I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

What the merry flip?

I mean. Really.

'Hello, my name is Ronald Weasley, so good to meet you, ma'am. May I offer you my seat? Could I bring you a glass of punch? Hang up your fur stole? What did you say? Could I take your terrier outside for a whizz? Oh, certainly. No bleedin trouble at all.' smile ... smile

'Good evening, sir. My name is Ronald Weasley. Oh, quite right, sir, you do outrank me. You should certainly go before me in the queue.'

At least Greengrass and Macmillan were sporting about it. We were next to Dunstan and Nott--and they were not playing nicely with Fawcett. At all.

Comments

[alt_luna]

YPL really isn't much fun since Professor Sinistra's no longer in charge of it.

I'm sure my foster mother would think that sort of stuff is important for me to learn. But then she is awfully concerned with the things you have to do to impress the Right Sort of People.

[alt_sally_anne]

You know, the absurd thing is that even at Those Sorts of Parties it's not as if people sort themselves into a line based on how important they are, and compare family trees.

It's not hard to get it right. You're just polite to everyone, you don't bring up topics that are likely to start arguments.

Especially if you're a kid you really can't go wrong being gracious about who goes first (which is what 'precedence' really means). I mean according to the Order of Precedence, Pansy outranks quite a few of the adults who come to these parties, but if there's an older lady who wants to get to the desserts, Pansy always steps back and lets her go first. She doesn't say 'No! you are only THREE generations a purebloood, plus my father was on the Council!' and grab the last chocolate truffle (though she might say 'here, Mrs Smith, let me get you one of the lemon tarts' and then take the last truffle while Mrs Smith is saying thank you.)

[alt_pansy]

Ugh. I hate when people are so wrapped up in formality. It really gets in the way.

Of course, I suppose it's far easier for me to say it because when I don't stand on ceremony, it's more likely to come off that I'm being generous instead of rude.

How tiresome. And useless.