Boorish behavior is ruining our appetite.
July 2006
By William Swanson
| Merely Annoying: | Asinine: | Hanging Offense: | Sign of the Coming Apocalypse: |
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Beginning your order with “Can I have . . . ?”
Of course you can. It’s a restaurant.
Calling your server “Barkeep”
Your server has several reasons for loathing you, not the least this. The rest of us find it annoying as well.
Using a napkin in place of a Kleenex
Think about it.
Licking your fingers
If you hadn’t used your napkin as a Kleenex, you could use it for your sticky fingers.
Tip jars
What exactly has she done besides charge us $5.50 for a cup of coffee?
Laughing hysterically at everything your party says because someone once said you have an infectious laugh
You heard wrong. The term they used was obnoxious.
Cell phones