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

Oh, that's old-fashioned.

Watch how Lizzie Post and...

...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

too many standing ovations, when to say thank you to your server, and house guests who don't turn off the lights.

For community members, your question of the week is about not letting people take your used car seats.

Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, salute, and a postscript segment on eating with fingers from the rituals of dinner with Margaret Visser.

All that's coming up.

Awesome etiquette comes to you from the studios of our home offices in very snowy Vermont and is proudly produced by the

Emily Post Institute. I'm Lizzie Post. And I'm Dan Post Sending. Hey, Cuzz. Good morning, Lizzie

Post. I know you're buried under a mountain of snow and you have been dealing with sort of being

the lead parent right now, even though I know you and

Pooge are very good at swapping back and forth, but she's sort of had a knee thing going on.

So you've been doing literally some heavy lifting. And so I want to say all of that before.

I tease you mercilessly for not coming to dinner on Monday night after the conversation we had about it

on this podcast. Audience, I was ready. I had options whether Dan wanted this dinner or that dinner.

The house was clean. We were all set. And you looked at me with the most blank, oh my God,

face. I felt so bad for you at the time. But I also,

I understood what was going on that you needed to get home to help out with sort of a one-legged

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