Synopses & Reviews
Is there any polite way to “shush” a chatty person at the movies? Should roller bladers be passed on the left side or the right side? When is it unacceptable to answer your cell phone? And why doesn’t anyone in your grocery store seem to understand the basic rules of shopping cart navigation and right-of-way?
If you’ve ever pondered these kinds of questions, How to Behave is the book you’ve been waiting for: a hip, irreverent, but entirely practical guide to proper behavior in the twenty-first century. Here are dozens of fascinating skills that Emily Post wouldn’t even think to mention—like the best ways to:
• share elbow space on an airplane armrest
• contend with road rage
• navigate an escalator
• observe basic e-mail etiquette
• speak on a cell phone without enraging others
. . . plus dozens of other essential survival techniques. Much more than a simple etiquette book, How to Behave is a real-life guide to living in the real world.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Synopsis
Let How to Behave teach you the intricacies of
- Road Rage Survival
- Airplane Seating Etiquette
- Facebook Manners
- Shopping Cart Navigation
- Polite E-mail Practices
- Crowded Elevator Propriety
- Office Cubicle Courtesy
- Online Dating Decorum
From the grocery store to the workplace, from standing in line to friending online, How to Behave gives you step-by-step instructions and multiple strategies for navigating the social situations of modern life.
Synopsis
Emily Post gave us plenty of great advice, but she never tackled these tricky situations:
• Should I friend my boss on Facebook?
• Do I really need to tip those Starbucks baristas?
• If I’m stuck in the middle seat of an airplane, which armrest is mine?
Fortunately, Caroline Tiger has been teaching readers “real-world etiquette” since How to Behave was first published in 2002. Now this quintessential guide to modern manners has been redesigned and updated with an all-new chapter on cyber-etiquette, text-messaging, Twitter, Facebook, smart phones, and more. New technologies may come and go, but How to Behave reminds us that good manners and polite behavior never go out of style.
Synopsis
Let
How to Behave teach you the intricacies of
• Road Rage Survival
• Airplane Seating Etiquette
• Facebook Manners
• Shopping Cart Navigation
• Polite E-mail Practices
• Crowded Elevator Propriety
• Office Cubicle Courtesy
• Online Dating Decorum
From the grocery store to the workplace, from standing in line to friending online, How to Behave gives you step-by-step instructions and multiple strategies for navigating the social situations of modern life.
About the Author
Caroline Tiger is a weekly columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Her writing also appears in The New York Times Style Magazine, Town & Country, Salon, Self, Ms., and a host of other national publications. She lives in Philadelphia.