Do you consider snapping your fingers at someone rude

[Jodi1980]

in order to get their attention ?

 

[DD2Disney]

I would be pretty offended if someone tried to get my attention that way. What is wrong with just saying "Excuse me?"

 

[Wishing on a star]

Yes, I kinda do... I know it may seem innocent enough, but unless it is is just the right situation where it seems necessary to actually 'snap'... and unless it is done with a smile... Yep. Rude.

When you have somebody snap their fingers at you, instead of the other way around, when the shoe is on your own foot, that is when you realize.

 

[powellrj]

I think its demeaning to have someone snap their fingers at you.

 

[KatelynnsAuntie]

I wouldn't like it if someone snapped their fingers at me, just like I wouldn't like it if someone pointed at me while they were talking to me. I don't think I've ever snapped my fingers at someone.

 

[caitycaity]

yep, i do.

 

[snoopy]

I can't imagine any circumstances where snapping your fingers at someone would be considered anything but rude.

 

[preshi]

If it was someone I knew and they weren't paying attention to me then no.

If it was to a waiter or someone I didn't know then yes. I've been snapped at by people I don't know and I've ignorged them. I've also yelled at some friends who were snapping at our poor waitress and yelling hey sweetheart to get her attention....

 

[doxdogy]

Yes I do think it is rude.

 

[peg2001]

Uh oh. I regularly snap my fingers at my children if I am on the phone and they start getting loud or unruly. Would you consider this rude?

Peggy

 

[RitaZ.]

Originally posted by peg2001
Uh oh. I regularly snap my fingers at my children if I am on the phone and they start getting loud or unruly. Would you consider this rude?

Peggy

I do the same thing...

 

[nativetxn]

I hate it! My first stepfather used to snap his fingers at me, it usually meant "shut up I'm on the phone" or "you are deep dirt when we get back home, so shut up". I hate it

 

[ToriLammy]

Originally posted by peg2001
Uh oh. I regularly snap my fingers at my children if I am on the phone and they start getting loud or unruly. Would you consider this rude?

Peggy

If it's in the privacy of your home, no. If you are in public, on a cell phone and your kids are getting loud and unruly - maybe. A lot depends on the context, the who, when, why and where

 

[Robinrs]

Originally posted by ToriLammy
If it's in the privacy of your home, no. If you are in public, on a cell phone and your kids are getting loud and unruly - maybe. A lot depends on the context, the who, when, why and where

I agree...

The example on the phone was for a person who could not talk at the moment. If you CAN, I would consider it VERY rude.

I would only snap at an animal to get it's attention and that's only if I don't know it's name.

 

[gina2000]

I never do it. I consider it rude.

If I'm being interrupted on the phone, I stop talking and ask my son to wait until I'm finished unless it is life or death.

I can understand why you do it while on the phone, but I don't care for it.

 

[GeorgeG]

I've never been able to snap my fingers, period! As hard as I may try, all I get is a barely audible ffpptt...

If I could snap my fingers, though, I would never do it to get anyone's attention.

 

[BWVDenise]

When I first read the thread title I thought, now why would I snap my fingers at someone who is being rude?

 

[BedKnobbery2]

Uh-oh.....I sometimes snap my fingers at my co-worker to discreetly get her attention without letting everyone in the office know I'm trying to do so (she and I share an office, but our bosses have their own offices, and often the doors are open). I don't know what else I could do to get her attention quietly, other than throw something at her, which seems worse?

 

[Stepharoonie!]

I HATE it when people snap their fingers at me. When I was a waitress, people used to do that and "Hey, GIRL..."

Ugh.

 

[Disney Doll]

I think it depends on the circumstances. Snapping your fingers at your misbehaving children when you are on the phone to get their attention and shoot them "the look" is not rude, IMHO. It's a quiet way of not interrupting your phone conversation and getting the desired response from your children.

Quietly snapping your fingers at a co-worker as a "signal" is OK, as long as both of you have agreed that it will be your private, quiet "signal". I would assume that an agreed-upon signal would not be considered rude.

Snappign your fingers at someone you aren't raising or have a pre-arranged agreement with, such as a waitress, is plain rude, and if I was a waitress, the last thing you would get is my attention if you snapped your fingers at me!