 25 - 30 yo taps my arm hard, I glance round and he states: ''REMOVE YOUR HAT THERE ARE PEOPLE EATING!!''


Hi

What nationality was he?

gelato_cat

Oh!!! Thanks. That makes more sense than the other reply!

Suze

sooz wrote:

i think he means nando's encourages you to leave your manners at the door.

Jarvissa

You've typed his comment in CAPITALS - does that mean he shouted it at you?

You see, if he gently touched your arm and said what he said in a normal, possibly lowered, tone - I wouldn't find it at all offensive. It IS bad manners to eat/sit down at a table and prepare to eat, with your hat on.

You don't have to be foreign, stuck in a timewarp or over a certain age to think/know this. I'm 24 and I wouldn't dream of wearing a cap to a restaurant. Of course I wouldn't comment on it if I saw somebody else doing so (I have the 'benefit' of British reserve) but I'd certainly be thinking 'how rude'.

I do hope you didn't take this to heart. I remember your post about Paintballing/Pizza/The Mall and I thought you were somewhat oversensitive in that instance. If I were you, I'd start thinking of some witty retorts because you seem to attract these unsolicited comments! (Maybe you're extremely good-looking )

uktim29

Idiophreak wrote:

I think the hat thing, like a lot of other things people do these days that histrically have been considered bad manners, isn't well known on account of the fact that nobody ever pulls people up over it anymore. (much too afraid of being shot at or stabbed)

Trouble is, there's no real easy way of telling someone that they're being rude without appearing rude yourself.

Thing is though this seems to be a custom from ages ago which is no longer widely know/respected now which should be considered. And then although I know this will be unpopular with some people but where do these customs come from? Not so much that, but why is it rude to wear something on your head whilst eating? I'm not interested in the because it's a custom/tradition thing but the actual why? Therefore if a scene was made which was implied it's as already pointed out more rude than the very largely unknown offense itself.

What about people who wear headwear due to religious beliefs?

This is why I think trying to apply outdated/unknown traditions in a modren world doesn't work.

Another way of looking at it. Everyone who prepares food to be eaten by the public by law has to wear something over their hair to prevent it dropping in. The chance being it may contain bacteria that could cause food poisening ok a rare a chance but thats what they have to do now a days, eg most fast food places have their staff wearing caps!

But this tradition says we should remove them? Ok the above example is just the nanny state laws trying to make sure nothing can happen to anyone! But perhaps it's just time to move on now and accept that old traditions that are no longer widely taught and of no relevence are just moved on from?