The Universal Code of (Formerly) Unwritten Rules [antikvár]

INTRODUCTIONIt has been nearly a century since the publication of Emily Post's 1922 classic, Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home. Much of her volume seems laughably quaint today, with its focus on which servants should perform which tasks in which rooms and its stipulation that you bow (!!) to your friends rather than tip your hat to them. Nonetheless, Ms. Post is sorely missed today.Not everyone has forgotten his or her manners, though, at times, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who remembers that it really is important to be nice and courteous. If you're reading this book, then you're one of us. We are the twenty-first-century individuals who believe it's even more important to bring civility than it is to bring sexy back. Heck, courtesy is sexy because it makes us look more attractive.Everyone complains about how uncivilized Americans are, yet many of these complainers are regularly committing uncouth acts of their own. Rather than assume they're complete jerks (which is probably not a safe assumption), we'll assume that they just don't know the rules. What rules? The mostly unwritten rules we should follow in society, in business, and at home (screw politicsit's inherently and irredeemably vicious). Those rules.What? You don't know those rules? Well, of course you don't. I just told you they're unwritten. But you're in luck! You hold in your hands the key to the future of a civiHzed nation (and you just thought it was a humor book you could keep on top of the toilet tank). This book contains the unwritten rules everyone should follow. These are rules