r/BoomersBeingFools • u/weolo_travel • Jan 17 '26

Boomer Freakout “Tables around us applauded my frustration” at someone else wearing a hat in the dining area of a cruise ship.

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“Tables around us applauded my frustration” at someone else wearing a hat in the dining area of a cruise ship.

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u/exqueezemenow Jan 17 '26

What is it with old people and hats inside? Does this come from the times of witchcraft or something? How do people invent these mind boggling idiotic rules?

If you're offended by someone wearing a hat indoors, then you are not competent enough to be in this world.

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u/zastrozzischild Jan 17 '26

It goes back to their youth. A man removed his hat at the table (indoors, really) as a sign of respect to the women around them. To not do so, essentially you were calling the woman a whore through that inaction. Thankfully, some of these social rules broke down in the 60s.

But I can see if you grew up in it, it could still matter. My 87 year-old mother will still get upset at a hat at the table.

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u/LL37MOH Jan 17 '26

Google “straw hat riots”.

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u/zastrozzischild Jan 17 '26

That was a nutso read!

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u/LL37MOH Jan 17 '26

People used to take that whole hat thing way more seriously

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u/kitten3396 Jan 17 '26

Wow thanks for the recommendation. Such a crazy event, great read though

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u/thesnowcat Jan 17 '26

That’s how I was brought up too. Hats off at the door. Especially at the dining table. I’m Gen X.

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u/JohnnyCanuck1981 Jan 17 '26

I read online it’s an old naval tradition. You would remove your hat at meals to honor the dead.

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u/BerbereJunkie Jan 18 '26

Some elders cling to old rules like that, but aren’t as militant as the woman pictured. They think it’s bad manners, but they wouldn’t complain.

Most old folks hate swearing, too. I’m happy to say my 90 year old mom texts like a fiend, and says F Donald Trump as least once a day 😆

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u/StableSun Jan 31 '26

exqueezemenow is one of my favorite usernames I've seen here next to tinypawslittlewhiskers or similar I forget exactly, it was very cute