{"product_id":"067172228x-miss_manners_guide_for_the_turn-of-the-_millennium","title":"Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the wit, tact, and wisdom that have made Miss Manners a household name, America's foremost authority on civilized behavior takes you through every aspect of your personal, professional, and social life with ease and charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom somewhat classic queries:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* What do I wear to a job interview\/felony trial\/jacuzzi?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Where does the soup spoon\/seafood fork\/butter knife go?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo comments on truly modern phenomena:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Call waiting is like a child screaming for attention\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Leaky earphones are the equivalent of humming\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo strictly personal do's and don'ts:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Don't communicate everything in a marriage (I had the wildest dream about a man at my office...)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Do continue the ancient custom of mealtimes, that is, breakfast, lunch, and dinner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd professional guidelines:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Don't start grabbing company property after being fired\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* If a candy dish is on the visitor's side of a receptionist's desk, it is for visitors...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiss Manners offers consistently sound, sage advice to her Gentle Readers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a tipping guide (including coat checks and pizza deliveries), sections devoted to both traditional and nontraditional households, details on protocol for ceremonies and celebrations, invitations and disinvitations, insights on courtship and romance, and much more, this is \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e comprehensive guide to a kinder, gentler, more civilized society.\u003c\/p\u003e Publishers Weekly \u003cp\u003eMartin, aka syndicated columnist ``Miss Manners,'' here covers everything one might need to know about proper behavior, not just for the coming millennium, but in everyday life in the present decade. In a Q \u0026amp; A format interspersed with short essays on manners, mores and her personal peeves, she deals with the gamut of social situations, from AIDS (``receiving an incurable disease because one does not want to risk offending someone with a question seems excessive'') to nude weddings, telephone answering machines (``the modern equivalent of the butler''), the ``spinach-on-the-tooth rule'' (``draw something unfavorable to a person's attention only if it can easily be fixed'') and the correct response to negative literary criticism (``the etiquette obligation in such cases is on the friends and supporters of the wounded author''). Miss Manners's remarkably sane advice and admonitions, written in the third person and addressed to ``Gentle Reader,'' are entertaining as well as practical. (Nov.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Teaching\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eSchools \u0026amp; Teaching\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Touchstone","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":48878946451646,"sku":"067172228X-4","price":12.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/71pBZ7nXUeL.jpg?v=1788982689","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/067172228x-miss_manners_guide_for_the_turn-of-the-_millennium","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}