Poll: Hats : Wearing Indoors. Rude?

[Gunslinger 1994]

I wear my hat all the time but with it being a visor beanie I don't see a problem wearing it indoors however I am forced to take my hat off in lessons and during certain serious occasions though. Although for more formal hats like the trilby or fedora then I reckon it is rude to wear that indoors seems unchivalrous not too take it off.

 

[Mr Pantomime]

I always like to ask in situations like this "who decided this?" and ask for a good reason. People go on about wearing a hat inside being impolite, but why is it impolite?, and who are you to tell me what to do with my hat? And why is it just hats? Who decided pants are so great?, or socks for that matter?

First thing tommorrow, im buying a hat, and im going to wear the shit out of it inside.

 

[GiantRedButton]

Well the rules didn'T do anmything good and were kinda sexist. Why follow them expect for them being old?.
I do take it off inside mostly but thats for convenience not because people used to say you should.

 

[ClassicJokester]

I always take my hat off when I'm indoors. Aside from the being raised to do so, it's unnecessary for me to wear one inside. I only really wear brimmed hats (not a huge fan of ballcaps, except for playing ball)when I'm out and about, and wearing them indoors brings no benefit.

I don't think it's rude to wear them indoors, however. Someone wearing their hat indoors will not offend me, although it does seem a little bit odd. I only think it impolite to wear a brimmed hat indoors.

I do understand the stance on being able to wear ballcaps indoors, as they are now hardly any different from any other accessory.

Also, I'd take someone coming to my dinner table wearing his coat, hat and backpack as ready to go somewhere soon. Why would you give someone who is your host the appearance that you don't want to be there or are ready to leave at a moments notice. I can see how someone might think thats rude.

I agree on this point. I figure that it's the same as wearing a jacket at the table.

As for the hat's I wear, it's usually a bowler (if I'm feeling a bit foppish) or a classic wide-brim (by today's standards) fedora. Or a Indiana Jonesy cowboy hat if I'm hiking.

 

[Daverson]

Only if your somewhere with clear and present hat racks. It'd be much more impolite to expect someone not to wear a hat in your home, yet provide nowhere for them to put it! D=

 

[Mechsoap]

Its okay to wear hat indoors, male and wear hat all the time im not home.

What kind of hat i use you say? I wear most the time a simple black beanie to control my wild hair.

 

[Fumbleumble]

Not rude... just dumb.

 

[Turing]

Having been a hat-wearer for several years, I think it very rude that most places I come to do not have place where I can hang my hat.

 

[Red Right Hand]

One first-year university student I met refused to take his trilby off when sitting down at a table in a bar to eat. That really irked me.

To be quite honest, i'm glad the student refused. I personally find that tradition to be outdated and pointless. Who cares if you wear a hat inside? It doesn't really make a difference. Overall, I should be able to wear a hat wherever I want and i'm glad I live in a time where I can.

 

[ResonanceCascade]

As with almost anything, there are a huge range of variables which will determine if a specific situation is rude or not. I have only read the first few pages of this so far so I don't know if someone else has already covered it.

The thing that I think most people are forgetting is common courtesy. The act of wearing a hat indoors in of itself is not rude. However, in many situations this is seen as being a common courtesy. By not removing your hat you are effectively saying that I couldn't be bothered to perform the most trivial of tasks to show respect. Or in other words, I don't respect you enough to do this for you. This is where the rudeness stems from.

As always the situation will determine if this is the case. In a close group of hat wearing friends there would probably be no need to remove your hat. However in other peoples homes it would be courteous to remove your head wear.

The way I have been brought up leads me to believe that if I am unable to show the most basic level of respect for a person, that I have no right to expect anything else from them. Simply treat others as you want to be treated.

edit: hate != hat

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Depends. I would see it as rude in someone's house, but not in other places, like supermarkets or lecture halls.

 

[Ham_authority95]

I don't wear a hat, but I don't see how it's rude either way.

Arbitrary rules passed on through the generations, hey

EDIT: Whoa, that rhymed. I could write a song on this subject.

 

[Ham_authority95]

From this moment on I'm considering it rude for people to wear shirts when people enter my home. Why? Why not?

THIS! Totally this!

Yeah and no pants fridays!........
Too soon?

I'd be fine with this, except it's freezing where I live.

 

[UnderCoverGuest]

The purpose of a hat is beginning to descend into fashion rather than function, but one thing remains the same in my book; unless it's one of those fancy parties where women wear bowls of fruit on their head, hats should be removed by all gentlemen while indoors.

 

[Alphalpha]

If you think it is rude, it is rude. If you do not think it is rude, it is not rude. This is true of all manners.

European culture is different from Asian culture which is different from African culture et cetera. Using English table manners in China could be considered rude and vice versa.

If someone does not remove their hat somewhere you feel they should, unless they are aware of your expectations and deliberately flout them, that is not them being disrespectful, that is you interpreting that inaction as disrespect.

I have a general method for conveying respect: I speak to them as though they were my equal; I consider their opinions as deeply as my own; I adhere to their customs while in their home and cater to their comfort while I am their host. Thus far, this method has proven universal and effective, and I have not had to worry much about hats.

If you look to take offense, you will find it.

 

[Outright Villainy]

It's not rude, because no one's aware of the social conventions any more, and they're completely arbitrary at that.

If I were that student I'd have told you to fuck off.

 

[Booze Zombie]

I wear hats if my head is cold.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

What's so rude about it?

Unless something personally offends the general populace, it shouldn't be considered rude.
At least in the schools I have been in, they had a practical reason to give us: so it wouldn't obscure a person on a security camera.

 

[CarbonEagle]

I wear a touque (also known as a beanie if your not from canada) indoors, but only during the wintertime. I dont mean any disrespect by it, my head is cold. If you dont want me to wear it your being rude

 

[Betancore]

I don't see it as rude, but it does look a bit funny depending on the situation. I think the expectations regarding hats are a little different now. They're not as common as they were before, and honestly, who cares? Is there some kind of logical reason why one must remove their hat when indoors? Many things have changed since back then, and this may as well be one of them.