19 Days To Good Manners! Today: Table Manners Basics
My science-based, funny manners advice book, "Good Manners For Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck," will be out on June 3.
As I write at the beginning of the book, "This is not an etiquette book, filled with prissy codes of conduct to help you fit in to upper-class society (or at least passably fake it)..."
However, in the Eating, Drinking, Socializing chapter, I touch on the essentials of at-the-table etiquette, but only briefly (in 10 bullet points), because this stuff should be obvious to anyone not raised in the woods by a family of wild animals. Here's one:
Coyotes lick their paws while eating for good reason-- because animals that die on the side of the road rarely do so next to place settings complete with a napkin.
--Amy Alkon, "Good Manners For Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck"
Please include the book and my name if you quote that! (It's the polite thing to do!)
And since I've told you what this book isn't, I'll also tell you what it is: a book on why we behave as we do (because knowing this is the best way to behave a little better), how to stand up to the rude, and ultimately, how we make the world a better place, one kind act we do for a stranger at a time.
Please consider pre-ordering. The book is discounted from the $14.99 retail price to only $9.48 at Amazon and $9.67 at Barnes & Noble.
Pre-orders help give the book "heat." (Also, every time you pre-order a copy, a kitten lives and my electricity stays on for another 20 minutes!)
Also available in iBooks store!
Jim Simon at May 15, 2014 7:44 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2014/05/15/19_days_to_good.html#comment-4631843">comment from Jim SimonThank you, Jim Simon!
Amy Alkon
at May 15, 2014 8:02 AM
Amy's next book: "Good Manners for People Who were Reared By Wolverines."
BlogDog at May 15, 2014 8:12 AM
Ordered! Amazon Japan will get it to me about 6/14!
crella at May 16, 2014 3:44 AM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2014/05/15/19_days_to_good.html#comment-4636386">comment from crellaYou are awesome, Crella!
Amy Alkon
at May 16, 2014 3:49 AM
No, you are, which is why I have to read this one too! :-D
crella at May 16, 2014 1:25 PM
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