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Marc Chevalier said:.
In rural areas, men would hang their suit jacket on a nail. It's true.
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When they drive the nail through the suit you gotta worry...
Marc Chevalier said:.
In rural areas, men would hang their suit jacket on a nail. It's true.
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Is this a written rule of etiquette or are you just making this up?BanjoMerlin said:If you are the only one wearing a suitcoat/sportcoat because everyone else has taken their's off it can indeed be impolite.
dnjan said:Out of curiosity, do you hang said topcoat on a hanger or on a peg when at work or at a restaurant?
RM Bantista said:At home, they are on wooden coat hangers, and again, I seldom have the need to actually wear one but I enjoy them when I can. If I did have more opportunity to wear them to the office on a more regular and frequent schedule, I would hang a wooden hanger from the coat hook on the back of my office door, but in other times, men would hang their outer coats and even hats on wooden coat stands.
Tomasso said:Is this a written rule of etiquette or are you just making this up?
Lately? Many have been doing it for the last 50 years, if not since 1945! As it is so widespread I refuse to believe that the practice is not "gentlemanly".AntonAAK said:Sadly standards have slipped a little lately but traditionally a gentleman would never remove his jacket in public.
Hal said:Lately? Many have been doing it for the last 50 years, if not since 1945! As it is so widespread I refuse to believe that the practice is not "gentlemanly".
BanjoMerlin said:The word impolite means "not polite." "Polite" means showing consideration for others, tact, and observance of accepted social usage.
If everyone has removed his jacket then removing the jacket is the accepted social usage. By not removing ones jacket in that situation one is not showing consideration for others by observing the accepted social usage.
The others may feel uncomfortable thinking perhaps they should be wearing their jackets (perhaps they should be). Or, they may think the person still wearing his jacket is attempting to show that he is in some way better than the rest.
In any case, taking an action that can or will make others feel uncomfortable is indeed impolite.
There are situations where being correct is socially incorrect. A polite person will choose to make himself uncomfortable rather than making others uncomfortable.
Warbaby said:All you need do to solve the problem is to carry one of these vintage folding coat hangers in your pocket: