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Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-Of-The-Millennium

Autor Judith Martin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 1990
With the wit, tact, and wisdom that have made Miss Manners a household name, America's foremost authority on civilized behavior takes you through every aspect of your personal, professional, and social life with ease and charm.
From somewhat classic queries:
* What do I wear to a job interview/felony trial/jacuzzi?
* Where does the soup spoon/seafood fork/butter knife go?
To comments on truly modern phenomena:
* Call waiting is like a child screaming for attention
* Leaky earphones are the equivalent of humming
To strictly personal do's and don'ts:
* Don't communicate everything in a marriage ("I had the wildest dream about a man at my office...")
* Do continue the ancient custom of mealtimes, that is, breakfast, lunch, and dinner
And professional guidelines:
* Don't start grabbing company property after being fired
* If a candy dish is on the visitor's side of a receptionist's desk, it is for visitors...
Miss Manners offers consistently sound, sage advice to her Gentle Readers.
With a tipping guide (including coat checks and pizza deliveries), sections devoted to both traditional and nontraditional households, details on protocol for ceremonies and celebrations, invitations and disinvitations, insights on courtship and romance, and much more, this is "the" comprehensive guide to a kinder, gentler, more civilized society.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780671722289
ISBN-10: 067172228X
Pagini: 768
Dimensiuni: 187 x 233 x 38 mm
Greutate: 1.14 kg
Ediția:Fireside.
Editura: Touchstone Books

Descriere

This world-respected arbiter of good manners, with her distinct blend of cutting humor and impeccable taste, has written the essential reference for every sticky situation. Martin offers explicit, practical and entertaining advice on appropriate social, business and personal etiquette. Serial sales to Redbook, New Woman, and Woman. Line art throughout.

Notă biografică

Miss Manners, also known as Judith Martin, writes a thrice-weekly newspaper column which is internationally syndicated by United Feature Syndicate. In addition to Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior and Miss Manners' Guide to Rearing Perfect Children, Miss Manners is the author of two novels: Style and Substance and Gilbert, a comedy of manners.

Cuprins


Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface


Introduction

Heavy Etiquette Theory

Some Principles

A Sampler of Problems Mrs. Perfect Never Had to Face

1. Revised Conventions

Modern Ladies and Gentlemen

Traditional Confusion

Forms of Address

Honorifics

Names


Conventional Gestures, Phrases, and Words

Greetings

Introductions

Conventional Phrases


Conversation

Establishing Identity

Traditionally Forbidden Topics


Personal Questions and Remarks

Questions and Comments About...

Advice

Correcting Others

Fashionable Emotions

Dress

Public Manners

The New Smoking Rules

Driving

Dealing with Strangers

Buses and Streets

Unfortunate Habits

Crime

2. Home Life


Steprelations, Former Spouses, and Former In-Laws

The Changing Household

The Unmarried Couple

The Traditional Family

Marital Communication

Roommates


Family Matters

Parents and Children

For Parents

For Others

Social Life with Babies

Early Lessons

Stepparents, Teachers, and Others

Child Rearing Sabotaged

Adolescence


Table Manners

Equipment and How to Use It

Difficult Foods


Household Help

The Real Servant Problem

Neighborliness


Communications at Home

The Telephone

The Mail

3. The Workplace


Businesslike Behavior

Women in the Workplace

Professional Standards

Appropriate Attire

Business Communication


The Life Cycle of a Job

4. Business and the Public

Dealing with the Public

The Staff and the Practitioner

The Attitude Problem

The Travel Industry

Hotel

Restaurants


Tipping

5. When Business gets Personal

How to Tell Business from Social Life

Social Harassment

Presents and Bonuses

Annoyance in the Workplace


Mixing Professional and Private Life

The Business of Charity

6. Genuine Social Life

Friendship

Financing Friendship

Organizing Social Life

Controlling Social Life

Social Obligations for Hosts and Guests

The Guest List

Social Occasions

New and Old Forms

Balls and Dances

Parties with a Point

Party Procedure

Dinner Parties

Food


Social Disasters

Houseguests

Presents

Expressing Gratitude

Recreation

Theaters and Other Public Places

Participatory Sports

7. Courtship and Romance


Methods of Meeting

Gender Roles

The Stages of Courtship

Social Promiscuity

Polite Rejection

8. Ceremonies and Celebrations


Engagements

Showers

Baby Showers

Weddings: An Overview

Planning the Wedding

The Guest List

Invitations and Announcements

The Wedding Party

Dress for Weddings

The Wedding Reception

Minor Customs

Wedding Presents


Other Ceremonies

Birth Ceremonies

Coming of Age

Special Occasions

Wedding Anniversaries

9. Funerals and Bereavement


Funerals

Condolences

Bereavement

Legacies

10. Protocol

The American Way

Official Life

Titles

Index

Acknowledgments