tags: table manners: stories and blogs
table manners: stories and blogs
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Testing Those Table Manners
Worried that students may be losing their culture to the onslaught of hamburgers and spaghetti, a high school in Nagasaki, Japan, has added a new test to its entrance exams—chopsticks skills.
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I Don’t Care If She’s Family
How to deal with your mother-in-law’s bad table manners.
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Don’t Scream "I Hate Broccoli!"
Which table manners your kids should mind.
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Virgin Drink Reminder
Party beverage advice for the holidays, or anytime.
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Bailing Before the Host Notices
The infamous "French leave."
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How Do You Say “Pho”?
The pitfalls of pronunciation.
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Girls Who Hate Girly Drinks
Bad bartenders assume you’re wimpy.
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Vegetarians at a Barbecue
The dos and don’ts of meatless grill interaction.
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Advice for Despised Laptop Users
How to avoid dirty looks in coffeehouses.
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Downsizing Bad Friends
What to do when invitations go unreciprocated.
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Stuff I Screwed Up
Looking back on my bad advice.
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Enough with the Workplace Candy!
Is it OK to tell people to stop bringing in sweets?
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Fighting Wine Snobbery
Don’t encourage the wine bores in your life.
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How to Host a Turkey-Free Thanksgiving
Getting the meat eaters to do without.
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Your Order Is Politically Incorrect
How to address ethically challenged eaters.
