When's The Last Time You Just Dropped By Somebody's Place Unannounced?

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When I was growing up, it was just routine to stop by somebody's house to visit them unannounced. Sometimes you'd bring cookies or a gift but often you just popped in for a short visit. But today's etiquette experts say that this "Baby Boomer" habit is tone deaf and outdated and unacceptable. Nowadays people don't do much personal contact. It's all through text and email and chat rooms. In these times an unexpected knock at the door could alarm you. The "experts" say you should text your intended target with a "Hey, I'm in the neighborhood and I have fresh cookies, can I pop in?" The "experts" also say if you're the one being popped in on that you should set firm boundaries, such as saying, "Now's not really a good time, but I'm open to Sunday Morning coffee" or some such language. I get it, I really do. But it seems like it was nice visiting with people back in the day.