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Check MateIf you're worried about splitting the bill, Post says it's fine for small parties to ask for separate checks at the outset...
...etiquette expert Peggy Post out of work. Who cares about niceties when millions of people are losing their job? But the recession has given rise to an epidemic of foot-in-mouth disease, with incidents ranging from the awkward to the deeply wounding. For example, how do you ask a co-worker if she survived the layoffs, or turn down a relative's request for a loan? "Being respectful and considerate is always important, especially in these trying times," says Post, the great-granddaughter-in-law of etiquette guru Emily Post. (Watch Peggy Post answer your etiquette questions...
...Ask, Don't TellUnless you're pals, don't ask a co-worker if he got laid off. Likewise, don't let on if you know he's about to get axed...
Borrower's TaleWhen asked for a loan, it's O.K. to say no. But if you say yes, it's fine to ask for a repayment agreement in writing...
...spent much of her time working in a battered women’s shelter. Our exchange was cut short by the professor’s arrival, and I sighed in relief because my pathetic hand-rolled cigarette had gone out and I wasn’t about to ask for the lighter again. My relief was brief. I embarked on the first of many biweekly white-knuckle rides, in which my alarmingly Zach Braff-esque professor managed to make his lectures sound like a single ninety-minute long Spanish word.Fast-forward a few months to Election Day, although...