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 Center 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 finding hair in your food, running with your dog,

and how to talk about a family member who's not doing well.

For community members, your question of the week is about when kids innocently call someone else fat.

Plus, your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on holiday tipping.

All that's coming up.

Awesome etiquette comes to you from the studios of our home offices in Vermont and is proudly produced by the Emily Post Institute.

I'm Dan Post Sending.

And I'm Lizzie Post, cousin.

Double recordings this week,

because you're going to be traveling, you busy bee. It is good to be here with you in my imagination,

because technically I'm in Detroit or Chicago or somewhere. And then you're headed to New York with the big, the cruise and then the skating and all the New Yorky things.

It sounds like a beautiful week for you.

It feels like holiday is right there.

It's coming.

So shall we do a recording of a show so that we're unencumbered while we're out in the world?

Well, we're going to have to.

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