Wearing a hat??????

[Mad Hattered]

I think the only place you are going to have a problem is if you go to a signature TS. Dh wears a hat on a daily basis, and he does not take it off if we dine in the parks. I really don't care if someone else has a problem with it because, it is their problem, not his. Of course if we go out for a nice dinner he is not going to wear a hat. Of course he will take his hat off for the national anthem, but I don't expect him to take it off after a day of sweating when eating in the parks. I say, if you want to keep it on, keep it on. True someone may look at you and think, "oh the nerve of that woman" but the way I look at it is, life is too short to worry about what other people (who I will never see again) thinks. If someone can't enjoy their meal because the person at the next table has a baseball cap on, they have some real issues.

Agree 100%! Especially the bolded part!!! If you are still living so far back in the past then put your &%^# smartphone down while eating and enjoy the company around you.

 

[DonnaDuck333]

I never had a problem keeping a cap on in the restaurants...I'm all for manners and all that, reality is the body looses most of its heat through the head so if someone has been prancing through the parks all day in 90 plus degree heat, the odds of their hair and scalp not looking or smelling that fresh is not good. I would personally perfer if you would politely keep the sweaty head nicely contained under that cap... thank you very much

 

[disnut8]

I am on the side of the people who wonder why hats are so frowned upon in restaurants. Can anyone answer that question with a logical reason in 2012? Then I'll listen. Don't say "because it's a respectful thing". Humans do so many "unrespectful" things in 2012 and who is the person to say what is "right" and "wrong". It's your own personal judgement you are trying to pass onto someone else.

I am female, 50 years old, wear a ball cap at Disney World. Would not travel there without it. I do remove it inside a restaurant but mainly because I want my head to breathe for a while and I don't really give a rat's behind about what my hair looks like. But I'm certainly not going to sit and give dagger eyes to another female who is still wearing her ball cap. And I really don't care about a guy wearing a cap either.

I'm at a restaurant to EAT, not to give fashion tips to other patrons.

 

[Jennasis]

I've HEARD the reasoning behind removing your hat was to show deference towards your host. Those hwo kept their hat on weren't "making themselves at home" or were "ready to leave" any minute. by taking your hat off you were showing that you intended to stay.

 

[serenitygr]

I am on the side of the people who wonder why hats are so frowned upon in restaurants. Can anyone answer that question with a logical reason in 2012? Then I'll listen. Don't say "because it's a respectful thing". Humans do so many "unrespectful" things in 2012 and who is the person to say what is "right" and "wrong". It's your own personal judgement you are trying to pass onto someone else.

I am female, 50 years old, wear a ball cap at Disney World. Would not travel there without it. I do remove it inside a restaurant but mainly because I want my head to breathe for a while and I don't really give a rat's behind about what my hair looks like. But I'm certainly not going to sit and give dagger eyes to another female who is still wearing her ball cap. And I really don't care about a guy wearing a cap either.

I'm at a restaurant to EAT, not to give fashion tips to other patrons.

I absolutely LOVE your answer! You sound like a person I'd love to meet! Good for you!

 

[aubriee]

I think the only place you are going to have a problem is if you go to a signature TS. Dh wears a hat on a daily basis, and he does not take it off if we dine in the parks. I really don't care if someone else has a problem with it because, it is their problem, not his. Of course if we go out for a nice dinner he is not going to wear a hat. Of course he will take his hat off for the national anthem, but I don't expect him to take it off after a day of sweating when eating in the parks. I say, if you want to keep it on, keep it on. True someone may look at you and think, "oh the nerve of that woman" but the way I look at it is, life is too short to worry about what other people (who I will never see again) thinks. If someone can't enjoy their meal because the person at the next table has a baseball cap on, they have some real issues.

Maybe it's a Texas thing, but I agree. My husband and adult sons are never without their baseball hats and neither are any of their friends. My husband and I went out last night to a local Mexican restaurant and I thought about this thread (I originally read it yesterday). I looked around and every single male was wearing either a baseball or a cowboy hat. There was not one single bareheaded male in the entire restaurant (and it was packed). I work nights at a psychiatric hospital and at this moment am in the office looking out across our lobby. All four of my male PNAs are wearing baseball caps. I just asked them if they take off their hats in a restaurant. All four looked at me like I was crazy, so I told them about this thread. All four agreed that hats come off in a really nice restaurant and for the National Anthem, but not for any other TS and definitely not any CS restauants.

 

[prttynpnk]

My husband works IT for a hospital- he'd tell you to take your hat off indoors and stay off the internet at work!

 

[Wiloughby1]

I think it's less important whether or not you are wearing a hat but more important to recognize that you are wearing it.

When I was a classroom teacher, I hated hat day and understood completely why hats were not allowed in schools. I would be standing and kids would be sitting- eyes completely hidden brims as we discussed work. It felt like a communication barrier. I would ask they to tip up their hats when they spoke to me so we could see eye to eye.

I also teach snowboarding in the winter and when I am teaching lessons, I always start with my goggles up, and keep them that way unless conditions and safety require eye protection, so my students can clearly see when I am looking at them or elsewhere.

In a restaurant it's the same way. You are seated and the server is standing above you. You look down at the menu then look up with your eyes to the server- brim in the way.

If you make the polite and concerted effort to tilt your head up and look a person above you in the eyes, or tilt your brim up to make it easier, then it is certainly better than a sweaty head.

The way we treat people is more important than an old tradition of hats on/hats off. (except for in patriotic situations, then the old way rules)

 

[Gigi22]

I think wearing of hats is a lot less codified than it used to be in much of North America at least. My guess would be that this is as a result of men and women wearing hats far less frequently than in earlier years--just look at a movie from the thirties, forties or fifties and count how many men and women wear hats. That said, the standard for hat wearing used to be that as a sign of respect gentlemen remove hats indoors, and ladies wear them indoors (remember going to church when you were a child, and all the ladies wore hats?) There are also instances where a dress code/religious belief may specify what headwear may be worn, and by whom--but attending WDW isn't one of them.