hmmm…..
My goal every morning is to write a few words on whatever news pops up on my server. Amazingly, I have managed to stay out of politics during this pre-election frenzy. That is, until now. The headline today was: “the election and your money.” It’s not polite to talk about politics or money – at least that’s the old rule of etiquette.
But what are the new rules of etiquette? The old ones have been smashed to bits. No one thinks a thing anymore of answering a cell phone call or a text in the company of another. Even at a dining table, calls are taken, conversations carried on … a friend of mine has a hold over rule from another era which says that she must answer any phone call by the second ring. My feeling is that it is rude to answer the phone when you are having a conversation with another person. Who’s right? She also holds to the rule of leaving a bite or two on your plate as being proper for a lady. I grew up in the “clean plate club” where leaving food on a plate was inexcusable. Who’s right?
Call me and let’s have a conversation about the new rules of etiquette … but, please …. not while I’m having lunch …..
hmmm…..
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