Excuse Me, but I Was Next... : How to Handle 100 Manners Dilemmas
by Post, Peggy
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- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060889160
- ISBN 13
- 9780060889166
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Synopsis
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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- Better World Books (US)
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- GRP82511157
- Title
- Excuse Me, but I Was Next... : How to Handle 100 Manners Dilemmas
- Author
- Post, Peggy
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060889160
- ISBN 13
- 9780060889166
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- This edition first published
- October 3, 2006
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