A poll about manners.

[baratron]

Someone at work is really getting on my nerves. After a "conversation" with her this evening, I decided to come home and write this poll. In the questions where I talk about a random co-worker, I mean someone that you have no connection with apart from working at the same place. When I talk about a friend, I mean someone that you do have some kind of interest in or connection with, someone that you care about for specific reasons, rather than just because they're another human being.


[Poll #97047]

I'll be interested in people's answers. I think some of these situations are more clear-cut than others. Feel free to explain your reasoning in comments.

Comments

[saoba.livejournal.com]

In my tribe, reading is sacred. we will say, "When you reach a good stopping point..." or "Can we talk for a second?". And that is standard with my *partner* and I... J Random Person gets less slack.

Shortening my name is not a capital offense.. the first time. The only person granted the right to shorten my name at will was my late grandmother. I am utterly willing to be politely firmly inflexible about this, I will flat out say "I don't answer to that, my name is Barbara."