What is 'appropriate' behaviour in public?

by Bushteens

PDA, a.k.a. public displays of affection for those not familiar with the acronym. Acceptable or not? For which age group? Does age really matter? What about certain fashion trends, whereby pants are placed halfway down and one’s underwear is out on parade. Is that (un)acceptable? There are however, more basic things such as answering your phone in public. What is the ‘appropriate’ distance to move away from the rest of the crowd so that you can answer your phone? Should you even answer your phone if you are out in public and cannot step outside to take the call more privately? How loud should you play the music on your phone (and you don’t have earphones), for example if you are in a train on your way home?

These are just some of the questions that we tackled, the answer to most of these questions was – it depends. It depends on where you are, who you are with and why you are there. There is a time and a place for everything but you just need to be considerate of those around you.