Etiquette on Shine

Gracefully Deal with Uncomfortable Questions

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By Jennifer Tzeses When the neighborhood coffee shop starts featuring its annual peppermint latte and your favorite radio station switches its playlist to include yuletide ditties, you know the

5 tips for dining out with kids

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Dear BA Foodist, My wife and I like to try new restaurants, but we're also new parents. I've seen what can happen when children behave badly while dining out, and we dread fellow patrons' death stares. Any tips? Chuck La Vallee, Los Angeles

Risky business: online shopping at work

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The temptation to shop online while at work gets much stronger at this time of year. Despite the known risks, many of us do it on the sly anyway -- like using a cell phone while driving.

In fact, 1 in 5 workers (21%) said they will shop online for holiday gifts this year while working. The statistic comes from a new survey, conducted by financial staffing firm Accountemps, that was released a week before Cyber Monday -- typically the biggest day of the year for online shopping.

The Morning After: Tips for Post-Booty Call Texting

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If you’ve managed to successfully execute a Late Night Booty Text and score some Late Night Booty, congratulations! Welcome to…

8 ways to tell if you're the life of the party...or just obnoxious

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The holidays are a time of year when friends and families spend lots of quality time together. A time when bad habits and annoying relatives can surface and leave a bad aftertaste. With this in mind, we whipped up a list you may want to peruse before…

How to Stop Texting and Get Him on a Real Date

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It’s always so exciting when you meet a new guy and exchange numbers. He’ll usually text you the same night, just saying it was good to have met you, and you’re in the cab, feeling quite…

5 Do's & Don'ts at Free Wine Tastings

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Wine tastings, whether fun and free at your local wine shop or formal and fancy at a three-Michelin-star restaurant, are situations ripe for slipping up in the etiquette department or making a scene.

Do You Tip the Guy Who Bags Your Groceries?

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Last night, at the grocery store, I faced that conundrum that comes up every time it's time to refill the fridge nowadays: You've got your stuff on the conveyer-belt contraption, you've shelled out your cash, and you're ready to take your bags home.

But then there's…

Peggy Post on holiday etiquette

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By Arianne Cohen Etiquette doyenne Peggy Post tells us how a bit of manners can keep social stress to a minimum.

1. You love your guests, but they want to bring their dog, whose potential for house damage you love less.

“Speak up,” says Post. “Say, ‘We’re so…

5 Tips for Writing an Effective Complaint Letter

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By Angela Ebron

Tired of rude salespeople, defective merchandise or bad service? Don’t put up with it. Complain! Just make sure to do it the right way if you want results, says Bruce Silverman, author of How to Complain for Fun and Profit: The Best Guide Ever to Writing Complaint…