Recent Posts Tagged With 'etiquette'

• Tailgater

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 01:05 in Driving, safety, etiquette, introspection, tailgating

  I was telling a mate the other day about a funny thing my son said in the car on the way to school. He asked me what the safety rating of my car was. I said I had no idea but it was probably a lot less with me driving it. LOL And my friend said R...

• I’d rather they smoke

  Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 10:15 in baby, restaurant, mum, etiquette

  I hate it when people smoke around me - I hate it. It makes my hair smell, my clothes smell.  I feel dirty.  I could be getting lung cancer. So who made me say to Groover over lunch on Sunday: “I’d rather they smoke”? A group of m...

• Nostalgic for manners

  Posted on Saturday February 14th, 2009 at 04:24 in theatre, etiquette, festival, manners, ettiquette, piaf, ishinha, rant. perth, yukichi matsumoto

  I went to see Nostalgia. A Japanese production which opened last night along with the Perth International Arts Festival. It was in a space created within the Perth Convention Centre and it is an excellent production. It is not the easiest of theatre ...

• An effluent area

  Posted on Wednesday October 29th, 2008 at 20:33 in etiquette, rubbish, cottesloe

  I like to go for a walk along Marine Parade, Cottesloe, one of Perth’s premier beaches.  The other week I got up early to go for said walk.  It was the day after an early Summer day and at 6.30 in the morning the air was clear with the promis...

• A dress a day

  Posted on Tuesday October 21st, 2008 at 07:55 in work, fashion, etiquette, dress, fashion victim, same dress

  I’ve come to a fashion decision.   Well, it’s not so much a fashion decision as a clothes decision.  A practical, “Bloody hell! Nothing to wear again!” decision. I’ve decided I’m going to give up on separates for...

• A taxi rant - it’s all about service people!

  Posted on Saturday October 18th, 2008 at 06:34 in Rant, etiquette, service, anger, taxi, perth, cab, silver service

  This is her problem not mine and yet… and yet… Let me tell you the story.  I flew into Perth today from Geraldton where I’ve been the last couple of days - stories coming soon - I met so many interesting people - but anyway… ...

• Text message etiquette - a basic rule

  Posted on Wednesday October 1st, 2008 at 07:17 in mobile phone, text message, etiquette, txt

  I love getting text messages… that little “beep beep” is a welcome sound.  Somebody loves me I think (unconsciously) as I race to my phone and check it.  Especially after hours when the message is more likely to be a personal one ...