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How do you politely tell your guests it’s time to leave? Australians weigh in with hilarious responses
- Aussies have revealed how to ask guests to leave after a festive night
- More than 500 people responded to a Facebook post and sparked a conversation.
- Some suggested looking at your watch and even starting a discussion.
- Others jokingly said ‘go to bed’ or ‘give them their bags and purses’
A group of Australians have shared how to politely ask guests to leave after a night of festivities.
The conversation sparked on Facebook, where more than 500 people offered their fun and practical responses.
From looking at the clock to going to bed to vacuuming the house, some suggestions were far more ruthless than others.
Among all the suggestions, yawning, mentioning the time, or saying ‘it’s getting late’ seemed to be the most popular ways to politely ask guests to leave, without actually asking.
From looking at your watch to going to bed or vacuuming the house, Australians have weighed in on asking guests to leave at the end of a festive celebration (file image)
In comments on the Facebook post, one person suggested yawning instead of explaining that you need to “get up early” the next morning.
‘I used to ask if anyone would like to help with the dishes now. Seemed to clear the place out,” one person wrote.
‘My grandfather used to wind his alarm clock and pocket watch. If the guests didn’t get the message, he would just tell them it was time to go! said another.
A third recalled the moment someone announced ‘we are not a bed and breakfast’.
Another said: ‘My grandfather used to say, ‘thank you for coming’.”
‘A friend’s father used to say ‘well I’m home, I wish you all were’… ok, not polite, but politeness doesn’t get the message across!’ someone else added.
Another woman said that her dad used to give the women their bags and the men their keys, which is also not very polite.
The conversation started on Facebook with over 500 people offering their helpful and hilarious responses. One person suggested yawning instead of explaining that you need to ‘get up early’ the next morning (file image)
Others said that offering a cup of tea or coffee at the end of the night is “always a signal” to go home.
Another person suggested “falling asleep in the living room and letting them figure it out eventually.”
“My dad used to say ‘well mom we better let these good people go home’,” added one woman.
“You say: ‘time to play a game’ and then you take out the vacuum,” another suggested.
Someone else jokingly said to ‘start an argument with your partner’ as that will ‘clear a room’.