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June
6, 2007:
Manners That Matter
Interview
with Ann Marie Sabath author of
One Minute Manners
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Mike
Carruthers:
Manners
are important. You notice when other people are rude or polite
and other people notice the same thing about you. So here are
a few things to remember, first thank-you notes.
Ann Marie
Sabath:
Anytime it takes someone more than fifteen minutes to do something
for you, a thank - you should be sent. And a verbal thank-you
is like a hug without touching.
Etiquette expert
Ann Marie Sabath, author of the book One
Minute Manners.
Something that
differentiates business professionals from business people is
when you invite someone to a meeting; tell them why you're inviting
them. And if someone doesn't ask, then the person who is being
invited should always ask, "What would you like my role
to be at the meeting?"
When it comes
to place settings at a meal or banquet Ann Marie says think
left to right -BMW.
Bread,
Meal, (meaning your plate, your entrée) and then
Water. The bread plate is always to your left, the meal
is in the dead center and the W- water or other beverages will
always be to your right.
When do you use
Miss, Ms Or Mrs.?
Nine times out of
ten Ms works much better. If you don't know then it's appropriate
to say, "How do you prefer to be addressed, by Ms or Mrs.?"
Miss is for teenagers.
And I never knew
this but…
When a woman
does go by Mrs. she should always have her husband's name after
it because she's not married to herself. So to say Mrs. Mary
Epstein would be wrong, Mrs. Timothy Epstein is correct.
At somethingyoushouldknow.net
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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