People Who Should Probably Learn Some Manners

This article was originally published on Constative.com

In a world where most things are expensive, manners don’t cost anything – or so the saying goes. One of the hardest jobs as a parent is to ensure that your child knows enough to be a respectful and polite member of society. It’s why you make such a big deal about them asking before they leave the table or saying their obligatory ‘pleases’ and ‘thank yous’. From the look of these photos, however, it seems that not everyone’s parents are trying as hard as they can be in this department. There still seems to be a good proportion of the population who has missed out on the basic manners lesson. Prepare yourself: this list will definitely raise your blood pressure.

Slow food

If you’re planning to meet a friend for a nice, relaxed meal then it’s useful to be able to phone up your favorite restaurant and reserve a table. That way you don’t have to worry about there not being any available tables when you arrive, and you can just enjoy your time together. Not everyone seems to think that’s necessary, though.

Like this woman, who decided that her need for a table was greater than anyone else’s need to finish their breakfast. It’s the sense of entitlement that gets me most, and I think I would have done exactly the same as Brandon and sat there all day long.

Save your knees

Putting your needs above everyone else’s is a common theme in our article, and I am flabbergasted at some of the cheeky things people do without batting an eyelid. Take this woman, for example, who needed to crouch down and look at the fresh loaves of bread on the bottom shelf of the supermarket aisle.

Not only did she decide that her knees were far too delicate to touch the actual floor, she decided that fresh loaves of bread were the perfect cushions, and didn’t even put them back on the shelf afterward. I mean, obviously, no one was going to buy them now, but the whole thought process shows a high level of entitlement.

Cryptic tip

Being a waiter is a tough job, and I’m fully of the opinion that everyone who plans to eat in a restaurant in their lifetime should have to go through one afternoon of waiting tables in a café. That way they’d understand a little of what it’s like from the other side, and maybe have some sympathy. It might stop instances like this one.

This is purely about humiliating a real-life human being for laughs. Sure, you’ve left a tip, but the server will have to clear up this ketchup mess in order to get it. Whoever did this seems to think of servers as several rungs lower than him on the ladder, which is an appalling way of treating people, if you ask me.

Price tag

Weddings are minefields of etiquette at the best of times. You have your guest list, whether children are invited, who gets a plus one, whether you’ll ask your guests to travel, and whatnot. That’s before you even get to the extra cheeky couples who set a specific dress code or plan extravagant and expensive bachelor and bachelorette parties.

This one I haven’t seen before, though. The couple is asking for gifts, but instead of registering, they’ve put a minimum price tag on what they’re expecting. Why they thought this was reasonable I have no idea, but I bet that this guy isn’t the only invited guest who won’t be in attendance.