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Awesome Etiquette

Episode 591 - Thank You and Goodbye

Awesome Etiquette

Daniel Post Senning

Society & Culture, Education, Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Relationships

4.4671 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, we take your questions on names for mothers and grandmothers, tipping at hotels, and thank you advice for holiday gifts. For community members, your bonus question of the week is about not ordering alcohol at a business meal. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on the origins of etiquette from Margaret Visser’s The Rituals of Dinner. Join the community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Right, that's it. Come on. Lights out. You've got a test tomorrow. Just two minutes. I'm about to reach the next level. It's going off now. Yeah, whatever. Let's see. Where's the app? Oh, here it is. What? How? Oh, no. You're out. Better look next time. Mom! It's game over for late nights on school nights. EE Wi-Fi controls help you get them off the Wi-Fi and into bed.

0:22.8

More parents are choosing EE broadband, the UK's fastest growing broadband provider.

0:27.8

To verify, see EE.com.uk at UK slash claims.

0:36.2

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

0:39.3

Oh, that's old-fashioned.

0:43.3

Watch how Lizzie Post and Dan Post Senate.

0:46.3

Act as host and hostess.

0:48.3

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

0:56.2

Hello!

0:57.4

And welcome to awesome etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect, and honesty.

1:04.8

On today's show, we take your questions on names for mothers and grandmothers, tipping at hotels, and thank you advice for holiday

1:13.3

gifts.

1:14.0

For community members, your question of the week is about not ordering alcohol at a business

1:18.8

meal.

1:19.4

Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on the origins

1:24.4

of etiquette and manners from Margaret Vissers, The Rituals of Dinner.

1:28.3

All that's coming up.

1:30.3

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

1:41.3

I'm Lizzie Post.

1:42.3

And I'm Dan Post Sending. Because we are officially post holiday.

1:46.5

We celebrate Christmas and we've had our Christmas.

1:49.1

We've had our New Year's.

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