Etiquette Hell

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I’m not sure if this actually counts as a “vendor” as the person in question was actually a teacher and friend of mine and wasn’t charging for his time, but he was performing in a professional fashion, and so I put it in that grouping.
My husband and I were trying to plan [...]

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I have seen my share of etiquette goofs, but I have one story that should win a prize of some sort.    I wasn’t even a guest at this particular wedding (Praise Jesus).  Rather, I was attending a religious conference for young Catholic adults, and the keynote speaker at the conference used his own wedding as [...]

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I recently received this email.  The sender is the new wife of my husband’s cousin. We have only met the cousin (turning 21) twice.  We met his new wife at a wedding (not theirs) two months ago.  We spent all of 15 minutes with her at the reception. We live across the country from them, [...]

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I got together for lunch with two acquaintances.  One of the women brought along her 3-year old son, Randy.  It was a beautiful summer day and we chose a table outside.  Andy’s mother got a bottled root beer with a twist off metal cap like the cap on a bottle of beer.  [...]

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I was fourteen. At the time I was involved in the Girl Scouts. The troop I was in ranged from twelve to sixteen year old girls, and we met once a week in a church we had an agreement with.
Now, we weren’t BFFs or really close or anything like that, but we did still consider [...]

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Last week I had a dinner party for about 12 people.  As people usually arrive about half an hour before dinner, I arranged a table in the living room with some dips and bread for the guests to have whilst they caught up with each other.  This table was in the middle [...]

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