Well I have received this month's copy of "Real Simple" magazine, I just love this magazine. It actually was Buffy who turned me onto this magazine but it gives great tips on a little of everything. In this month's issue I ran across where one can obtain access online for further hints. During my browsing the "online access" I found an article titled "Everyday Ethics".
I'm going to copy and paste some of the questions and the answers are rather lengthy so I'll just post a bit of the answers. So enjoy your lesson on Everday Ethics :biggrin.
For those that say this is stealing here is an etiquette dilemma and answer:
dilemma:
The hotel you're staying in stocks its rooms with luxurious mini shampoos and creams. Can you transfer the goodies to your suitcase-and repeat the process daily?
determination:
Yes, of course. Joan Cronson of Radisson Hotels & Resorts says, "In general, in the hotel industry, we want the customer to take the products. They're thought of as little gifts." Gifts that are factored into the price of the room. Ransacking the chambermaid's cart, on the other hand, is overstepping the complimentary-beauty-product boundary.
For those suffering with the "work blues" this one is for you:
dilemma:
Can you take a sick day even though the only thing you're sick of is work?
determination:
Yes, but only if you've exhausted the other options. If you're out of vacation days, if your company deems only house closings and religious holidays worthy of personal days, and if you truly need a mental break from the monotony, then "telling a little white lie about being sick is OK," says etiquette expert Charlotte Ford, author of 21st Century Etiquette (The Lyons Press, $25).
Now for those who travel via the airways here is one for you:
dilemma:
You recline your seat on an airplane, only to have the big man behind you beg you to return it to the upright position. Do you have to oblige?
determination:
No, but if he asks nicely, you may want to grant his request. "It's your seat and your discretion-you're not obligated to raise it," says Joe Hopkins, media-relations manager for United Airlines. "But if the person's trying to eat, or if they have a child in their lap, you may want to recline it only partially." If you do want to tilt your seat back fully-and the flight isn't packed-Hopkins recommends asking a flight attendant to move you to another seat.
There are many other questions and answers, but that would turn this into a very lengthy post so I'll save you the remainder. In this website it also gives "Email Etiquette". I'll have to send those out at a later time :smile.
Have a great Thursday everyone!!!
NOT ONE SHRED OF EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THE NOTION LIFE IS SERIOUS
Yup! This is my favorite magazine, or at least it's tied at the top of my favorites. Anything that can simplify your life is GOOD!
Umm...when it comes to 'goodies' put into the bathroom in my hotel room....I have no problem putting then into my suitcase.
DAMN! I've paid for it!
(That does not include the towels BTW!)
Taking shampoo's and other beauty products was something I learned to hate. My father used to go away regularly on business and would come home with these bottles every week and then bring huge bags full and dump them on me. So when Clive began to do it when coming back from Glasgow I put my foot down and said NO! and promptly threw his loot in the bin. It's not a moral thing with me its the fact that it can become an obsession with some.