Travel website KAYAK asked 1,000 people about the unspoken rules of travel — seat reclining etiquette, waking people up so you can go past them to get to the bathroom, and so on. Thrillist reports that there was broad consensus on some subjects, and substantial disagreement on others, but we want to know, what's the most egregiously awful behavior on planes?
Apparently it's now a thing for dinner party hosts to ask their guests for money to help with groceries. Eater reporter Amy McCarthy says that's not OK, and offers some suggestions for cutting costs if you want to host but can't afford to. What's your experience with this? Pick as many answers as apply and share any fun stories in the comments.
Is reclining your seat on a plane a no-no? An etiquette expert says that in these days of limited legroom, it's inconsiderate. Others point out that if seats weren't supposed to lean back, they wouldn't lean back. And there's a third point of view: The airlines are effectively selling the same space twice, so it's all their fault. Here's USA Today's breakdown of the issues. What do you think?
An example: Trying out how a Quote (-boost) flows between two Calckey servers
social.calckey (me) <-> blahaj.zone (another)
As the creator of the original post (social.calckey) I get a notification 💡 that I have been Quote-boosted (from blahaj.zone)
The layout looks pretty decent too
Any comments and replies back to the Quote-boost (blahaj.zone) go against that, not my original Post so I don't see those comments, but at least I got visibility that I was QB-ed in the first place
As trans 🏳️⚧️ this kind of functionality can matter in how it is implemented. TERFs and nutters dogpile us on the birdsite in 95% of cases this way. Also I feel it's a simple courtesy in general anyway to know if one is Quote-boosted - on Mastodon I always manually add in the original poster, for exactly this reason
I beg of you, just say Twitter. Don't say birdsite, or T******, or any other cute thing. Just say Twitter, so people can mute that word and not see your post.
Same with Musk. Or Trump. Or any other thing you think some of your audience doesn't want to see. Just say the word and let people mute that word. Please.
So I've got a new #knitting pattern coming out next week, and while I (of course, as a completely unbiased person, ahem) think it's pretty neat, I'm not completely sure about the etiquette about mentioning it in a marketing context here. I mean, part of what I love so much about this space is that I'm not being sold to every minute. But! I love seeing what art people have for sale here too. So what's the feeling here about announcing things like new pattern/art/whatever releases?
Splitting the bill has become easier thanks to apps and QR code ordering, but it can still cause friction. Bon Appetit has figured out how to break things down in every scenario, whether you're the only non-drinker, the person with dietary restrictions, or the birthday girl. At a a birthday dinner, what do you usually do?
In the coffee shop enjoying a tea. The elderly man next to me is watching the football on his phone. In portrait so he is only getting a tiny credit card sized picture. Do I tell him to turn his phone 90 degrees or do I do the English thing and make a mental note to worry about it at some random time in the future? #coffeeshop#etiquette
I figure if I see a post with hashtags, the poster is looking for wider reach and it's safe to boost. If I don't see any hashtags I try not to boost. I know there are follower's-only posts and yet this still feels polite. If you catch me boost/unboosting your post that's probably why. #Fedi#Etiquette#Fediquette
Concert etiquette hits the headlines again as a fan at an Adele gig in Las Vegas got scolded by a security guard for standing up, only for the star of the show to intervene in support of the audience member. What's your approach to this?
Self-checkout stands have been around since the 1980s. And yet, the self-checkout area remains “a bit of a wild, wild West, with plenty of road rage cruising down those lanes.” Here's a story from The Takeout on “The 8 Unbreakable Rules of Self-Checkout Etiquette.” An important read because the people behind you in line might not think your toddler’s attempts to scan the broccoli florets are all that cute. https://flip.it/8oTlEo #Culture#Shopping#Etiquette
Question for #AskFedi: Someone posted an awesome image with a great concept, but the alt text leaves out so much context as to make it incomprehensible to non-sighted users.
I'd love to re-post with better alt text. But I don't want to strip credit from the person with the original idea. But I also don't want to "call them out" for the poor alt text.
I can't just post it as a comment; it'd take too many characters. (Alts allow 1500! Comments, only 500.)
New research suggests that people overestimate how big a deal it is if they say no to an invitation. "Invitees have exaggerated concerns about how much the decline will anger the inviter, signal that the invitee does not care about the inviter [or] make the inviter unlikely to offer another invitation in the future," the report says. Here's more from NPR. Tell us in the comments if you struggle to say no to invitations.
I get this this is an interesting etiquette thing, but in a chat app (slack, etc), I strongly prefer no-salutations before diving into the discussions subject.
tfw some of kid's friends give her actual house plants for her birthday. I mean, she loves plants, but (1) it's close to giving somebody a pet without clearing it in advance, and (2) kid will leave for college in two years, and, um...
Be wary of Mastodonians who tell you that only boosts count, and that favorites “don’t do anything.”
These are people who believe that compliments don’t do anything, that praise doesn’t do anything, that please and thank-you don’t do anything. They’re animals.
When replying to a thread or toot which itself has a number of Hashtags, is it preferable to echo those selfsame tags in the reply, or is that association inferred by way of the connection to the original post?
Hot take: grosser than taking your shoes off on a flight is following it by putting your feet against window and poking person in front of you with your feet.
Asqueroso 🤮 #etiquette#manners