There's a new article on the psychology behind why we hold ourselves to certain personal etiquette standards, yet relinquish others from that responsibility.

And the example that they use...

Because they're not your responsibility.

Yeah, pretty much.

The example that they used is people that, you know, you go as a group out to dinner or lunch or whatever it is, and then you don't all get your food at the same time.

It's etiquette to wait until everybody has their food.

But you would tell everyone, please eat. Everybody does the same thing. Right. But we don't,

we don't expect anybody, you know, nobody's going to hold us to that standard. We have to

hold ourselves to that standard. You're waiting for the go ahead, though. Exactly. Like,

you want to eat. Your friends know you want to eat. So is it, let's say, go ahead and eat, and you go. Cool. But waiting for you to say that.

Right.

So is it time to just pull that rule all together?

If you get like a Chicago pizza or something, it's going to be 45 minutes, just depends on the food.

Yeah.

Did you order a whole roasted chicken?

I'm eating.

But is it time to get rid of that rule?

The Minst room top ten. The men's room top ten.

Ten personal etiquette tips that might be considered outdated or in need of a revision.

You know how you're supposed to stand up when someone is making formal introductions?

Well, it is a formality, and while I consider myself to be decently mannered,

let's just say there's been a time here or there where a person of the very fine female persuasion makes it a might be difficult to stand up,

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