Awesome Etiquette

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on updating the company phone list, thanking someone for taking you on a trip, bringing up the fact that you weren’t invited to something, and tipping the owner of a business. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about responding to invasive questions about your skin. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on hosting Thanksgiving.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on offering people coffee at a non profit, improving a sloppy signature, cashing in on old agreements, and returning unexpected gifts. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about talking to a roommate who eats all your food. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript from our new book! On The Practice of good etiquette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on indicating who’s paying the bill, throwing a housewarming party for someone else, someone who never brings a dish to a party, and an uncomfortable play date. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about asking people to stop apologizing. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Debrett's Etiquette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on destination wedding expectations, saying goodbye to a not-so-good temp worker, tipping for delivery and eating out of bowls. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about trying to speak someone else’s language. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on The Origin of The Tuxedo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on people who question your choice to retire early, talking to a roommate about their pet’s diet, letting dates down easy and an offer of kitchen use that’s turned into a disaster. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about talking to business clients about their personal lives. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on being a good guest when dining out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on getting the bill before you’re ready to leave, putting first names on cards for children, uncomfortable family dinners, and hotel tipping. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about honoring both someone’s late wife and more recent girlfriend in a eulogy. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on sharing drinks from Margaret Visser’s The Rituals of Dinner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on being mindful of reserved time slots at public pools, the dos and don’ts of a small wedding, post-wedding wedding showers, and taking a mental health day from work. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about acknowledging that someone has brought you a gift before they’ve presented it to you. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on condolence notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on seating people who don’t get along, etiquette for picking someone up for a carpool, blocking off parts of your home during a party, and asking someone to be a godparent. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about reconnecting when you left on a bad note. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript From Margaret Sherwood’s gilded age etiquette book Manner and Social Usages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on a masseuse that talks too much, feuding wedding guests, returning texts you’ve been neglecting, and a confusing wedding invitation. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about left-handed table manners. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript with guest JuliAnn Stitick on self-assessment for optimum performance and being your personal best.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on avoiding touchy topics with hair dressers, not wanting people to hold your baby, responding to people asking if you’re pregnant, and how to leave a guest bed. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about people who prefer formal titles. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on the somewhat surprising importance of baby showers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices