Excuse Me, but I Was Next...: How to Handle 100 Manners Dilemmas: How to Handle 100 Modern-day Manners Dilemmas Including Rude E-mails, Regifting, Double Dipping and Cell Yelling - Rilegato

Post, Peggy

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ISBN 10: 0060889160 ISBN 13: 9780060889166

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2006

Riassunto

Have you ever been annoyed by cell phone yakkers, line cutters, or movie chatterers? Been confused about who pays at a restaurant? Received a gift you hated? Fumed over how to respond to a nosy question? America's etiquette expert Peggy Post comes to the rescue in this concise, readable handbook devoted to the top 100 etiquette issues everyone wonders about. You'll learn how to politely say "no" to difficult requests, how to introduce someone if you've forgotten his or her name, how to perform damage control for e-mail bloopers, and countless other strategies for handling life's awkward moments.

Additional highlights include:

Ten Conversational Blunders . . . Five Introduction Goofs . . . Top Dinner-Table Manners Goofs . . . Tipping Guidelines . . . A Family Gathering Survival Guide . . . How to Spot a Dud on the First Date . . . Playdate Etiquette . . . How to Be a Welcome Houseguest . . . How to Simplify Gift Giving . . . Dispelling Wedding Myths . . . and much more.

In "Excuse Me, But I Was Next . . . ," Peggy Post distills the essence of etiquette for today's world into the perfect portable book.

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Recensione:

“In this easy-to-read guide, every reader will discover a means of getting out of at least one jam.” (Library Journal)

L'autore:

Peggy Post, Emily Post’s great-granddaughter-in-law, is a director of The Emily Post Institute and the author of more than a dozen books. Peggy writes a monthly column in Good Housekeeping and an online wedding etiquette column for the New York Times.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060889160
• ISBN 13: 9780060889166
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 282