Manners for Moderns: Why is Etiquette?

As I clear out the crickets from my last two posts, I continue on with Man Month and a section of the book, 'Manners for Moderns'. I find it amusing that even though this book is written for men, it was written by a woman. Ha!

Try the quiz at the bottom of the post.



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