Etiquette - September 2007

A friend of mine who I have been friends with for 3 years, her birth is coming within this month or next-but I don't remember the date. I was thinking of asking a friend of hers, whom I'm acquainted with when her birthday is again, so I can tel her happy birthday. My point is, is it wrong to not know a friend's birthday-that you consider a 'goo friend'?....she has facebook, or had it-but she deleted the thing-so now I don't know when it is. I'll send her a b-day wish via text message.

2007-09-17 06:14:00 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

My co-worker is sick with a cold and doesn't cover her mouth when she coughs; she'll literally just stand there, even in the middle of talking to you, and let it all fly out. How can I tactfully tell her to cover things up? Not only is it entirely gross, but I really don't want to get sick.

2007-09-17 06:12:39 · 12 answers · asked by ashley! 2

I found out this weekend that my 18 year old brother is taking hard drugs. I knew he smoked pot and thought it was just a phase, so didn’t worry about it, especially as I’d be hypocritical, having had my share of the clubbing scene. Although seeing where my brother was this weekend has made me feel so sick I shall never touch another drug again in my life.

However, when I found out he’s smoking skunk most days, and that he’s started taking class A’s too… My heart broke. I found out where he was (he hadn’t been home all night again) and went to get him. The place was disgusting, kicked in walls and grubby sofa… Looked like a crack den, reminded me of trainspotting. I found out also that he’d been trying to drive his car when off his face, when it was off-road and the brakes weren’t working. He had crashed it the week before, doing 80 in a 40 zone.

I panicked and told my family what he’s been doing, including my brother who is a policeman.

2007-09-17 05:36:26 · 31 answers · asked by rollacoasta 3

2007-09-17 05:35:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

If I do walk chin up, I will eye contact with people and people will think I am wathing them and get scared or they would think I am messing with them on the other hand if I look down people would think I am looking at their body , so where should I look while I am walking

2007-09-17 05:21:06 · 5 answers · asked by neuken 1

if the spouse of the deceased gets ill and has to go out to the restroom? (not meaning to be funny - I just wondered what would happen)

2007-09-17 04:37:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

ask my boss for an application for the buisness she owns (its a lil scuba shop) but i need jsut a little bit more money to get by and i get bored after this job. she doesnt own the car dealership where i am currently employeed... but she is my boss here... so wad ya think? and how would i do it?

2007-09-17 04:09:31 · 14 answers · asked by sharpie2292 3

I did an exam last year and i am in a rubbish class for losers that aren't good in school. (okay, that's a joke, but w.e).
I'm not ver good at maths and my teacher has been really nice bout it. He singles me out quite a lot but i just thought he was being nice.
but when we did the exam and he gave me back my paper, i realised a lot of the answers had been crossed out and changed. i didn't do this and it was actually quite an important exam, and i know he changed it.
he told me yesterday, "don't tell anyone, i did it because i know you're cleverer then anyone else in this class."

is there any point reporting it? i''d feel guilt and he's being really nice to me!

2007-09-17 03:22:34 · 19 answers · asked by Sanskia 3

or should i say **** who came up with a mobile phone which had a speaker on it so chavs could play their sh!tty music at a tinny full volume on the bus? the genius behind this amazes me! what ever happened to earphones - is it so the little darlings don't hurt their ears and so we can all appreciate the wonderful music played so loud it disorts into some tinny thumpy sound with the so irriating frequency as a bluebottle.

2007-09-17 03:22:12 · 11 answers · asked by sd_lewis2003 1

2007-09-17 02:56:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-17 02:51:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've done this since I can remember (about 5) and am now 17. Not in my own house obviously. I also crouch down (most of the time)

Most people I know just sit down.

2007-09-17 01:58:46 · 21 answers · asked by Karl 2

aside from impending global warming effects later on, how about currently?

i get hot easily so sometimes i want to but people give me odd looks, is it okay for me to wear shorts when its like 40-50 degrees out? i already see people with jackets on...

2007-09-17 01:53:35 · 14 answers · asked by Antonio Montana Jr. 4

I've never had surgery before and I'm going to have surgery on my wrist in two weeks. I assume I will have to take my clothes off and wear a gown, but will they make me take my underwear and sports bra off too? If they say it is optional or if I have to keep my bra on, do they still make you wear a gown?? The way I look at it is if my sports bra is on, then I got nothin' to hide....so I would rather not wear the gown if my sports bra is on...do you think they will allow that?? Most of the time at home I'm in just my sports bra anyway, so for me it's no big deal (if I have my sports bra on). Thanks in advance!

2007-09-17 01:27:47 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-17 01:27:25 · 19 answers · asked by Nessie from Loch Ness 6

I think that such topics as pornography and Globalization would be of interest--please feel free to express any opinions you may have regarding these topics. If you don't express your opinions, others will EXPRESS THEM FOR YOU! Do you prefer economic imperialism or Islamization--or maybe you like others telling you what to do and how to think!

2007-09-17 00:00:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

it's 44 degrees, i'll wear mittens, a scarf and boots.

2007-09-16 23:28:04 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

where should you put your shoulder bag and/or papers/envelope before you are interviewed? should i put it at the back of my chair? under my chair? to my lap? beside me? could someone give me a clue? sometimes when you are interviewed the interviewer has no table so what's the proper way of putting your things?

2007-09-16 23:18:49 · 8 answers · asked by Rebecca 1

My name is Christina and it really irritates me when people call me Chris, Chrissy, Tina 'Teen' (for goodness sake!). I know a lot of people don't let it bother them, it's just a personal quirk for me. Does it ever bother you, particularly if the alternative is something really naff.?

2007-09-16 23:01:57 · 61 answers · asked by Christina K 6

2007-09-16 22:56:45 · 12 answers · asked by toria_coombes 1

Do I directly go to the manager and ask, or what??

2007-09-16 21:56:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Personally, I don't. Is it ethically expected to exchange a word or two?

2007-09-16 21:21:21 · 12 answers · asked by Somewhere in Time 3

I know it's formal speech... but to me feels a little humuliating.

2007-09-16 21:00:18 · 12 answers · asked by Somewhere in Time 3

I'm a business English teacher in Korea. Preferably, give me something more than Glengarry Glen Ross and Wall Street -- are there any movies out there where all the business people AREN'T total @$$holes, where my Korean company workers can watch business men work/deal together and talk to each other WITHOUT the situation forcing them to throw all their manners out the window?

2007-09-16 20:36:24 · 5 answers · asked by roboseyo 3

2007-09-16 17:03:50 · 5 answers · asked by LOVE♥ 1

my friend dies friday,she was 14. I am going to her funeral with a bunch of my friends and was wondering, i am going to wear this black dress that i love with black shoes and a black and white purse...does that sound ok? What do we do there,what will people say... She was to young and this is soo sad.

2007-09-16 16:47:36 · 16 answers · asked by Chiclacrosse 3

Please no rude or abrupt answers; be reasonable. If you have nothing constructive to say then do not answer at all.

2007-09-16 15:53:35 · 4 answers · asked by ChocLaddy 2

2007-09-16 15:26:45 · 50 answers · asked by 11111111111 1

i need help w/ the characters. can you help with the questions?

-who is scouts friend and "fiance" who lives in mississppi, but comes every summer to visit them?

-who is the bachelor uncle who visits at christmas?

-who is the open minded neighbor and good friend of the finches?

-who is the lady that screams at the childrean and later breaks her morphine habit?

-who is the sheirff of maycomb and a friend of the finches?

-who is that hard working man who is accused of raping a white girl?

-who is the irresponsible father who uses relief checks for alcohol: a typical example of southern "poor white trash"?

-who is the poor farmer who refuses to accept charity?

-who is the presiding judge at the trial?

-who is the black minister who takes care of jem and scout during trial

-who is the gossipy neighbor?

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2007-09-16 15:21:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I went to a wedding yesterday in which the bride was 7 mos pregnant and wearing a white wedding dress (and the couples' combined 3 other children made up the flower girls/ring barer) What do you think...is it really ok to wear white today regardless of the situation?

2007-09-16 15:03:11 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous