Dear People of the World:
I think a little etiquette lesson is in order.
If you are in a public place, you cannot behave like you are in your living room.
For example, if you are eating at a restaurant, even one as casual as The Varsity, you CANNOT talk on the phone as loud as humanly possible.
Don’t be this guy, who shared with the entire place his distaste for some cashier’s long fingernails.
Why do I know this? Because I was 20 feet away and could hear him clearly. He made me want to wolf down my fries and flee. And YOU KNOW Varsity fries are to be savored.
I’m so annoyed.
Similarly, you should not watch a video on full volume in a public place, ESPECIALLY not a fine-dining restaurant. Yet that is exactly what my cruise friends and I witnessed in the ship’s steakhouse. All 11 of us turned to face this rude man with looks of shock on our faces.
To no one’s surprise, he didn’t notice. He was too engrossed in some YouTube video — for at least FIVE MINUTES (which is a long time when you are peeved).
If you need more lessons on what’s acceptable (and not) in today’s society, check out this Forbes piece.
Your fellow humans will appreciate your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
Beth, a considerate and quiet person — in public
Observe and report 
That is a truly epic eye roll, Auntie Beth. I recently had to explain the YouTube rule to my dad. My mom knew it was rude, but he was stunned. She’s seven years younger than he is; is it a generational thing? Do the Boomers not have any intrinsic common sense of these things? All I have is more questions.
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Oh my eyes nearly fell out of my head! I don’t understand. What’s hard about knowing you shouldn’t play videos in public?
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