On 2/7/2013 8:56 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> S Viemeister wrote:
>> gtr wrote:
>>> S Viemeister said:
>>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> A couple of months ago we were invited to a neighbour's house for an
>>>>> evening. They kept the tv on for the entire time! Turned very low but,
>>>>> I found it really hard to relax and just chat. It was a large screen
>>>>> too and it just dominated the room Tbh, lovely people though they are,
>>>>> I doubt we will spend an evening there with them again.
>>>>>
>>>> That sort of thing drives me up the wall. I was taught that it was
>>>> rude to leave the TV on when guests arrived.
>>>
>>> I simply ask people to turn it off, and they always oblige.
>>>
>> I would never do that, as a guest in someone's home.
>
> You need to grow a pair. If they'd rather watch TV you're not a guest
> in their home, you're an intrusion. Were I invited to someone's home
> where they'd rather watch TV I'd make an early departure and never
> accept another of their invites.
>
I would certainly try to find an excuse to leave early - but the
rudeness of a TV-addicted host, does not make it okay for _me_ to be
equally rude.