What is the worst manners to you?
December 26, 2009 6:34 AM Subscribe
A sneeze,a burp,a fart,...in public.Which one is the worst manners for you(in your country)?And which one comes the second?Could you add where you are from and how the home discipline was?
And why do you say, "God bless you! "to a person who sneezes,by the way?.. I think that a fart in public is the worst one here in Japan. A burp comes next.
This post was deleted for the following reason: seems like chatfilter. *fart* -- mathowie
In the US, a sneeze is completely inoffensive (as long as you cover your mouth and nose).
All else equal, a fart is worse than a burp, but an egregiously obnoxious burp (e.g. intentionally playing it up, as loud as possible, not saying "excuse me") would be worse than a minor accidental fart.
"Home discipline": Sneeze: An instruction to cover your mouth while sneezing (if you didn't). No discipline otherwise.
Burp: Normal, minor, accidental burp, instruction to say "excuse me" if you didn't; no discipline if you did. Egregiously obnoxious burp, uh, I guess it would vary from household to household; in the one I grew up in I imagine it would have been displeased instruction not to do that in the future.
Fart: More or less the same as a burp, although a minor, incidental, accidental fart might be overlooked in a sort of "let's all pretend that didn't happen" way.
posted by Flunkie at 7:58 AM on December 26, 2009
All else equal, a fart is worse than a burp, but an egregiously obnoxious burp (e.g. intentionally playing it up, as loud as possible, not saying "excuse me") would be worse than a minor accidental fart.
"Home discipline": Sneeze: An instruction to cover your mouth while sneezing (if you didn't). No discipline otherwise.
Burp: Normal, minor, accidental burp, instruction to say "excuse me" if you didn't; no discipline if you did. Egregiously obnoxious burp, uh, I guess it would vary from household to household; in the one I grew up in I imagine it would have been displeased instruction not to do that in the future.
Fart: More or less the same as a burp, although a minor, incidental, accidental fart might be overlooked in a sort of "let's all pretend that didn't happen" way.
posted by Flunkie at 7:58 AM on December 26, 2009
Britain: fart is worse than burp is worse than sneeze.
I'd be surprised if this isn't fairly consistent around the world.
(I note that you are Japanese. The interesting one is that I've always been told it's ruder to blow your nose in Japan than to sniff loudly, while it is ruder in Britain and America to sniff loudly than to blow your nose. I don't know if that's true about Japan, although it is supported by often noticing Japanese people sniffing loudly in Britain and America, but that might be confirmation bias. And then there are the plenty of Brits and Americans who seem to believe that is OK to sniff disgustingly in public.)
posted by game warden to the events rhino at 8:03 AM on December 26, 2009
I'd be surprised if this isn't fairly consistent around the world.
(I note that you are Japanese. The interesting one is that I've always been told it's ruder to blow your nose in Japan than to sniff loudly, while it is ruder in Britain and America to sniff loudly than to blow your nose. I don't know if that's true about Japan, although it is supported by often noticing Japanese people sniffing loudly in Britain and America, but that might be confirmation bias. And then there are the plenty of Brits and Americans who seem to believe that is OK to sniff disgustingly in public.)
posted by game warden to the events rhino at 8:03 AM on December 26, 2009
I'm in the U.S.
A fart would be the most offensive. A burp depends on what company you're in. I personally find it offensive, but I've had friends who burp loudly and keep on eating/talking/etc like nothing happened.
A sneeze isn't offensive unless you don't cover your mouth with your sleeve. Covering with your hand is just icky.
posted by biochemist at 8:25 AM on December 26, 2009
A fart would be the most offensive. A burp depends on what company you're in. I personally find it offensive, but I've had friends who burp loudly and keep on eating/talking/etc like nothing happened.
A sneeze isn't offensive unless you don't cover your mouth with your sleeve. Covering with your hand is just icky.
posted by biochemist at 8:25 AM on December 26, 2009
Oops, forgot the home discipline.
Fart: Wasn't talked about, in fact I've never heard any of my family members do it. It was just assumed you knew not to do that in public.
Burp: Same here.
Sneeze: No real talk needed about sneezes either, but no one cared if anyone sneezed and we'd simply say, "Bless you!"
posted by biochemist at 8:27 AM on December 26, 2009
Fart: Wasn't talked about, in fact I've never heard any of my family members do it. It was just assumed you knew not to do that in public.
Burp: Same here.
Sneeze: No real talk needed about sneezes either, but no one cared if anyone sneezed and we'd simply say, "Bless you!"
posted by biochemist at 8:27 AM on December 26, 2009
I think that a fart in public is the worst one here in Japan. A burp comes next.
Don't forget blowing one's nose in public in Japan is also taboo.
posted by KokuRyu at 8:44 AM on December 26, 2009
Don't forget blowing one's nose in public in Japan is also taboo.
posted by KokuRyu at 8:44 AM on December 26, 2009
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I'm gonna say fart is the worst in America, unless one sneezes or burps without covering one's mouth or saying, "excuse me" after a burp.
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 6:47 AM on December 26, 2009 [1 favorite]