Episode 610 - Ending the Evening
The Emily Post Institute
Episode 610 - Ending the EveningHere's your Awesome Etiquette podcast episode. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, Monday joke, and an etiquette extra on hosting.
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to gracefully end the evening when house guests stay up past your bedtime, which side of the aisle the bride walks on when escorted by her father, and how to handle troubling behavior from a coworker with compassion and professionalism. For Community Members, your bonus question is about navigating guest requests for a debutante ball. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment with hosting expert Chip Conley. Chip Conley is a hospitality entrepreneur, bestselling author, and expert on how we create meaningful experiences for others. He’s the founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, which became the second-largest boutique hotel brand in the U.S. He later served as Airbnb’s Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy, helping shape how the company thinks about hosting at scale. Chip is also the author of several books, including “Wisdom at Work” and “Peak.” Etiquette Extra - Hosts and Guests
In honor of today’s podcast guest, hosting expert Chip Conley, we have host-and-guest etiquette from emilypost.com. The Host - Guest Dance, Know the Steps and the TuneManners for being a good host and a good guest are among the most important in social life. Life event parties, from proms and quinceañeras to wedding showers, baby showers, housewarmings, birthdays, graduation, and retirement, are often guided by traditional etiquette that has worked for generations. Formal dinners, casual gatherings, and friends dropping by also have host-guest social expectations that are based on many of the principles of good etiquette. And let’s not forget all that comes up when hosting or visiting friends and family for longer stays and holidays. A good partner can dance with anyone, but our advice may help you navigate your next turn as host or guest with fewer missteps and restarts. Etiquette trivia, anyone?
Our Mind Your Manners trivia game is a fun way to learn and test your etiquette knowledge at the same time. Based on our classic book, Emily Post’s Etiquette - The Centennial Edition, available for signing through Bridgeside Books. Starting May 4th, the first 50 orders of Emily Post’s Business Etiquette book through Bridgeside Books will receive a link to attend a live Professional Etiquette book talk with our very own Daniel Post Senning. Etiquette Challenge of The WeekThis week’s challenge is to deploy a classic courtesy by holding a door for someone. Pay a little extra attention to your comings and goings this week. Allow yourself an extra moment to hold a door open for someone following you or heading the other way. This might result in a little eye contact, even a smile, a nod, or an exchange of thanks. Enjoy the good feeling that small courtesies can produce. That’s it, let us know how it goes in the comments. We hope you are dusting off your host and guest manners and looking forward to some fun in the sun. We sure are, and it is joyous ☀️! See you Thursday for a fun throwback from the 1922 edition of Etiquette about enemies at a dinner party. All our best, Happy Monday Joke
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