Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Listen Up, We're On New School Radio!
On a sunny, warm Sunday afternoon, Roy Paul of WNSR invited us to talk about etiquette. Hear what we had to say.
http://wnsr.parsons.edu/2012/05/20/yvonne-yvettetiquette/
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
DOORMEN & DOORWOMEN, THE ONES NOT TO TIP
You see them every day on the subway. They are bold and
oblivious. They are the door people. And if you think they will get out or you
way to let you on a train or off, for get about it. In fact, you’re in their
way. You do not exist and you’re
in their way. And they don’t care about
Recently, Yvette had an encounter with a doorwoman, a nasty
piece of work. She couldn’t understand why Yvette had no choice but to push past
her to get on the train. Words were exchanged and Yvette got the feeling that
this poorly weaved young woman would have resorted to violence.
These are people not to be messed with. They are already telling
you who they are just by their actions or lack of. So, the only tip we have for
you is a safety tip – keep on moving, don’t say a word.
Labels:
Chinese rails,
crowded trains,
platform,
subway doors,
subway etiquette,
train doors,
trains,
travel
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
ABOUT YOUR PERFUME
“If it’s a good friend, you should tell her, “ a friend said
when asked what would she do if someone she knew doused herself with too much
perfume. “If not, just open a
window.”
“To me,” said Yvette, “perfume should be a surprise. Someone
gives you a hug and suddenly realizes and likes the scent. Perfume shouldn’t
announce someone’s arrival.”
Once a scent seeker always a scent seeker, man or woman even
in a car - the person using ounces and ounces of perfume a day thinks nothing
of festooning his/her car with smelly little trees or scented clips that fit
onto vents.
Yvette’s advice is to say nothing. I think I’d go along with the good friend route and say
something because too much perfume can be so nauseating it becomes a stinky proposition.
What would you say?
Labels:
cologne,
fragrance,
French perfume,
olfactory,
perfume,
perfumeries,
scents,
smelly,
toilet water
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Who Wears Short Shorts?
In the past, we've talked about the importance of buttiquette when there's little maneuvering space on an airplane, for example. Recently, we've seen another version of poor buttiquette, women and girls wearing the shortest of shorts during their travels.
There's nothing wrong with dressing comfortably since air travel has become so uncomfortable lest you're traveling on a private jet or scraped up enough mileage to get upgraded.
But short shorts? There is nothing more unattractive than when they get all bunched up in the crotch area. We shudder to think of what the ramifications of wearing underwear-like garments could mean to others who sit in that seat afterward. (You don't really think that seats are sanitized do you?) Okay, this is getting gross, and gross we're not.
Is it time to consider a dress code for travel before we see yellow polka dot bikinis on board? We're just wondering.
There's nothing wrong with dressing comfortably since air travel has become so uncomfortable lest you're traveling on a private jet or scraped up enough mileage to get upgraded.
But short shorts? There is nothing more unattractive than when they get all bunched up in the crotch area. We shudder to think of what the ramifications of wearing underwear-like garments could mean to others who sit in that seat afterward. (You don't really think that seats are sanitized do you?) Okay, this is getting gross, and gross we're not.
Is it time to consider a dress code for travel before we see yellow polka dot bikinis on board? We're just wondering.
Labels:
air travel,
airports,
dress codes,
hotpants,
lingerie,
outfits,
resort wear,
rows,
seating,
shorts,
ticket lines,
underwear,
yeast
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