Uncommon Courtesy: The Basics of Good Behavior for a Badly Behaved World
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Overview
This book is the short slap to the back of the head most people need nowadays. In a world that’s more likely to flip the bird than hold the door, it’s their reminder of proper behavior. You’ll receive a (re-)schooling in manners with lessons split up by situation, then tackled by topic. Each note corrects conduct that’s become all too common, like . . .
Bad Behavior: Popping a piece of gum into your mouth midconversation, and stressing your point by snapping it.
Courteous Fix: If you’re going to have a piece of gum while talking to someone, be sure to offer your companion a piece--and keep your mouth closed as you chew. You want your breath to be fresh. Not your attitude.
It’s a reminder that it wasn’t always out of place to be polite.
Bad Behavior: Popping a piece of gum into your mouth midconversation, and stressing your point by snapping it.
Courteous Fix: If you’re going to have a piece of gum while talking to someone, be sure to offer your companion a piece--and keep your mouth closed as you chew. You want your breath to be fresh. Not your attitude.
It’s a reminder that it wasn’t always out of place to be polite.
- Title: Uncommon Courtesy: The Basics of Good Behavior for a Badly Behaved World
- Author: Jennifer M. Wood
- Publisher: Adams Media
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 226
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781440526558, 9781440512032, 1440512035, 1440526559
- Resource ID: LLS:9781440526558
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-21T17:10:24Z