Table manners are more important to some than they are to others. You know this if, as a kid, you ever went to someone else’s house and found out the hard way. Maybe in your home, you played things pretty fast and loose. You all ate on your own schedules, and you didn’t wait for …
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Woman lies about being with child to get back at elderly man trying to steal her seat at a comedy show: ‘It stopped him right in his tracks, and he just kind of stared at me’
We’re all familiar with lying to help a situation go a little smoother. Who among us hasn’t done that? I am liable to do that in the back of taxis most of all. Sometimes it feels like a convenient place to lie, especially when they ask what I do for work. I rarely, if ever, …
Seguir leyendo Woman lies about being with child to get back at elderly man trying to steal her seat at a comedy show: ‘It stopped him right in his tracks, and he just kind of stared at me’
Entitled gym-goer uses lipstick to mark the equipment she plans to use with an «X», leisurely walks off to the locker room: ‘This is disgusting. She’s disgusting’
Going to the gym comes with its own set of rules and expectations. You can’t just go in there and do whatever you want. You’re entering an extremely delicate social contract. You have to be sure not to disturb the natural order of things, or else you risk getting kicked out. These rules and expectations …
Seguir leyendo Entitled gym-goer uses lipstick to mark the equipment she plans to use with an «X», leisurely walks off to the locker room: ‘This is disgusting. She’s disgusting’
‘He’s just sitting there watching anime the whole time’: Fustrated cafe-regular asks young man to give up his seat at crowded cafe, says since he didn’t purchase anything, it’s not ethical for him to take up seating
Is it possible for an action comic to lack an obvious hero and villain? What if no one person is perfectly right or undoubtedly wrong? Is there such a thing as the ‘middle-ground’ when it comes to one person against another, or is the angel vs devil mentality too painfully secured? Okay, maybe in a …
Seguir leyendo ‘He’s just sitting there watching anime the whole time’: Fustrated cafe-regular asks young man to give up his seat at crowded cafe, says since he didn’t purchase anything, it’s not ethical for him to take up seating
Gym-goer hogs squat rack for 40 minutes, girls waiting rudely call him out while he refuses to shorten his workout: ‘Okay, that’s fine. I’ve already been here 30 minutes; what’s another 10?’
Gym etiquette is not always obvious right away. It’s full of tacit rules that you just sort of have to pick up on. Most of them are intuitive, like wiping down the equipment you used after you used it. But other rules of etiquette, like how long you’re allowed to use a certain piece of …
Seguir leyendo Gym-goer hogs squat rack for 40 minutes, girls waiting rudely call him out while he refuses to shorten his workout: ‘Okay, that’s fine. I’ve already been here 30 minutes; what’s another 10?’
Man ghosts date after she asks him to fetch her a glass of water at a party, says he felt ‘subservient’: ‘Wow, that really upset you, huh’
As Stephen Sondheim once penned, «It’s the little things you do together that make perfect relationships. The hobbies you pursue together, savings you accrue together, looks you misconstrue together, that make marriage a joy.» Life is made up of the little things. Especially in the course of a relationship, the whole is greater than the …
Seguir leyendo Man ghosts date after she asks him to fetch her a glass of water at a party, says he felt ‘subservient’: ‘Wow, that really upset you, huh’
‘It’s extremely poor etiquette’: Woman’s buffet behavior causes stuck-up friend to call her ‘disgustingly low class’
Certain pockets of the world are weirdly obsessed with etiquette. I recently stumbled across a video where a woman was teaching how to let «the bag serve you» or «the water bottle serve you» rather than «serving the water bottle.» It was all about not paying too much attention to your purse or your water, …
Seguir leyendo ‘It’s extremely poor etiquette’: Woman’s buffet behavior causes stuck-up friend to call her ‘disgustingly low class’
‘It’s called having a party’: Non-imbibers bemoan the social pressure to have an open bar wedding, get roasted in the replies
There is so much tradition and rigamarole that goes into having a wedding. Not only in the ceremony, where most people follow arcane rituals of unveiling, escorting the bride, and using performative language to get it all done, but in the reception too. Recent tradition holds that you must have either a band or a …
Seguir leyendo ‘It’s called having a party’: Non-imbibers bemoan the social pressure to have an open bar wedding, get roasted in the replies
Classless couple steals tray of food from neighborhood barbecue while everyone else is eating: ‘It was the tackiest thing I’ve ever seen in real life’
There’s nothing like a good barbecue with friends, especially in the summer. My neighborhood has a block party every year, and it’s a wonderful chance to get the kids together, eat some home-cooked food, and run around pelting everyone with water balloons. It’s good fun. But, like anything, there is an etiquette to these kinds …
Seguir leyendo Classless couple steals tray of food from neighborhood barbecue while everyone else is eating: ‘It was the tackiest thing I’ve ever seen in real life’
People ponder whether the art of conversation is lost among people over 25: ‘I might as well carry a mic around for all the interviews I conduct’
Objectionable social skills: they aren’t just reserved for the youth of today. According to some, there are plenty of adults out there who just don’t appreciate the art of conversation like they used to. Ever got talking to somebody at a party and realized that all they want to do is give you a monologue …
Seguir leyendo People ponder whether the art of conversation is lost among people over 25: ‘I might as well carry a mic around for all the interviews I conduct’