Talking through the top of your glasses

Mint Aero

Must be the height of rudeness in this day and age. Someone tell Jerry Kiernan. Head tilted forward. Glasses resting on butt of nose. Eyes peering over frames. Talking to that other Rio RTE commentator, the one with the upper lip changing into a Gay Byrne and the voice of a drain pipe. Anyway back to Jerry. Rude.

failinis

Is that not just glasses that are only needed for reading. Would you prefer someone putting on/taking off glasses the whole time.

exaisle

In the overall scheme of things, it's not exactly important, is it?

I think you need to get things into perspective.

Nobody's dead!

Mint Aero

failinis wrote: »

Is that not just glasses that are only needed for reading. Would you prefer someone putting on/taking off glasses the whole time.

What''s he reading on TV? Leave them on and talk through them or take them off entirely.

failinis

Mint Aero wrote: »

What''s he reading on TV? Leave them on and talk through them or take them off entirely.

Did he have notes to refer to? Most people do, even on their knee behind a table.
Its a force of habit to keep them on and peer over, a friend of mine is the same.
Not supporting him doing so, it is annoy as hell but if he was reading stuff it at least makes sense.

padd b1975

Mint Aero wrote: »

Must be the height of rudeness in this day and age. Someone tell Jerry Kiernan. Head tilted forward. Glasses resting on butt of nose. Eyes peering over frames. Talking to that other Rio RTE commentator, the one with the upper lip changing into a Gay Byrne and the voice of a drain pipe. Anyway back to Jerry. Rude.

His "hairstyle" is a much bigger annoyance.

Poor Uncle Tom

I think he still talks through his mouth...:rolleyes:

...the glasses, he looks through, occasionally....

Olishi4

failinis wrote: »

Is that not just glasses that are only needed for reading. Would you prefer someone putting on/taking off glasses the whole time.

My mam does it all the time and every time she does it, it makes me laugh. Then she says "oh am I doing that with the glasses again".

It's funny because you associate that look through the glasses with a mean school teacher or something like that but it's funny to see my mam doing it because that association would be so out of character for her.

xper

When the hell did this become the 'height of rudeness'?

This is not a even a first world problem. Its not a problem.

Olishi4

xper wrote: »

When the hell did this become the 'height of rudeness'?

This is not a even a first world problem. Its not a problem.

I don't think it is rude but there is something about that look that's kind of inquisitive but most of the time the person is trying to see you better.

Hooked

Denis Taylor would never be caught doing it, that's for sure!

vicwatson

No, the height of rudeness is someone that speaks to you whilst still wearing sunglasses, pure ignorance, especially those sunglasses the size of dinner plates, have you something to hide is always the first thought, hiding behind the dinner plates eh!

Winterlong

My optician tried to get me to buy a pair of bi-focals. No chance. They add 20 years.

I don't find this rude at all.

Speaking to someone with your sunglasses on, now that can be quite rude in certain contexts.

It's grand when you're sitting by the pool ordering a drink; but sitting at dinner, or bumping into friends, or going to a bar, just take off the sunglasses.

A good rule of thumb should be, if you're wearing shoes, take off your sunglasses before you speak to somebody.

I know someone's going to say 'Oh first world problems'. Yeah, it's not a massive deal. But it does come across as a little rude.

Your Face

Helen Lovejoy is real and creating threads on boards.ie.

Bazzo

They're reading glasses. He wouldn't be able to see the person he's talking to through them but he needs them to read, what else should he do?

Winterlong wrote: »

My optician tried to get me to buy a pair of bi-focals. No chance. They add 20 years.

You can get varifocals which are used the same way as bifocals but look like normal glasses.

Samaris

Mint Aero wrote: »

Must be the height of rudeness in this day and age. Someone tell Jerry Kiernan. Head tilted forward. Glasses resting on butt of nose. Eyes peering over frames. Talking to that other Rio RTE commentator, the one with the upper lip changing into a Gay Byrne and the voice of a drain pipe. Anyway back to Jerry. Rude.

I am unsure you fully understand how glasses work.

Also, "height of rudeness" is a bit hyperbolic.

Collie D

I've two pairs of reading glasses and do it regularly enough with one pair but not the other. Just the size of the lens and the way they sit on my nose.

Also, it makes me look sexy in a male secretary kind of way