Q: I’m staying with a cousin for a week, and I would like to be a hassle-free houseguest. I know I should make my bed each day, but at the end of my visit, should strip the bedding or leave it on?
A: Why don’t you simply ask her what she’d like you to do with the sheets? If she wants you to remove them, offer to remake the bed with fresh linens and bring the used ones to the laundry room. If you don’t feel comfortable asking, you can remake the bed with the sheets. Cover the mattress with just the bedspread and pillows, and place the neatly folded bed-clothes at the foot of the bed. Either way, by your being such a considerate guest, your cousin is sure to invite you back again.
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If I ask the hostess, they always say “don’t bother–I’ll do it” So now, I just do it. I take the linens off and take them to the laundry. I make the bed with just the spread or comforter and pillow shams. I also empty the trash in the bathroom I’ve used and straighten up as much as possible.
I always remove the bed sheets and either place them in dirty clothes or depending on if I have access to the laundry room, will place them there for the next wash.
Unfortunately, too many adults behave badly and children simply mimick what they see. So while I am fine with correcting a child’s behavior, the parents need to be corrected as well and we, as a society, should stop rewarding bad behavior.
It’s all over the television in shows disguised as children’s programming. The characters talk back to adults and authority figures, or they plot and scheme on how to get out of doing something. The writers make it all seem so funny, when in reality it is programming our children to say what they want when they want to get what they want. Of course, the parents of these children get bent out of joint if their child is corrected. They (parents) can become violent and their language full of expletives. Instead of standing up to their child they will insult the authority figure.
It is my desire to start trainnig children the right way to behave at all times.
We can produce a change in this society that will bring respect back to the forefront. Let’s make being respectful, to all, the first and only response and not the thought of a distant past as if it were something that is lost forever.
If we give the children a new model they will mimick it, and hopefully the parents will pick up some of the new habits!
I was always talk that whenever I was a guest in someone’s home, I always ask first before I do anything. Some hostesses prefer to do everything themselves and will feel insulted if you do. If they do not say anything then I will make the bed. Also, at the end of my stay I always bring some small gift to leave on the hostess bed in addition to the thank you note.
One of the things I find annoying today are rude children and bad behavior. I attended a dinner and a woman’s child was totally out of control and obnoxious that some of the guests left. When the mother was told, she was offended that someone would accuse her “trophy child” of being inappropriate. Sadly, parents today do not believe in discipline and let their children run rampant in public, private homes, etc. Children have no respect for elders, religious figures, public and private figures. In classrooms across America discipline is becoming a big problem for teachers and it does not matter the race, ethnicity or socioeconomic status. However, most immigrant or foreign-born children are the most behaved children in the classroom.
It is amazing how parents are offended when invitations to weddings, parties, and other social events, children are excluded. Some parents are afraid to discipline because children have been trained to call the police if the parents do anything in some states.
Finally adults should watch their behavior as well some of the problem with children comes from modeling what they see at home, television, the news and society as a whole.