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John Waters
3 months ago
is oh-so-polite!
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small niceties
3 months ago
recently, when being introduced to new friends (or friends of friends) I have been trying to remember
- always give a firm handshake
- look straight in the eye
- repeat their name and mine
- followed by, “How do you do?”
It’s working!
also, to stand up whenever someone new joins the table. I get scoffed at for this, but I think it is only polite. I do not stand up, however, when someone leaves the table. The gentlemen should, though, if they wish to call themselves such (sadly, most do not).
rhodonite half bat, half owl
I think that this is the easiest..
5 months ago
..of all of my goals. Most days , that is. But 1 that will never be completed.
rhodonite half bat, half owl
kind of easy
10 months ago
I work with nice considerate people and the guests are nice also.
rhodonite half bat, half owl
It all starts with one's self.
10 months ago
Since I am presently working with the public, this is especially important. I haven’t bitten through my tongue yet. lol.
Untitled
12 months ago
not matter how far we advance technologically if the cost is the errosion of our social norms, IMHO the advances are not worth it. How many people have sat at a dinner table with coworkers and been embarrassed by their total lack of table manners? How many people get the “duck” from their neighbors just because they are uncomfortable meeting new people? It truly is amazing. I think our world was a safer place during the early 80’s not because there were less freaks, but because the social environment in neighborhoods made it impossible for them to get away with what they do now. How many people know who lives four houses down from theirs? or the apartment next door even? People need to get away from the DVR, Internet, Games, step outside and get to know someone new….
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SUBGOAL:
12 months ago
become an etiquette expert
perhaps write a code of consideration?
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art
12 months ago
“Good manners is the art of making those feel easy with whom we converse.” -Jonathan Swift
Bill in IL until 7/21/2009 which is 11 more nights. oh, hi. Did you miss me?
Attend a wake and pay respects
12 months ago
I attended the wake yesterday of a person I did not know and had never even met. Yet, I felt as though I had lost a family friend.
Other than the video, I think this is what people of refinement and tact do.
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quote
14 months ago
“The great art of etiquette was invented to translate the incoherent jumble of feelings to which we are all subject into something more presentable.”
-Miss Manners
