Dancing On Margaret Thatcher’s Grave

April 15, 2013

I’m a big fan of this site from the UK. Anyone who has seen the news in the last couple of days will know that one of Britain’s most in/famous Prime Ministers, Margaret Thatcher, passed away at the start of this week. Thatcher’s death has been hugely polarising here, in some cases to uncomfortable levels. [...]

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Feel Good Friday – Marina and Ulay

April 12, 2013

Marina Abramovic and Ulay started an intense love story in the 70s, performing art out of the van they lived in. When they felt the relationship had run its course, they decided to walk the Great Wall of China, each from one end, meeting for one last big hug in the middle and never seeing [...]

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What To Do With Cards

April 11, 2013

What is the proper etiquette for receiving and keeping cards? Whether birthday, Christmas, anniversary cards? My husband finds it really odd that I almost immediately throw away any card I receive. He thinks I should at least “hold on to it” for awhile. But I see no point in that; I am never going to [...]

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Public Library Etiquette

April 10, 2013

I’ve been working in a public library for years now and while some people are great, I’ve noticed more and more people just having really bad manners. I’m hoping if people are willing to post this helpful list more library patrons will start to behave themselves. 1: Before coming to the library – take a [...]

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The Contents Of My Grocery Cart Are Of No Concern To You

April 9, 2013

Reading today’s grocery store story (http://www.etiquettehell.com/?p=3759) reminded me of my own grocery store horror story. It is important to note for this story that I am a large woman (5’4” and 330lbs). About 3 years ago I was in the grocery store on the day before Thanksgiving. In the bakery section there were two pumpkin [...]

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Miss Jeanne, Grocery Shopper Etiquette Expert To The World

April 8, 2013

I was shopping at Trader Joe’s happily awaiting my turn to browse the frozen foods section. I like to browse the whole frozen case because they often have unusual and interesting ethnic foods. I stopped my cart because a lady was in front of me and then waited for her to proceed. She didn’t move, [...]

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Feel Good Friday – It’s Merrie Monarch Festival!

April 5, 2013

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo, Hawai’i.   Hosted every year around the Easter holiday, the Merrie Monarch Festival is considered the “olympics” of hula dancing where the world’s best dancers and hula halaus compete in kahiko (ancient hula) and auana (modern hula) as well as the coveted Miss Aloha [...]

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Here Comes Peter Cottontail, Hopping Down The Tacky Trail

April 4, 2013

I heard the story in the following link on the radio while driving to work this morning and thought that it was a good fit for your site: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2013/03/30/ns-tacky-easter-decorations-dartmouth.html I’d like to know what the EHell community’s opinions on this story are. Personally, I find the anonymous letter-writer the rudest and tackiest participant of the [...]

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