On 2/7/2013 7:26 PM, gtr wrote:
> On 2013-02-07 23:15:01 +0000, S Viemeister said:
>
>> On 2/7/2013 4:48 PM, gtr wrote:
>>> On 2013-02-07 18:23:32 +0000, S Viemeister said:
>>>
>>>> On 2/7/2013 1:13 PM, 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.
>
> I find as a guest in another's home they are usually quite eager to
> provide what I consider "hospitality", and whenever something is
> particularlyi problematic I have no problems asking politely. Politely
> is the key to both the give and the take in this and all other such
> situations. It works very well, too!

I think you probably just catch them off guard, and of course they're
not going to say no, and probably talk about you when you leave.