How to Behave A Guide to Modern Manners

Is there any polite way to #x1C;shush#x1D; a chatty person at the movies? Should roller bladers be passed on the left side or the right side? When is it unacceptable to answer your cell phone? And why doesn#x19;t anyone in your grocery store seem to understand the basic rules of shopping cart navigation and right-of-way? If you#x19;ve ever pondered these kinds of questions, How to Behaveis the book you#x19;ve been waiting for: a hip, irreverent, but entirely practical guide to proper behavior in the twenty-first century. Here are dozens of fascinating skills that Emily Post wouldn#x19;t even think to mention-like the best ways to: " share elbow space on an airplane armrest " contend with road rage " navigate an escalator " observe basic e-mail etiquette " speak on a cell phone without enraging others . . . plus dozens of other essential survival techniques. Much more than a simple etiquette book, How to Behaveis a real-life guide to living in the real world.

Caroline Tiger is a weekly columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Her writing also appears in The New York Times Style Magazine, Town & Country, Salon, Self, Ms., and a host of other national publications. She lives in Philadelphia.