Tag: MANNERS

Sometime in middle school, an elderly belle visited our class to undertake the daunting task of refining the boorish manners of modern adolescents. Seated at lunchroom tables, in our T-shirts and grubby jeans, we learned to seat the young ladies, say an appropriate blessing, and lay our napkins in our laps before we set to cutting up ("Remember to draw the knife towards you.") reasonably sized ...

The title 'Justice of the Peace' takes on new meaning in an Atlanta courtroom, where a judge has slapped a $200 fine on two men whose ringing cell phones went off within minutes of each other in the middle of a hearing. Atlanta Municipal Court Judge Herman Sloan held the two men in contempt of court for the auditory interruptions. While he finished hearing cases on his docket, he had the two ...

These days, the sight of a young urban professional hunched over his BlackBerry or other mobile computing device while commuting on the train or bus is a common sight. So, too, unfortunately, is the sight of people answering e-mails in the middle of a romantic dinner, or engaging in calls with colleagues while in the restroom. It's an epidemic, a point proven by a new survey from Yahoo! HotJobs ...