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    Enough with the Workplace Candy!

    Is it OK to tell people to stop bringing in sweets?

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    Fork Etiquette

    Does using the right utensil even matter anymore?

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    Pack and Go

    Easy lunches to take to work.

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    Shhhh, She's Not Invited!

    How to exclude certain coworkers from a party invitation.

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    Outing Ecoslackers

    How do you change people’s recycling habits?

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    Need Help - Etiquette for dinner w/boss

    Hopefully your bossed is versed enough in etiquette to know that if she asked you both to dinner, she is the host and is therefore obligated to pick up the tab. Unlike a few others who have replied here, do not offer to pay. I...

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    Invitation Etiquette Question ~ Do you still invite someone even if you know they probably won't make it?

    Whether I’m planning a dinner party or organizing a group for a dinner at a restaurant I’m in a quandry about the "etiquette" of inviting friends I know will probably not be able to attend ~ other commitments, group...

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    Food Odors at Work

    I thought about this old thread today when I encountered some workplace "lunch etiquette" that I thought was kind of crazy, so I thought I’d share! I’m an accountant who also does a lot of auditing work, so I spend...

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    The perpetual empty handed guest

    You reciprocate according to your means. If that means going to a pizzeria or Chinese restaurant, that’s perfectly acceptable from an etiquette perspective. Or a picnic (which, btw, sounds perfect for your situation) -...

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    The "What's good in Peel" thread.. (BRAMPTON/MISSISSAUGA Only please) :^)

    Anyone is welcome to plan meetups, though we ask the planning be done off board. Here is the etiquette for using Chowhound to do so: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/367605#2975390 There is an existing google group for planning...

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    Who Trains Waiters? [Moved from the Boston board]

    a consultant, for that matter). That only goes so far. In the “trenches,” I find that servers learn a lot from each other, rather than anything else. If you bring a person into the workplace who has poor habits (like...

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    Servers on Cell Phones?

    dunno, there are a lot of possibilities between idle chit-chat and emergencies. my workplace is one that i’m not allowed to bring a cellphone in, due to security reasons. At the present, my father is going through a number...

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    Allow your child to order at the restaurant? For take-out?

    'd get a kick out of hosting a table of very young diners — at a traditionally non-busy time — to get them up to speed on ordering, protocol and etiquette. Perhaps I should print an invitation and hand it to the...

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    Air conditioning in the restaurant.

    I’m with you, jgg13! I believe that those who ask servers/managers to alter the temperature of a room, just for them, are committing the same transgression that you’ve described with the workplace television sets. One...

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    People Watching You Cook

    at our house is because my husband refuses to go to her house and eat her terrible food.....God I feel better, I thought I was the only one, being a selfish cook. And it’s really only her, because her kitchen etiquette is...

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