Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Yet another rant by an old man about something we used to do.

etiquette: noun, the customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group.

Hat etiquette. See above.

I am old. I still have scars from my parents and grandparents and school teachers. Take you hat off, now.

I guess there is something wrong with me to expect a male to remove their hat when indoors, especially while eating a meal. I suppose I am too old for some of these expectations.

Is etiquette completely gone? Might as well be, it is too hard to spell. Is etiquette something cultures of supposedly superior folks push onto supposedly inferior folks? Perhaps. This is all too much to cogitate this early in the morning.

For the time being, sir, be a gentleman and remove you hat indoors.