Dear Queenie,
I say it’s rude to start watching TV when you have company. My husband says it’s okay if the TV is on when the guests arrive.
Queenie, who is right?—TV Etty Ket
Dear Etty Ket,
Unless the guests were specifically invited to come to watch some special event on TV with you, it is rude to turn on the TV when you have guests, because it tells them the TV is more important than they are. And if the TV is already on when they arrive, the polite thing to do is to turn it off so you can visit with them undistracted – unless, as said, they were invited for the purpose of watching TV together with you.
