Etiquette Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Reputation

Arriving late. Answering a call on your cell phone while talking to someone. Refusing to slow down for another driver to change lanes. All of these behaviors exhibit bad manners and send the message, “’I only care about me, not you,’” says Peter Post of the Emily Post Institute. It isn’t intentional; people are rude […]

by Melanie Kalmar

Manners Count: A Quick Primer Before the Holidays

Local etiquette expert Patricia A. O’Brien wants children to be well behaved. So in her classes, “Manners Please,” she focuses on 5 areas as the bedrock of proper manners. 1) Dining skills, navigating forks and spoons, how to cut meat and proper use of a dinner napkin 2) Making introductions and shaking hands 3) Party […]

by Dorothy Andries