Posted by: stephaniehorton | September 29, 2009
It is pretty ironic that the recent bad behavior by public figures Kanye West, Serena Williams and Congressman Joe Wilson would shine the spotlight on an etiquette speaker. Gotta love it! When asked what I think about all of these unpolished moments, my answer is simply, “My work is never done.” Our culture has morphed into more than just a ME generation, we are now ME, ME and ME – all in search for that 15 minutes of fame. And, it is easier than ever to reach these days due to the immediacy and access multiple media avenues provides 24/7/365. As our President stated, the words to remember at a time like this are “dignity” and “civility.” Simply put, be nice. To everyone. Every day. It’s not that tough, but somehow manners and etiquette are lost in the shuffle. In the spirit of “Are bad manners driving your clients/workmates/friends/dates crazy?” here’s today’s common courtesy comment for consideration: make a statement to those in your life by respecting their time (do you NEED to text them at midnight; NEED to answer that cellphone call while you are changing a diaper?) For more, please check out today’s interview with Jim Heinz of KITZ 1400AM Megatalk radio at 6pm. Cheers!
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My first blog…what a moment! I’ve been observing the action on cyberspace for sometime, now, and have concluded that blogging is the way to go, so here goes for me. My passion is etiquette and manners, basically common courtesy. One might think of it as a lost art, but I assure you it is not. Etiquette consultants and speakers like me are out there, believe it! My company is “Top Dog Etiquette,” which people often misinterpret as a dog training business. I love it! As, in some cases, we are a culture that is more likely to invest in our pet’s manners and behavior than our own. Thus, my work is never done. What is your etiquette pet peeve?Please make it stop! I had to turn off the news today. I couldn’t listen for one more minute to the negative press about our President’s winning the Nobel Prize. I know, the etiquette lady . . . if you can’t say something nice . . . I can’t stand it! We finally have a president who makes us proud, listens to other people, challenges us to think and move in new directions, and we have to keep tearing him down. If I hear one more person say, “he doesn’t deserve it,” I think I will scream. He’s IN IT. He’s DOING IT. I wish we could simply support him. There, I said it. Of course this all goes back to my etiquette training on good conversation skills, right? I’m always urging people to put a positive spin on things; otherwise, a conversation can quickly become uncomfortable. I hope we can remember that tonight. I was going to talk about oyster slurping at OysterFest in Shelton, but this trumped it. Have a good week, everyone. »
