etiquette

I realize this is mostly a gadget-loving crowd and expect this to go over like a lead balloon, but throwing it out anyway: http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2007/10/how-cell-phones-are-killing-face-to-face-interactions295/ He says it better than I could but IMO doesn't go nearly far enough, even...

Okay, so I'm waiting at the bus stop in the pouring down rain with a bunch of other people. I've just been grocery shopping, but I've got most of my stuff in my backpack and another waterproof bag with the rest wrapped in several layers of plastic grocery bags (yes, I will recycle them), so...

Ok, getting involved with twitter over here. Got some things regarding etiquette down, but one thing is bugging me. Now, in real life, my mom taught me that interrupting other peoples, especially those you don't know, private conversation and just start chattering away is rather rude. Even if...

Yes, it's about cell phone use. Please play Dear Abby to me, I'm genuinely interested in other people's input about this. I had to see a professor at the college I attend after class in her office hours. She also needed to see a boy in my class called Dan, who was to show her how to use a...

What do you do when faced by true believers in social situations. For example at work a collegue stated that she had taken her son off prescribed medication for ADHD for its homeopathic, natural "equivalent". My blood boiled and i put forward the skeptical case against homeopathy. The rest of my...

Yes, this has happened to me. It's one of the most embarrassing social events you can imagine. These were people I liked... and even if I hadn't, they outnumbered me. And the trouble is, you can't really decline. "No, thank you very much, I like being possessed by Satan." So I let'em. But then...