Scheduling Times With "Ish," Chewing Food on Calls, Socializing at Galas, and More
Were You Raised By Wolves?
Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about scheduling appointments with "ish," chewing food while on the telephone, socializing at galas, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a handwritten thank-you note if we could.)
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QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS:
- What does "ish" mean when scheduling meetings?
- What can I say to people who chew food in my ear while we're talking on the phone?
- Should event photos be sent to all invitees, even those that couldn't attend?
- What date should we engrave on a wedding gift when the official marriage date is different from the ceremony?
- What are good conversation starters when at charity and gala events?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Nick. |
| 0:01.0 | And it's Leah. |
| 0:01.9 | A real quick thing before we get going, would you please follow our show in whatever app you're using to listen to us right now? Yeah, you don't even have to listen. You could just hit follow and it would really mean a lot to us. Yeah, there's probably like a follow button or maybe there's a bell or a plus sign. Like there's some symbol somewhere and then you'll get notified whenever we have a new episode. We would so appreciate it. |
| 0:22.7 | We really would. |
| 0:23.3 | It makes a huge difference for our show. like there's some symbol somewhere, and then you'll get notified whenever we have a new episode. |
| 0:21.4 | We would so appreciate it. We really would. It makes a huge difference for our show, so please do that. |
| 0:25.9 | Thank you so much. And now let's start the show. Let's get in it. |
| 0:32.2 | Hey, everybody, it's Nick Layton. And it's Leah Bonima. And we had so many great questions from you all in the wilderness. |
| 0:37.9 | Ow! |
| 0:40.3 | That we've a bonus episode. So here we go. Our first question is, quote, I used to volunteer at a barn for many years and left a year ago. |
| 0:49.3 | Another volunteer, let's call him Andrew, reached out to me to say that one of the riding coaches I knew and liked was leaving the barn. They were going to buy her lunch at a place down the way. And did I want to come? Absolutely. The lunch was being organized by a different volunteer. Let's call her Lisa. Lunch was going to be at 1 p.m. on Monday. Okay. I got there a little bit early since I didn't want to be |
| 1:12.4 | late. Andrew showed up a few minutes past one. And at 20 past one, nobody else had shown. Andrew then |
| 1:19.5 | texted Lisa and she responded, I said one-ish. To me, that means 10 to 15 minutes either way. |
| 1:26.8 | Lisa thought that meant 30. |
| 1:28.7 | What do you think? |
| 1:30.2 | Now, it's 1.30. |
| 1:32.0 | Andrew reaches out to Lisa again, and Lisa texts back, |
| 1:35.4 | charging my phone, let me know when the others arrive and I'll grab a cab. |
| 1:39.3 | Then we wait a little more, but still no Lisa. |
| 1:41.7 | So Andrew contacted Lisa again, who said, |
| 1:45.4 | If no one else is coming, |
| 1:51.0 | I'll just stay home. So I had a nice catch up with Andrew, but can you weigh in on the subject of ish times for meetings? Like, I'll meet you for coffee at 10-ish. I think 10-ish gives about 10 |
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