Maybe it's just that you don't know how to use social courtesy.

Oh, that's old-fashioned.

Watch how Lizzie Post and Dan Post Senate act as host and hostess.

They know that courtesy means showing respect, thinking of the other person,

real friendliness. Hello. And welcome to awesome etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette

through the lens of consideration, respect, and honesty. On today's show, we take your questions

on teaching kids' manners in public, how to handle homemade gifts, hosting gifts for team dinners, and getting a gift but not being able to return the favor.

For awesome etiquette community members, our question of the week is about strangers sleeping on you on the plane.

Oh, goodness, plus your most excellent feedback,

etiquette salute, and a postscript on door etiquette. All that's coming up.

Awesome etiquette comes to you from the studios of our home offices in Vermont and is proud

to be produced by the Emily Post Institute.

I'm Lizzie Post.

And I'm Dan Post Sending.

Hey, Cus.

Good morning to you, Lizzie Post.

How is it going for you?

It's going.

I have a feeling it seems a lot more like winter up where you are.

But we just got hit by the second round of that weather

pattern that was moving across the United States. And down here in the valley at the lake,

we had just rain, just a whole lot of rain in January, which does not feel normal in Vermont.

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