It's time once again for Jenny's Alphabe-Thursday, and this week's letter is G. Here is my offering:
House Rules for
Guests
You are a guest in our home.
Please use your best manners (if you were taught any) and say “Please”
and “Thank you.” Those words are
universal and are consistently used by people in all walks of life. They are essential. No matter how smart you are (or THINK you
are), if you don’t know when to use those words, your life will be very lonely.
Since you are not paying to stay here, we expect you to be
considerate, especially at mealtime. I
am happy to cook supper for you, but I expect you to be polite and offer to
help out by setting the table and filling the water glasses. It is unacceptable for you to sit around on
your ass, waiting for dinner to be served.
After dinner, I expect you to help clean up, and be cheerful about it. Oh, and no iphones at the table. That’s just plain rude.
We don’t intend to help pay for your vacation by providing
all your food, so please consider doing a little grocery shopping to
contribute. If you were staying at a
hotel, you would be paying for all your meals.
And since you are saving a lot of money by staying with us, it would be
nice if you took US out to eat for a change.
You are responsible for your own breakfast and lunch. The cereal is in the pantry, and there is
lunch meat, etc., in the fridge. Don’t
forget to clean up after yourself.
Make your bed every day, and don’t leave your things lying
around, especially in the common areas of our home. Please don’t leave fans and lights on unless
you want a bill for the extra electricity you use up. The guest bathroom is fully stocked, so if
you run out of toilet paper, don’t wait around for me to put on a fresh
roll. This is just not going to happen.
Please think twice about being sullen and pouty. You may never want to come back here again,
but since you’re here now, you may as well make the best of it. If you DO decide you want to come back,
please make sure that you read and understand the following books:
Emily’s Magic Words: Please, Thank You, and More by
Cindy Post Senning
Emily Post’s The Guide to Good Manners for Kids by
Cindy Post Senning, Peggy Post, and Steve Bjorkman
You think you’re too old for these
books? Think again! One is never too old to learn rules one
should have been taught as a child.
This concludes my offering for this week. I have a splitting headache and I'm going to bed!!
7 comments:
good houseguest rules, also common rules that I think people should just do anyway.
hope you have a great day.
Oh dear - you've had one of THOSE guests. They make the rounds - I've had them too!
Ahhh, manners. So easy to learn, so hard to use (for some these days).
This must have been the second houseguest that showed up (looking back at your previous post). Good for you -- resist the urge to install a new tp roll... resist!!
Everything we need to know, we learned in kindergarten.... or maybe this houseguest wasn't listening!
Great advice, Judie! Now let's hope everyone remembers to take their manners to wherever they go. :))
right on, Judie!
I've had some rather rude guests in my lifetime, too.
There were some kids once who pulled every toy and game off my son's closet shelves and spewed the contents all over the floor of his room. Thank goodness they stayed till only about noon (after spending the night).
I was cracking up through this post - I guess my family was at your home this summer!! Not really, we *do* hold manners to a high standard here as well. Our home is too small to have guests for a long time, but Dad is coming to live with us for the end of his life and maybe we should just get off to a good start by giving him those books you suggested :-)
Hope the fall air has brought you some relief.
Have a good one!
-Buffi
www.imbuffi.com
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