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"Excuse me, but I was next-- " : how to handle the top 100 manners dilemmas

2006

Format:	Book
Author:	Post, Peggy, 1945-
Title:	"Excuse me, but I was next-- " : how to handle the top 100 manners dilemmas / Peggy Post.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Collins, c2006.
Description:	xx, 282 p. ; 22 cm.
Subjects:	Etiquette.
Notes:	Includes index.
Contents:	Conversations: the good, the bad, and the awkward -- How rude! -- "Delighted to meet you" -- Manners at work -- Getting the word out -- The perfectly polite date -- Family matters -- Kid stuff -- Let's eat! -- "Reservations, please" -- Out and about -- It's party time! -- Gifts galore -- Wedding bells -- In sad times.
LCCN:	2006046307
ISBN:	0060889160 9780060889166
OCLC:	69423348
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Post, great-granddaughter-in-law of Emily Post and author of at least a dozen books on etiquette, is recognized as America's reigning etiquette doyenne. In this easy-to-read guide, she offers "scripts" and rules of engagement for dealing with what she considers the top 100 rude, thoughtless, and obnoxious situations one might encounter at work, at home, and in social situations. Most of Post's advice is born of good, plain common sense, but every reader will discover a means of getting out of at least one jam where he or she didn't know what to do. Here are solutions for the art of small talk, retorts to the top ten nosy questions, ways of finessing "name amnesia," and adoption etiquette, in concise Q&A format. The best news of all: it's ok to wear white 365 days a year. Although much of this ground (and more) is covered online in Post's "Etiquette for Today" column (www.goodhousekeeping.com/etiquette/peggy/) and in Good Housekeeping magazine, the focus on universal real-life situations makes this book a classic for most etiquette collections.-Deborah Ebster, Univ. of Central Florida Libs., Orlando (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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