How to Behave: A Guide to Modern Manners for the Socially Challenged by Caroline Tiger

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If you're wondering which fork to use, this is not the book for you. How to Behave is designed for people in real-life situations, not Victorian make-believe. It offers witty, unpretentious answers to the questions we all ask: How do I deal with loud eaters and wrapper crinklers? How do you cope with a cheapskate date? Is it polite to not offer suntan lotion to friend? How do I deal with an impostor in the supermarket express lane? At the gym, what do you say to someone who hogs the treadmill? Sensible advice for anybody who has ever suffered from cell phone rage.

From the Publisher

Is there any polite way to shush a chatty person at the movies? Should roller bladers be passed on the left side or the right side? When is it unacceptable to answer your cell phone? And why doesn t anyone in your grocery store seem to understand the basic rules of shopping cart navigation and right-of-way?
If you ve ever pondered these kinds of questions, How to Behave is the book you ve been waiting for: a hip, irreverent, but entirely practical guide to proper behavior in the twenty-first century. Here are dozens of fascinating skills that Emily Post wouldn t even think to mention like the best ways to:
Share elbow space on an airplane armrest
Contend with road rage
Position yourself when boarding a crowded elevator
Observe basic e-mail etiquette
Speak on a cell phone without enraging others
. . . plus dozens of other essential survival techniques. Much more than a simple etiquette book, How to Behave is a real-life guide to living in the real world.

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