Miss Manners' Guide for the Turn-of-the-Millennium

分類: 图书,进口原版,Nonfiction(非虚构类),Education(教育),Reference,
品牌: Judith Martin
基本信息出版社:Fireside (1990年11月15日)平装:768页正文语种:英语ISBN:067172228X条形码:9780671722289商品尺寸:23.1 x 18.8 x 3.8 cm商品重量:1.1 Kg品牌:FiresideASIN:067172228X商品描述内容简介With 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.From somewhat classic queries:* What do I wear to a job interview/felony trial/jacuzzi?
* Where does the soup spoon/seafood fork/butter knife go?To comments on truly modern phenomena:* Call waiting is like a child screaming for attention
* Leaky earphones are the equivalent of hummingTo strictly personal do's and don'ts:* Don't communicate everything in a marriage ("I had the wildest dream about a man at my office...")
* Do continue the ancient custom of mealtimes, that is, breakfast, lunch, and dinnerAnd professional guidelines:* Don't start grabbing company property after being fired
* If a candy dish is on the visitor's side of a receptionist's desk, it is for visitors...Miss Manners offers consistently sound, sage advice to her Gentle Readers.With 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 isthecomprehensive guide to a kinder, gentler, more civilized society.媒体推荐Kirkus ReviewsHow thoughtful of Miss Manners to provide us with this useful, almost encyclopedic guide to proper manners for thefin de siècle...Elegant, sensible, exquisitely funny, Miss Manners...leads us through the dark forest of social despair and into the sunny glade of correctness. --Review