I've found myself cranky several times in the past fortnight about matters of etiquette, enough so it has tipped over into a blog post on the subject. For example, I was annoyed that a soi-disant celebrity posted pictures of her wedding the day before her cousin's wedding, and that that woman's mother wore white to that cousin's wedding. I was a bit shocked to read details of one person's misbehavior at a private dinner on a relatively well-known blog; while I agree that the behavior was problematic, why air it in public by naming the person whose behavior was problematic?
There's quite a bit of etiquette that I'm prepared to overlook; for example, wearing white shoes after Labor Day is a victimless crime. But in all of the cases listed in the first paragraph, the etiquette matters. Etiquette is just a handy way to codify thoughtful behavior: manners, in other words. I'd like to see better manners.
(Which is why I didn't post links to any of the people whose behavior I found unmannerly! I didn't want to join their ranks.)
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