Do you eat with your hat on?

Maninblack4612 said:
Sitting, at the moment, in a fairly posh Italian restaurant. There's a bloke opposite with his wife, probably early 40s & he's wearing a cap. I would never in a million years dream of doing this. Is it because I'm old? Have fashions changed & left me behind? What's the world coming to?
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Typing on the Forum while in restaurant - I hope you're on your own ! - if not you soon will be.

My mate's had to have skin grafts on his head so wears a hat. I'd never do it but we never know the story behind what leads other people to do what they do.
 
I just hate wearing a hat. Rubbish item of clothing, especially base ball caps, and worse when they are on backwards, indoors, like the prat in the cafe earlier.
 
craigstardis1976 said:
"Good God, no, never. Clearly it's the start of the slippery slope, the thin end of the wedge, undoubtedly it is the first step, a gateway if you will, to becoming a genocidal, baby eating maniac who enjoys knifing pensioners, desecrating churches and while we are at it, bring back National Service, teach them some respect. Next they will be wanting colour televisions and have ideas of their own. Look at our golf club, the time is just approaching the twentieth century, we like it that way. It's nice to have a social order and besides the working classes smell, terribly. Glad we blackballed that young whippersnapper who cried like a girl on the beaches of Normandy. How can women play golf with all that housework to do? Glad we don't have those indoor hat wearing types at our club. What next, I swear a saw an African the other week, on the street he was, doing a job of work, in England. I bet he wears a hat inside as well." - Squadron Leader JJ "Rummie" Rutledge. KCSG, (R'td) (Welcome to Golf Committee, Diptheria Golf Club, (est. 1873) Woking, Surrey.)
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And that is what I was thinking. lock the thread Phillip.
 
craigstardis1976 said:
"Good God, no, never. Clearly it's the start of the slippery slope, the thin end of the wedge, undoubtedly it is the first step, a gateway if you will, to becoming a genocidal, baby eating maniac who enjoys knifing pensioners, desecrating churches and while we are at it, bring back National Service, teach them some respect. Next they will be wanting colour televisions and have ideas of their own. Look at our golf club, the time is just approaching the twentieth century, we like it that way. It's nice to have a social order and besides the working classes smell, terribly. Glad we blackballed that young whippersnapper who cried like a girl on the beaches of Normandy. How can women play golf with all that housework to do? Glad we don't have those indoor hat wearing types at our club. What next, I swear a saw an African the other week, on the street he was, doing a job of work, in England. I bet he wears a hat inside as well." - Squadron Leader JJ "Rummie" Rutledge. KCSG, (R'td) (Welcome to Golf Committee, Diptheria Golf Club, (est. 1873) Woking, Surrey.)
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Gosh...

So, you don't and you're not fussed about those that do...
 
craigstardis1976 said:
"Good God, no, never. Clearly it's the start of the slippery slope, the thin end of the wedge, undoubtedly it is the first step, a gateway if you will, to becoming a genocidal, baby eating maniac who enjoys knifing pensioners, desecrating churches and while we are at it, bring back National Service, teach them some respect. Next they will be wanting colour televisions and have ideas of their own. Look at our golf club, the time is just approaching the twentieth century, we like it that way. It's nice to have a social order and besides the working classes smell, terribly. Glad we blackballed that young whippersnapper who cried like a girl on the beaches of Normandy. How can women play golf with all that housework to do? Glad we don't have those indoor hat wearing types at our club. What next, I swear a saw an African the other week, on the street he was, doing a job of work, in England. I bet he wears a hat inside as well." - Squadron Leader JJ "Rummie" Rutledge. KCSG, (R'td) (Welcome to Golf Committee, Diptheria Golf Club, (est. 1873) Woking, Surrey.)
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So you don't have strong feelings one way or the other then?
 
Doesn't bother me in the slightest as it has no bearing on me enjoying my meal and doesn't harm anyone but a few months ago we were having lunch in a café with my dad who is almost 90 when all of a sudden he blurts out 'look at that ???? with his hat on'. Not sure why anyone would get so het up just because a fellow pensioner was eating with his hat on.
 
I've never wore a hat indoors, not even when spending all my money on dirty women in my youth 😜
 
I guess a lot depends where it is. Local Wetherspoons......fine, you expect it in there. But if I'm paying a lot of money to take my G/F somewhere expensive with nice "om-bee-onzz" then wouldn't be very happy about it.
 
No, because a black tie function has a clear dress code, dinner jacket, trousers to suit, shirt and bow tie. Eating in a pub or restaurant, unless specified that jacket and tie must be worn, has no such restriction. Hats certainly don't come into the equation. Again, I really don't see how it matters if you are eating somewhere and someone on another table is wearing a hat how that impacts on your enjoyment.

If a hat bothers you, what else would? If I came into the same posh eaterie wearing a Hawaiian shirt would that also cause offence?
 
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Lord Tyrion said:
No, because a black tie function has a clear dress code, dinner jacket, trousers to suit, shirt and bow tie. Eating in a pub or restaurant, unless specified that jacket and tie must be worn, has no such restriction. Hats certainly don't come into the equation. Again, I really don't see how it matters if you are eating somewhere and someone on another table is wearing a hat how that impacts on your enjoyment.

If a hat bothers you, what else would? If I came into the same posh eaterie wearing a Hawaiian shirt would that also cause offence?
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A lot of golf clubs have a clear dress code but lots of people on here think it's ok to ignore them.

Like I said, if I want to eat next to someone in a baseball cap I'll go to Wetherspoons but I don't expect it in a posh restaurant. I guess you and I have different standards.
 
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