Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium
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Book Overview
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.
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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:067172228X
ISBN13:9780671722289
Release Date:November 1990
Publisher:Touchstone Books
Length:768 Pages
Weight:2.60 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 7.4" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Utterly delightful!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Incredibly entertaining. Judith Martin writes about serious topics with brilliant wit, charm, and humor. This book covers a wide variety of relevant topics, and even the ones that may not apply directly to you still are useful in conveying and emphacising the basic principles of manners. This book is helping me to gain clarity on what rudeness is, what politeness is, and on how to respond appropriately. This book is 700+ pages, so be prepared for a long-term relationship (if you intend to finish this book - which I do - at which point I will probably return to the beginning to start reading it over again). I can say this book is changing my life - and my children may at THIS time regret to say that it is changing theirs - but it is ultimately for the better (I intend to raise gentlemen and ladies)!
Very very nice...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Judith Martin (AKA Miss Manners) has a very intelligent understandingof what etiquette is all about. For her, it is a practical system ofapplied ethics, designed to help people get along in a world thatdoesn't always make it easy. The book covers a wide variety oftopics, from the ancient, i.e., table manners and how to use all thatsilverware, to modern, as in, "Is it OK to send thank-you notes viaemail?" (By the way the answer is NO!) This book is funny and cleverand very, very useful for all sorts of situations. The chapter onworkplace etiquette could justify a whole book on its own.
Anything with Miss Manners' name on it is a keeper
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
No- one is better at answering the questions as to what is correct in a humourous (and enteraining) way as Judith Martin is. You can buy these guides as guides for life or as just fun and entertaining reads; take the advice, or just enjoy the ride- this may be the Sally Jesse Raphael for the genteel- and I mean that in the best way possible.
This book is as funny as it is helpful
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is a truly helpful, up-to-date guide. The question and answer form helped find out answers to questions I didn't even know that I had. Miss Manners is also hilarious, (I found myself laughing outloud to some of her answers) and her insight is ingenuous. Well done!
Delightful
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I pick this book up every year or so, both for the vast wealth of knowledge and for the entertainment value. Material not covered in the question and answer format is cleary explained elsewhere in the chapter. I consider this book a necessary reference.
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