Topic: Etiquette And Manners

Turn A Workplace Blunder Into A Moment To Shine

The recovery - not the mistake - matters. How top performers rebound:. . Find bright spots. For a productive attitude toward foul-ups, "No Excuses"...

Right to hear speech denied by protesters

I was ashamed for Wisconsin because of the actions of four people in the Capitol gallery during the State of the State address. We all have rights...

Offer from the opera

Re: “Numbskulls ruin much-anticipated night at the opera” (Letter of the Day, Jan 25).. . We were pleased to read that Nadime Rahimian's experience...
A question we've never posed and likely no one outside of CBS News has ever considered: "We wondered what Bob Schieffer thinks of all of this?" Yet...

Living with Children

Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of England, once said, "One of the great problems of our age is that we're governed by people who care...

Classic response to ringtone rudeness

A violinist got his own back in stunning style after a member of his audience forgot to switch off his cellphone, a report has said. . According to...

'We all love to hate telemarketers'

Expand . Those pesky intrusions right on tea time annoy us more than they really ought to. Sweating the small stuff is clearly ok in such...
Here's a situation I find mildly repellent: people chowing down in a subway car. Note I say “mildly.” I don't get all twitchy or anything. Still, I...

The 10 Rudest Cities In America

This post originally appeared at Travel + Leisure. Which is worse when you're traveling: the local driver who blithely cuts you off in traffic or...
As those of you who keep up with the trials and travails of Wall Street's celebrity analysts know, Citigroup has not always had the best...