Status Updates From The Complete Idiot's Guide ...

خیلی با فرهنگ ایران راهکاراش جور درنمیاد ولی خوش میگذره...

I’ve neglected this book for a while but continuing on from where I last left off.

- "When it comes to the gym and fashion, the key words are clean and functional."
- "Run against traffic in familiar terrain. Avoid dark or deserted areas. Do not use earphones."
- "A good concierge is a miracle worker who seems to know everything about everything."
- "Business people suggest you avoid doing business in your hotel room."

- "The average attention span of an audience is eight seconds.
People forget 25 percent of what they hear within 24 hours,
50 percent within 48 hours,
and 80 percent within four days."
- "Varying your visual, vocal, and verbal delivery will help you hold an audience’s attention"

- " Do not pet or otherwise interfere with a working guide dog."
- "Face the person with a hearing loss when you speak so that he or she can see your face. Never shout. It doesn’t help and may cause damage."
- "A wheelchair is an extension of a person’s body. Don’t touch it, even to help out, without asking permission."

- "“Drink right, eat left” means that glasses go on the right and bread and butter plates go on the left."
- "Once an ambassador, always an ambassador. And a military officer is called by his or her retired rank forever."
- "At the party, don’t seat spouses or couples together."
- "Try to pair up a talker and a listener and then sprinkle them around the table."

- "Keep keys, purses, gloves, and hats off the table."
- Your bread plate is always on your left, and your drink is always on your right."
- "When meeting someone new, stand up, smile, shake hands, and say, “Hello” or “How do you do?”
- "When introducing people, speak the name of the oldest or most important person first."

OMG table manners!
-continental style is much more graceful
-fork is always to the left and knife stays to the right
-Once you use a utensil, it does not return to the table. Always place it mostly on the proper plate facing inwards or to you.
Forks always look down. With the exception of foods such as peas.
NEVER twirl pasta into the bowl of the spoon. Twirl only a small amount.