On not stopping
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” Confucius
What to do and what not to do
Would you know how to behave if you were invited to a dinner party in America? Not to worry. Help is at hand. To prepare yourself, take a close look at Joanna Goddard’s article about dinner etiquette. It’s a lovely text to read, with some beautiful little illustrations!
A smile a day …
When you go into court you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people who were not smart enough to get out of jury duty. Now that sounds dangerous! 😉
Let’s get moving
Sitting at work for long periods of time is linked to a number of health problems, according to this article I found on bbc.com. The statistics are quite frightening. So what is the solution? According to “Get Britain Standing“, we need to promote “Active Working”. This means that we should stand up and walk around rather than spend long hours sitting down – and even consider buying or making a sit-stand work station.
No smoking
What Germans call a “Smoking” (to mean an item of gentlemen’s fashion) is not English. The correct term is a black-tie dinner jacket or tuxedo.
What a great question!
You’re working in Customer Care and a customer asks you a question you can’t answer. Instead of saying, “I’ve never been asked that before”, be more positive and say something like, “That’s a great question. Let me check this out and I’ll come back to you as soon as I can”. Your customer shouldn’t mind waiting.
