A question of Etiquette

[geminigirl]

Cayne and I were discussing hat-wearing etiquette the other day, and how few people do things like take off their baseball caps when they're inside, though I was pleased to see how many people took their caps off for the National Anthem when we went to the Yankee game last weekend.

So here's the question...in a domed statium, at a baseball game, is it appropriate to wear or to remove one's hat?

Comments

[posthaste.livejournal.com]

i think it's appropriate to remove, although i'm guilty of leaving my baseball hat on when i go to games. i'll admit it, i'm vain. i pull my ponytail through the back of the hat and don't want to go through all the work to put it back on.

i'm always pleased to see that my bil (former air force) takes his hat off at games. always.

[geminigirl]

Generally it's considered okay for women to wear hats indoors, so leaving your hat on isn't poor etiquette.

[aelf.livejournal.com]

I thought this was the case for hats that could be considered part of an outfit, but not all hats. For example, if I'm cross dressing, and wearing a "boy hat" then I should be expected to follow boy rules. (No baseball hats inside. No rain hats inside. Floofy easter hats may be kept on.)

[aliki.livejournal.com]

Only when wearing traditioanl women's hats, which were often intricately pinned to a women's hair with hairpins, string, loops, and such.

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

It is never polite for men to wear hats inside, while seated. (Standing in a bank line, that's okay.) It is, however, polite for women to do so, usually because traditionally their hats were ... intricate and not easily set aside. Big hats in movies or other audience oriented venues are rude as well, though.

I've worn a hat for a long time now, and it's disturbing how rude most people are about them.

[sweet-tea79.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. While ordinarily I would say that men should take their hats off while seated inside, a baseball game is a bit different. Most baseball stadiums are open-air, and (at least around here) it's as much of a tradition for men to wear hats to games as it is for women to wear hats to church on Sunday. These same men would never actually wear their hat inside, but a domed baseball stadium is supposed to simulate being outside. I really don't have a problem with hats at a sporting event.

[iamlisabee.livejournal.com]

I'm in agreement here. I don't think a domed stadium should be treated like the indoors, since it is supposed to be asimulation of outdoors.

Plus, it's a sporting event.

[sweet-tea79.livejournal.com]

I should also point out that unless you're wearing a hat as part of a uniform, take your damn hat off for the national anthem or for the pledge. I don't care whose national anthem, pledge, or flag you're saluting, take off your hat. You don't have to recite anything or sing along (and if it's "The Star Spangled Banner", PLEASE don't sing b/c ow my ears), but take off your hat. It's about respect.

[aliki.livejournal.com]

I went to a Yankee game on the Fourth of July. Several people blatantly did not remove their baseball caps, even after (1) the commentator announced it, and (2) someone behind me yelled "CAPS OFF!"

See post:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aliki/280982.html

Obviously, I believe caps should always be removed indoors, as well as when the national anthem is played. Even if it's not my national anthem.