Am I out of line for asking people to remove their helmets?

[mynameis]

What kind of dickhead walks into a bike shop with their helmet on, especially if you're going to spend a little bit of time in there and/or have a half decent convo with someone.

Only simple courtesy to take it out. Servos it's a different thing you walk in say hi pay and leave within secs.

But bike shops.

There's a similar thread on here somewhere about servo and helmets.

[mynameis]

Totally in line I'd say. To me it's like guys who wear a hat at the dinner table (yes Ronin, and socks during sex),(OK, maybe I'm a bit old fashioned when it comes to manners), it's rude, and if you want people to understand what you're saying, take the helmet off.

Question, if you're wearing a cap not a hat why do you have to take it off if you go somewhere like a pub or club?

I recall reading on here about a bike shop sales guy who, when in this situation, would chuck a helmet on and mumble back at the customer...

Hahaha, must have been crasherfrom...

You are quite in order to request that helmets be removed, along with balaclavas, burqas, etc. You should always be able to identify who you are dealing with.

Burqas? Their husbands would skim your chops off.

Plus - you cannot blow on your pie with a helmet on - safer communities together.

That's sooooo 10 days ago.

i keep mine on because my face would scare away all your customers.

Hahahaha

Anyone rude enough not to remove their helmet when entering a shop or a building is just a badly educated fuckwit.

Yes there are lots of badly educated fuckwits around.

farrk! not this crap again
edit: lets see here.... search "remove helmet"...... 1st 3 pages hmmm
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...=remove+helmet
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...=remove+helmet
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...=remove+helmet

I was gonna say the last thread had 300 odd replies

[marigami]

Sorry for interfering but further to think wearing helmet while shoping is rude,I think it is obvious bikers should not keep it while shopint or else!
I do not know for NZ but here in France you have to remove first your helmet before paying for example to get oil (of course not when you are using machine and only your credit card), especially for the youngers.
Otherwise in most places you won't get oil at all!
And anyway I think tha helmet can be quite intimidating for people it is better to show your face and pay a little attention to people for a while.