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[carlisle401]

Attended a Burns Dinner here in the Phoenix area on Saturday evening. Only two males who thought there was woodpeckers in the Hall. One with a Flat cap ( he must have thought he was a shipyard worker and his workmates didn't see him) and the other, was very well dress black tie, but sat and ate with a Glengarry the whole evening. I saw he was a member of some Knights organization. I thought they would have some form of manners, alas no.

The address to the haggis was great, mind you he is from Ayrshire.

[ELY]

I was raised with manners. remove you cover in the presence of ladies, entering buildings, or getting in vehicles. Also removed for funeral processions and when the flag passes, national anthem playing or not. it disturbs me that people think it is ok to leave it on in a restaurant or other public place. I was also taught to give my seat up for a lady weather on a bus or train or if you are seated in the waiting area at a public venue. it really angers me when I give up my seat for a lady and some lunkhead will sit and say to me I was here before the "bitch" especially if elderly or pregnant. Why doesn't society in general teach good manners any more?

I was heavily pregnant and a kind gentleman got up from his seat and asked me to take it. An idiot youngster sat in it before I could get to it. I calmly asked him to get up. When he refused, I decided he needed a lesson. I sat on his lap and let loose my baby-crushed bladder. He screamed like a banshee, and I got a round of applause. I don't think he ever messed with a tired, cranky, heavy pregnant lady ever again.

[Geoff Withnell]

I was heavily pregnant and a kind gentleman got up from his seat and asked me to take it. An idiot youngster sat in it before I could get to it. I calmly asked him to get up. When he refused, I decided he needed a lesson. I sat on his lap and let loose my baby-crushed bladder. He screamed like a banshee, and I got a round of applause. I don't think he ever messed with a tired, cranky, heavy pregnant lady ever again.

Well done!
This story in a similar vein:
In the Washington DC metro trains, there are seats that are labeled as priority seating for disabled/elderly. Able bodied persons may sit there, but are expected to yield the seat to disabled/elderly persons on request. I was riding the Metro one rush hour, and the train was quite crowded. There was a young couple, oblivious to all, seating in the priority seating. While I qualify according to the rules of Metro as "elderly", that's not how I think of myself, so I didn't ask them to yield me a seat. At the next stop, an older woman got on, using an orthopedic cane, and obviously in some discomfort. When neither of the couple moved to get up (I honestly don't think they saw the old lady), I said the the young man "Why don't you give this lady your seat. I think she needs it more than you do." He made a rude gesture, and suggested I perform an anatomically impossible act. The young lady then said "You can have my seat, ma'am." and rose to her feet and moved away. The old lady sat with small groan, and the young man (I DON'T say young gentleman) moved to rejoin the young lady. She turned her back on him and said "Go away!" I felt like cheering.