What do you consider disrespectful?

[sheila]

The QOTD got me wondering.

[Jayne]

There are lots of things I feel are disrespectful. I don't know that I can narrow it down but one thing that gets me with the kids I teach is when I am ready to start and they continue to talk, or when I am teaching and they start talking. To me that is disrespectful and I have told them that if they can not respect mine then I can't respect theirs and it deducts from their recreation time :dunno:

[sheila]

Oh, I wasn't thinking that it would have to be 1 thing. :lol: I think there are loads of different kinds of things that are disrespectful.

Deliberately ignoring me is one that bugs me. (kids & husband, especially!)

[Ana975]

There are lots of things I consider disrespectful. The couple that come to mind right now are:

*when you invite someone for dinner and they show up late
*when you are having a party people say they are coming and then don't show up at all

[Barb]

The first that came to mind is how some people act at the grocery store or mall, barrelling through like they are more important than everybody else, not yielding the right of way, or taking their turn looking at things. Does that make sense?

Ignoring people.

Not saying 'please' or 'thank you'. (OK, that's bad manners. But I think is disrespectful, too.)

I know I'll come up with more later.

[Mandi]

Not saying please and thank you.

Not rsvp'ing.

Interrupting me when I'm talking.

[Nichole]

What I think is disrespectful:

Ignoring me/someone.

Interrupting

Cutting in line, not saying excuse me when you bump into someone, just the general "I matter more than you, so I'm going to bowl you over so I get in front" attitude. :down:

[Melissa]

Not having consideration for your fellow human beings. This means making sure that you don't hurt feelings, hurt someone physically, etc...

[Lynn]

General bad manners is respectful IMO. I can't stand it when people don't thank you for something, or don't say please. Is it so hard? Are you that much better than me?

[Sandy]

OMG, I have to out myself b/c I am the world's WORST interrupterer. (I realize that is not a word, but it sounds funny so I wrote it anyway.) But seriously, I am horrible about doing that. I really have to make a conscious effort not to do it. :violin: I am one of those "wait until the next break to talk" people, rather than an inherently good listener. So, 1000 of these for me. :whip:

[Karri]

No soup for you, Sandy! :whip:

Bad manners, which would include interrupting, ignoring, not saying plz/TY, etc.
Being inconsiderate of others and others' property

[Karly]

I hate it when Ty burps loudly in front of company or when we're out with other people. I think that is the rudest thing ever.

I think it's rude when people don't take care of their plates at the dinner table OR when they leave their dirty paper plates/napkins sitting on the counter rather than throwing them in the trash. :angry2:

I'm sure there are lots of others! I agree with what you've all said so far, too. :nod:

[schwanda]

General bad manners is respectful IMO. I can't stand it when people don't thank you for something, or don't say please. Is it so hard? Are you that much better than me?

I completely agree! I'm a big believer in the golden rule (ya know, do unto others....).

Amanda

[Bev]

I agree that displaying poor manners is disrespectful but I'm not sure how many people are actually taking the time to try to teach them to their children. KWIM?

I can't stand people who are constantly late. I consider that VERY disrespectful. I try to be on time or early for most things and my time is valuable, I should not have to waste my time waiting for someone to show up late to something. If there's an emergency that's one thing, but I'm talking about chronic lateness. I once told a friend that she was getting a special wedding invitation that had the start time an hour earlier than it really was. She wasn't late, but I was walking up the steps to the Church (running because it was pouring rain) and people were still arriving. :gah:

Sandy, I am an interrupterer too. :blush1:

I also think sticking out tongues and mocking is disrespectful. Mason is constantly doing this to me right now. I send him to his room if I catch him. If I don't see it, I don't care about it because I totally understand the need to stick your tongue out at someone (I do it myself, but not when Patrick is looking! :blush1: Come on! We all knew who I was talking about! :lol: ) It's childish I know, but it makes me feel better. :heee:

[Sandy]

I agree about the being on time thing. Although, I have to say that I have slacked up on that w/ people w/ children. I cannot stand to be late, neither can Tommy, but sometimes if we have a blowout diaper, or just pissy kids, we do run a bit late. Drives me nuts, but I figure it kinda comes w/ the territory. So, I am more understanding.

The most disrespectful thing to me is disregarding someones opinion as invalid. Blowing them off, or making them feel small. KWIM? I can (and do) disagree w/ lots of opinions from both friend and foe on lots of issues, but I feel it is so important to at least acknowledge that it is valid to them. I hate the feeling when someone does that to me, so I try very hard not to do that to anyone, despite how asinine their opinion is. :lol2: