Originally Posted by
Gallus1
Good grief, no!
Everyone should respect the manners and culture of whichever country you are in at any given time. British culture conveys good manners (mostly). In some cultures it is an insult to show the soles of your feet, clogged or otherwise, others would find it disrespectful if you wore certain clothing. It’s a matter of standards and respect of those around you. Did your mother never tell you to take your feet off the furniture?
General comment please don't take it in a personal way, your comment just made me reflect.
For some reason it seems that some people here are, as previously stated, tip toing around something related to foreigners and manners. I could of course be wrong?
I'm not British and I can with all certainty tell you, that the pamflet with "when in Rome do as the Romans" was never distributed on flights from the iles to Spain among other places.
So all the autrage about (an Americans) manners when visiting Britain sounds a bit hollow to me. It's after all just a pair socks on a sofa, not people trying to hit the pool with beer bottles from 10th floor at 5 in the morning.
Just my ten cents from the safe and secluded space of 1A.