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Basic Mobile Telephone Manners (film)

By Dana Gornitzki Hello, dear reader, will you please turn your ringer off? And please stop sending text messages while we're at it - we're trying to have a conversation.
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Avoid social kissing. How la bise ban is changing greetings etiquette

By Dana Gornitzki Baguette, fromage, beautiful wine, and – naturellement – ‘la bise’. It doesn’t get any more quintessentially French than that. Cliché, yes, but handsome fact – oh la la!
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How to pack your luggage just like your mother taught you!

By Jean Bernard Talon As the month winds into those last lingering dog days of summer, I cannot help but reflect upon the travel habits of my fellow sunseekers and city-break culture vultures.
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Mile high connectivity? Please behave yourself.

By Dana Gornitzki Just when you thought there was one place where one could find respite from the information highway, along came the capability to connect to the interweb above the clouds.
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Have a broken heart? Please take a seat.

Priority seating on buses and trains is usually reserved for the elderly, pregnant, disabled, or passengers traveling with small children.
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Are your manners also out of range?

In Tokyo, the metro trains have priority seats for the elderly, disabled, and pregnant. Use of mobile telephones is also not officially allowed.
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A little nudge for commuters in Washington, DC

In Washington, DC, Gentlepeople are being asked: "sit your lazy butt in a non-priority seat if you're a non-priority rider." A direct approach, but hopefully quite effective.
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Toilet training for men

Seat up or seat down? Not an uncommon debate when it comes to male urination (we know, not the most savoury of topics).
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Cover your mouth, wash your hands

By Dana Gornitzki Practising proper hygiene is an important part of proper social graces. Escalate a lack of hygiene to a possible pandemic, and you have a more pressing matter on your hands. Think this is something new?
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This is MIEN Magazine

By Dana Gornitzki Do you find yourself staring in disgust at people yelling into their mobile phones in public? Wishing you could say something to that person who didn't thank you when you opened the door for them?
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The Parlour: nostalgic fun and civilised merriment without the modern accoutrements (This is what we're up to so we'll be offline for the most part. Back on March 15th with regular content.)

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