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 when checks are made out to the wrong name, when your friend falls

asleep and misses plans, and how to handle it when others don't follow the dress code.

For community members, your question of the week is about some dining etiquette questions

regarding breakfast. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript

segment where we get to hear from Yale professor and author of WIF. breakfast. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, etiquette salute, and a PostScript segment

where we get to hear from Yale Professor and author of Why Food Matters and the top

10 restaurants that changed America, Paul Friedman. 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, and we are recording this after

my very fun super social weekend, Dan. And so even though it happened now a couple weeks ago,

can I beam and brag a little bit on our intro. The floor is yours, Lizzie Post.

So I had so much fun for those of you that remember, a couple weeks ago was Valentine's Day weekend and my friend invited me and her mother and her husband's mother out to dinner.

We had so much fun. I made paper hearts

with like little little pet names on them, love bug, cutie pie, sweet thing, sugar bear. And I gave

them to everyone with safety pins and we all wore them at the restaurant. And then I made tons of

various sizes, some glued together,

some knot, hearts to decorate the table with. And it was so much fun. I was like,

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