Tag: manners
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July 26, 2008 11:34 AM EDT --
I love Miss Manners. I have a book of hers that is so much fun to read. Her style of writing is often a great example of Shakespeare's line: "Brevity is the soul of . . . more
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May 20, 2007 09:40 PM EDT --
I'm a little annoyed tonight. I think some of you will relate and others will say "what's the big deal". It's not a huge deal but an eye opener.
Today, I was asked to watch a young . . . more
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July 17, 2007 01:49 PM EDT --
I hate rude people. This is a rant and it will be a short one, but why don't people have common sense. I was with my nephew at the mall the other day and he was trying on shoes. A full grown man stepped . . . more
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August 08, 2008 04:53 AM EDT --
I realize that land line telephones are quickly becoming extinct, but not too long ago, very few people had cell phones.
Here is the situation:
A neighbor drops by frequently to visit . . . more
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August 17, 2007 06:13 PM EDT --
Ok...once every couple of months I get together with some girl friends for lunch. I always ask for a separate check and say I only have a credit card on me. I do this for several reasons. . . . more
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July 29, 2008 09:26 AM EDT --
Well here I am Tuesday morning and I have already been irritated. I take my son to camp every morning before work. I do it every morning , this is the second week of it. We have . . . more
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February 14, 2007 12:04 AM EST --
I would like everyone to post their suggestions for Gather etiquette rules. I'm a newbie here myself so I don't think I'm qualified to start this thread and have already committed a faux . . . more
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August 12, 2007 09:44 AM EDT --
It amazes me that people on gather can publish the vast number of posts they do but never seem to leave a comment on other gather folks posts. I spend so much time commenting on these posts . . . more
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November 11, 2006 11:35 AM EST --
Please Rate All Articles, 1 or 10 I don't care, but please rate.
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Respect, Popularized by Aretha Franklin, written by Otis . . . more
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October 13, 2006 05:24 PM EDT --
Eating a Salad
Sometimes in restaurants, the pieces of veggies in a salad are cut kind of large. If this is the case and you cannot pick up some of your salad and eat gracefully, you can cut the . . . more
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May 30, 2008 05:48 AM EDT --
I just hate it when you are going though a door and the person behind you or a person coming in the door lets you hold it for them. They don't reach for the door and they don't even say thank . . . more
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December 06, 2007 08:53 PM EST --
You know those seat covers they have in the ladies room. Can someone tell me why someone uses them and then leaves them sitting on the seat. I went to use the ladies room at work today and sure enough, . . . more
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October 11, 2006 08:59 PM EDT --
When invited to dinner, should I bring something???
If you are invited to an informal party or dinner it is not necessary, but it is polite to ask if you can bring something to contribute to the . . . more
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November 09, 2006 07:56 AM EST --
I am sure I am "preaching to the choir" here, but I went to eat at Subway yesterday and encountered a few "pet peeves" and so I felt the need to vent a bit!
Quite often when I go to . . . more
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July 27, 2007 09:37 PM EDT --
Attention Retail Shopper:
I am a grocery store cashier. I have worked in the retail business for the past three and a half years in order to help me get through college, where I am studying . . . more
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December 18, 2007 10:03 AM EST --
I feel that this issue needs to be addressed and be out in the open. I took care of my 7 year old Grandson while my daughter was in the hospital having Corran. My daughter-in-law, Dana and . . . more
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February 18, 2008 08:29 PM EST --
A dear friend sent this to me today. I thought, oh gosh, what now. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
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May 31, 2008 02:01 PM EDT --
Can anyone help?
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June 25, 2008 04:09 PM EDT --
"Regifting" is a term coined by the TV show Seinfeld. It means giving someone else a gift of something you yourself received as a gift but didn't care for. Maybe it was a perfume . . . more
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October 13, 2006 05:30 PM EDT --
Polite refusal?
Many of us were taught as children that if you were offered refreshments when visiting another's home, the polite thing to do was to refuse "a first time", since hosts would . . . more
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