Hat Tipping Etiquette

The Practice Of Hat Tipping.

Hat tipping etiquette. This custom has the same origin as a military salute. October 23 2017 Bob Boze Bell. For rideshares like Uber and Lyft tip at least 2 per ride says Jonathan Cousar a former Uber driver and the director of outreach at Ridester an online resource for rideshare drivers.

Remove your hat when talking to a superior or elder. Cowboy Hat Etiquette. Remove your hat when starting a conversation with a woman.

Alternatively you can tip your hat by grabbing the brim and pulling down ever so slightly. This represents a small element of a gentlemans chivalry. If youve ever seen a western youve probably seen cowboys do this a lot.

Whats more the rules of acceptable hat etiquette. There are certain rules about tipping your hat or taking off your cowboy hat. Remove your hat when meeting a woman for the first time.

If you are indoors proper cowboy hat etiquette says that you should take your hat off except in public. Generally only men tip their hats. Hat etiquette for men can sometimes seem to represent a social minefield and it certainly doesnt help that the rules were for the most part written in a very different era.

Dont forget to raise your hat to every lady acquaintance you meet and to every gentleman you salute when he is accompanied by a lady whether you know her or not. The etiquette associated with cowboy hats really depends on where you are and what you are doing. While the stuff they told me in the Army about Hats on outdoors--hats off indoors is not a bad rule of thumb in historical practice it wasnt.