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  • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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    Aqua Letifer
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    Etiquette rules only exist to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable and welcome. That's it, that's all they're intended to do. If a rule doesn't fulfill this requirement, then it's no good to anyone and should be ignored.

    I'd say most of these are worth keeping, though.

    Please love yourself.

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    • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

      Etiquette rules only exist to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable and welcome. That's it, that's all they're intended to do. If a rule doesn't fulfill this requirement, then it's no good to anyone and should be ignored.

      I'd say most of these are worth keeping, though.

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      Doctor Phibes
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      #4

      @aqua-letifer said in Mannerly:

      Etiquette rules only exist to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable and welcome.

      I can tell you've never been to England.

      I was only joking

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      • Catseye3C Offline
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        Catseye3
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        #5

        Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe once said, "A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality."

        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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        • Catseye3C Catseye3

          Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe once said, "A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality."

          AxtremusA Away
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          Axtremus
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          #6

          @catseye3 said in Mannerly:

          Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe once said, "A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality."

          Nonsense. A guest is someone invited or otherwise allowed on the promise on civil terms by the those authorized to decide who gets to be on the premise, typically excluding those providing goods and/or services to the establishment on the premise.

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          • AxtremusA Axtremus

            @catseye3 said in Mannerly:

            Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe once said, "A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality."

            Nonsense. A guest is someone invited or otherwise allowed on the promise on civil terms by the those authorized to decide who gets to be on the premise, typically excluding those providing goods and/or services to the establishment on the premise.

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            Catseye3
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            #7

            @axtremus said in Mannerly:

            Nonsense. A guest is someone invited or otherwise allowed on the promise on civil terms by the those authorized to decide who gets to be on the premise, typically excluding those providing goods and/or services to the establishment on the premise.

            Yeah, being a guest under those conditions would be a really big whoop. "Did you have a good weekend?" "Sure. I was allowed on the premises of some friends, and I had a really . . . lukewarm time."

            Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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            • CopperC Offline
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              Knowing all of this is critical: https://www.amazon.com/Emily-Posts-Etiquette-19th-Manners/dp/0062439251/ref=sr_1_3?crid=OPF2GRFNFU69&dchild=1&keywords=etiquette+book+emily+post&qid=1628344270&sprefix=etiquette+book+emily+%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-3

              Whether or not you follow it is another matter.

              For flight lessons, if you are 15 minutes early, you are 15 minutes late.

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              • CopperC Copper

                Knowing all of this is critical: https://www.amazon.com/Emily-Posts-Etiquette-19th-Manners/dp/0062439251/ref=sr_1_3?crid=OPF2GRFNFU69&dchild=1&keywords=etiquette+book+emily+post&qid=1628344270&sprefix=etiquette+book+emily+%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-3

                Whether or not you follow it is another matter.

                For flight lessons, if you are 15 minutes early, you are 15 minutes late.

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                George K
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                @copper said in Mannerly:

                For flight lessons, if you are 15 minutes early, you are 15 minutes late.

                I worked with a surgeon who insisted that a 7:30 case meant the knife hits the skin at 7:30. Woe to the resident who didn't have the patient on the table, asleep, prepped and draped in time for a 7:30 incision.

                "Good afternoon!" he would say to the resident. "I got our patient all ready. Why don't you go make some rounds while I relieve this man of his gallbladder."

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • Catseye3C Catseye3

                  Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe once said, "A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality."

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                  @catseye3 said in Mannerly:

                  Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe once said, "A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality."

                  A pain in the arse?

                  I was only joking

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                  • George KG George K

                    OK, I had to...

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                    TNCR circa 2008.

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                    Huge pet peeve of mine. Corollary to that one is "Never enter a room when you're talking."

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                    As someone who spent countless hours waiting for late surgeons, this hits home. I can understand emergencies delaying you at other places, but unless someone's dying, there's no excuse for not showing up at 7:30 for a 7:30 case.

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                    We usually do Thanksgiving buffet-style. A while ago, we had some guests for TG. One of them loaded his plate with food, and was done eating before everyone was even seated.

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                    @george-k said in Mannerly:

                    We usually do Thanksgiving buffet-style. A while ago, we had some guests for TG. One of them loaded his plate with food, and was done eating before everyone was even seated.

                    My god, was he 12?

                    If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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                      Horace
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                      #12

                      Mortifying.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                        @george-k said in Mannerly:

                        We usually do Thanksgiving buffet-style. A while ago, we had some guests for TG. One of them loaded his plate with food, and was done eating before everyone was even seated.

                        My god, was he 12?

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                        @jon-nyc said in Mannerly:

                        @george-k said in Mannerly:

                        We usually do Thanksgiving buffet-style. A while ago, we had some guests for TG. One of them loaded his plate with food, and was done eating before everyone was even seated.

                        My god, was he 12?

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • AxtremusA Axtremus

                          @catseye3 said in Mannerly:

                          Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe once said, "A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality."

                          Nonsense. A guest is someone invited or otherwise allowed on the promise on civil terms by the those authorized to decide who gets to be on the premise, typically excluding those providing goods and/or services to the establishment on the premise.

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                          Aqua Letifer
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                          #14

                          @axtremus said in Mannerly:

                          @catseye3 said in Mannerly:

                          Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe once said, "A guest is a jewel on the cushion of hospitality."

                          Nonsense. A guest is someone invited or otherwise allowed on the promise on civil terms by the those authorized to decide who gets to be on the premise, typically excluding those providing goods and/or services to the establishment on the premise.

                          You know I started reading this post and then, I just don't know what happened I blacked out or something. What year is it, is COVID still a thing?

                          Please love yourself.

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