Test your Etiquette Awareness. (I got 8 of 13, though a couple of them were for the wrong reasons.)
Etiquette is, of course, like grammar and spelling and word use, a matter of consensual expectations — if everyone knows how to behave, it makes behavior easy and comfortable and uncontentious. So, for example, if everyone started putting their elbows on the table at every function, then that would become the “proper” thing to do, even if lamented by a few die-hards.
Interesting stuff, even if you don’t want to hire the consultants.
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Etiquette test
Here’s a fun little test on etiquette. I scored 8 out of 13, which is surprising; some of the questions
Fries Are Finger Food, Damn it!
Test your Etiquette Awareness Like ***Dave and Scott, I got 8 out of 13. Some of the rules are a…
8 OF 13
I guess it depends on what kind of place you are eating your fries in.
And my mother never let me put my elbows on the table food or no food.
Poll: Etiquette test
I managed to get ten out of 13 on the Etiquette Test.
10 of 13.
And I agree with you about the elbows on the table…
10 of 13. And putting your elbows on the table at any time just makes it harder to keep them off when you should.
And even though women are not supposed to wait to shake hands, many men don’t quite know what to do when a women offers her hand to shake, so custom hasn’t caught up with the times. Plus, they have no idea how to shake hands with a woman – they either crush my hand or they grasp my hand like I have leprosy and they don’t want to touch me at all.
10, but it was all guesswork. I really don’t know about this ettykit junk. Guess I just ain’t got no couth.