Etiquette - August 2007

I start work in an office on Monday and I'm dying with nerves! It's for a large company and I will not the be the only one starting! There's a group of new people and we're all being trained in a class room enviroment for a week.

Any tips for those who've been there and done that?

2007-08-31 09:14:55 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

My Hubby and I have been invited to a barbeque at his boss's house on Labor Day. We live in a small community as does the boss & his family. Would it be rude to call the boss's wife and ask if I could bring anything or help in anyway? This is a casual gathering of workers and most of them are single guys so I don't know how much real help she has. She as young children as well.

2007-08-31 09:01:13 · 10 answers · asked by Praire Crone 7

Especially when they raise their eyes above the top of them

2007-08-31 07:46:33 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

or some people make a toilet paper mitten, which one are you?

2007-08-31 07:41:55 · 17 answers · asked by johnny_tightlps 2

I never thought I would do something like this, but all the pressure put on white girls these days. Anyhow, he won't work and I always have to give him money. He says he would quit wearing baggy pants, but he hasn't. When I'm at work he's riding around with other girls and I think he uses drugs. He has threatened I can't leave. I know another girl he hurt in the same situation. I'm telling you white girls don't ever get involved with them because you'll regret it. Should I go to the police if he threatens me?

2007-08-31 06:24:50 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-31 05:31:57 · 7 answers · asked by peaches6 7

My Aunt's 50th birthday is today and we are throwing her a surprise birthday party.The problem is I really don't like my aunt... I can't stand being in the same room with her!
1) She ignores me and then when she finally notices me she insults me.
2) My older sister is her favorite and she has no problem with comparing us. My sister always being the greater.
3)When I was younger she treated me like sh!t.
4) She cusses like a sailor and she is loud and obnoxious!
5) 2 years ago I got sick with the stomach flu and lost alot of weight.(I'm naturally skinny) I was 80 pounds! When she saw me she told everyone that I was anoerix and bulimic! Now everytime I see her she always brings up how I was starving myself and how sickly I looked even though I'm back to my healthy size.
6)She is VERY superficial/high maintenance
7)This one made me lose respect for her: She uses the foster kids for their money!

2007-08-31 05:31:46 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Imagine a family member of yours gave you a check as a gift, but you lost it before you had a chance to cash it. Would you call them up and ask them to write you another check or would you just forget about it? What would you do? Why or why not?

2007-08-31 05:21:44 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

deal out abuse on here. But would they say that to my face in person?

2007-08-31 05:09:36 · 36 answers · asked by Ryan 5

2007-08-31 05:00:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I sent out e-vites three weeks in advance, and a reminder 2 days in advance. Almost half the people who said "yes" didn't show, and none of the "maybes" showed.

I've lived here for 15 years, and I thought these people were my friends. I'm so mad, I don't know what to do.

2007-08-31 04:52:06 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should I put on the Reception card "To help us celebrate, please join us for an Adult Reception at seven o'clock in the evening at _________"

2007-08-31 04:21:34 · 10 answers · asked by ♥ 3

Isn't a tip supposed to be for exceptional work? It bugs me that resteraunts now put the tip on the bill or expect you to tip 15% even if your waiter/waitress didn't do anything great. I would rather pay more for my meal so that the waiters and waitresses get paid more so they don't have to depend on tips. In my opinion, tipping is just getting out of hand. Workers should get a good wage and you should just pay for whatever your are buying. IF the worker did something fantastic, then it's your choice to give an extra tip to them to say "hey, great work! you were exceptional."

But why should I tip them for just doing their job? (by the way, I do tip because I understand employees don't get paid enough and depend on the tips, but I think that whole concept needs to change).

2007-08-31 04:17:21 · 41 answers · asked by Melissa 6

Theres a girl right near me who eats all the time - she has 3 sets of sandwiches a day and snacks in between. And she always goes for the loudest, crunchiest ting she can find - french toasts, weatabix (i know - how odd) and procedes to eat them with her mouth open so you can hear it all. Shes not fat though - i think shes got worms.
To make it even worse - she hardly speaks any english and doesnt even try to communicate - like shes too good to talk to us. She mutters in a really low voice and trails off mid sentence and walks away when you actually asked her something you need to know the answer too.
She is driving me crazy - aaarrrggghhh !!!

2007-08-31 03:57:07 · 12 answers · asked by Gem 3

When a couple has a new baby, do you have to send a gift immediately or is it ok to send it within a few months? A good friend of mine out of state had a baby 2 months ago and I have been searching everywhere for a specific gift I want to get the baby related to her favorite sports team. Part of me feels bad but the baby is still a newborn so I was just curious. I'm going to be visiting her next month so I was planning on bringing it with me then. Is this ok?

2007-08-31 03:55:04 · 6 answers · asked by LittlePinkMoose 2

I know it's not law and I do believe in the right of expression.

But I see people who would claim to be "honoring" the flag flying ragged tattery ones, letting yard flags droop into mud, wearing them on clothes and spilling this and that one them, putting the logo of their favorite team on them...

Do people not know? Not care? Or do they think everything has changed with 9/11?

2007-08-31 03:28:33 · 7 answers · asked by Bucky 4

i got my nails done yesterday at a vietnamese salon..it's an inexpensive place (but so are ALL the vietnamese places...) i was supposed to pay 30 for a mani/pedi and 7 each for french tip (14, total, right?). anyway.

when i first walked in, they were NOT busy, and the lady took her time. then people started walking in like a mad house, and she started to do someone else's nails (removed polish) half way through MY pedicure. she didn't wash her hands between clients, and either way, overall she was way too rushed. then when it came time to do MY manicure, she was cutting my cuticles and made me bleed, TWICE. oh and she did a halfass job on my topcoat. or at least i feel like it.

for some reason, when i went to pay, my total came out to be 36 dollars...i tipped her 1 dollar because of the horrible service, regardless that she charged me less. was that wrong?

2007-08-31 03:28:12 · 10 answers · asked by alcmena 4

I have a friend who has a very annoying habit. Whenever she tries to call me and I either don't answer or I say "I'm busy, I'll call you back later", she calls me back within just a few minutes.
I have a pretty busy schedule, which she constantly "forgets". I have a full time Monday-Friday job, I go to school at night on Mondays and Wednesdays, and I take classes in Tae Kwon Do on Tuesdays and Thursdays. About the only time anyone can get in touch with me is after 8:00pm other than weekends. I could understand if she had to tell me something important, but it's always to simply chat.
For example: Wednesday night while I was at school, my friend called me FOUR times. Obviously I couldn't answer it! And I firmly believe that if it's an emergency, they'll leave a message. Other than that, it's not important. She never left a message, and when she DID get in touch with me, sure enough, she just wanted to chat.
Am I going to have to write down a copy of my schedule for this chick?!?

2007-08-31 03:20:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Were you alone, with someone else....just curious about what others have done...thanks

2007-08-31 03:16:23 · 13 answers · asked by janigurl 2

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2007-08-31 03:06:12 · 6 answers · asked by pookie 1

The guy is only about 20 but continuously does evil (yet somehow legal) things to his surrounding neighbors, such as 4AM airhorn blasts, middle of the night spotlight shining, shameless redneck decorations everywhere, etc. He has no apparent conscience, and seems to enjoy the stress he causes others.

I want to get this kid back, but nothing that would endanger him or others or be overly illegal.

Any suggestions?

2007-08-31 03:06:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

These people who recently moved into the apartment below me are so freakin loud. I think it's 2 male roommates (maybe I college). They have people over a lot (who are also loud) and hang out on their porch and talk at all hours or the morning and night.

The other day I was getting up for work early (it was about 5:30 a.m.) and they were still up from the night before. I could clearly hear their loud conversation and they sounded wasted.

I don't know how I am going to deal with this.

2007-08-31 02:17:57 · 10 answers · asked by mistaken4sane 4

You're driving in the left hand lane trying to get somewhere and the person in front of u thinks their driving Mrs. Daisy!

What do you hate?

2007-08-31 02:06:34 · 20 answers · asked by RockyRose 2

I don't even know the staff members whose birthdays the party is for but my name has been added to the list -nobody seems to know who did it and no one has owned up to it-what can be going on??

2007-08-31 01:11:34 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Remember, proper spelling is the key to getting a good answer. None of this "OMG, he lieks me, 2 bad!" garbage.

Remember, when you are 30 years old, the guy or girl you are dating right now will not be around, so don't get upset.

Stop asking what kind of clothes or "sterotype" you should be, like Emo. Be yourself, don't let others influence you.

No one cares about your Myspace profile.

Don't ever post photos of people under the age of 18 on here, regardless of whether or not you want people to tell you about your haircut, your clothes, your appearance. ETC... Because pedophiles, perverts, and THIS guy might be looking at it
http://www.houseoffusion.com/users/images/fat_guy.jpg

Last, remember, don't be a freaking moron and post all of your personal information. Even the slightest tidbit could lead to an assault. "My best friend and I was at Taco Bell and she got in a fight with the skinny guy who wears glasses over the counter, so we left." Yes, some idiot pervert could find you!

2007-08-31 00:52:04 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

If the world stopped as we know it, like no electricity, no food. Do you think we know how to survive.
Do you know how to build a fire, hunt and fish, clean and skin and prepare food to eat, plant a garden....without a store to buy seeds!
I think our generation of 20 to 50 year olds today would die! We can't change the oil in our cars, cut our own grass. We are becoming a weak ,spoiled, race of fat worthless human beings that only care about sundown and payday....no ethics, no integrity.......pay attention....the next time you go anywhere for anything........notice the person at "JUST" about any job they hate what they do and could care less about the person they are talking to or waiting on!!!!! We have to clean this world up.....Take out the trash and vote some good people in office....we need to get more educated and more aware of our surroundings,before it's to late!

2007-08-30 23:31:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

May I have the name of the book or where I can get them from?

2007-08-30 20:24:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a full time college student and work 35-40 hours a week as a waitress. I make minimum wage plus tips. It just frustruated me whenever people don't leave me any tip or like 5 %. That is such a waste of my time when I can serve other tables who give me 20% tips. What make it worse is that I work at a Japanese restaurant where the chef(the owner)take half of my tips and he also takes out the credit card transaction fees from my tip every night. I just absolutely hate when people coming in using their credit card and leave no tip. I don't care if they are doing a take out, they should at least leave me something. It is like I am paying them to come in to get food and i have to take my time to serve them while i am paying for their credit card transaction fee by the end of the nights. and people dine at the sushi bar are so clueless that they don't realised the chef takes tips too. they don't tip because they think that i only brought them their drinks so i don't deserve any tips.

2007-08-30 19:34:05 · 29 answers · asked by liveforever1101 2

The neighbors on both sides of us and across the street let their cats and dogs out to roam every day. There seems to be the general opinion that cats are harmless - that may be true, but if I don't have an animal, I should not have animal feces in my yard and flower beds. I have two small children who are harmless- is it okay to let them crap in the neighbor's yard and garden?

How do I handle this? The occassional incident I was willing to overlook, but it's gotten out of hand, and each time I've mentioned it, the neighbor is certain that it isn't THEIR pet, it's someone elses. My girls and I should able to play outside without stepping in poop, or even worse, finding it in my daughters' sandbox.

2007-08-30 19:11:17 · 17 answers · asked by Magaroni 5

I suspect a business suit would be over the top?

How should a young man dress for interviews for jobs such as waiting staff, kitchen porter, general assistant at stores etc?

2007-08-30 18:42:12 · 14 answers · asked by viaj... :) 5