Excuse Me, But I Was Next by Peggy Post

Excuse Me, But I Was Next by Peggy Post

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Excuse Me, But I Was Next by Peggy Post

Have you ever been annoyed by cell phone yakkers, line cutters, or movie chatters? 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 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 audio book.

Read by Susan Bennett

Emily Post is the renowned author of Etiquette, the source of timeless advice to ordinary people in search of good manners. The book was in its 89th printing at the time of her death in 1960.Post's reputation was recently bolstered by Joan Didion's praise inThe Year of Magical Thinking, in which she namedEtiquette as the source of the best advice on grief management.
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ISBN 13 9780060889166
ISBN 10 0060889160
Title Excuse Me, But I Was Next
Author Peggy Post
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Publisher William Morrow
Year published 2006-10-03
Number of pages 308
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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