Printable People and Etiquette checklist

People and Etiquette checklist

0 of 19 learned. From EveryManKnows: each skill has a short guide online.

• Handshake: web to web, firm, two pumps, eye contact, your name; introduce with one fact.
• Toast: who you are, one story, what you admire, raise a glass; under five minutes, practiced.
• Small talk: start from the setting, ask how or what, follow a detail, share, exit warmly.
• Sympathy card: sorry, their name, one memory, one specific offer, send within weeks.
• Thank-you note: name the thing, how you will use it, a line about them, within two weeks.
• Tipping: restaurants 18 to 20 percent pre-tax, delivery and rides 15 to 20, bar a dollar a drink.
• Table manners: napkin on lap, outside in, bread left, drink right, wait for the host.
• Apology: what I did, how it affected you, how I will fix it; no but, no if.
• Houseguest: set dates, small gift, house rules, tidy, help, own time, strip the bed, thank.
• Funeral: dark clothes, early, phone off, guest book, a short sorry, follow their lead.
• De-escalate: distance, open hands, low slow voice, acknowledge, offer a way out, leave.
• Table: forks left, knife right blade in, spoon outside the knife, glass above the knife.
• Overnight guests: dates agreed, clean bed and towels, charger, password card, a quick tour.
• Reply to every invitation by the date; invite with time, place, dress and a reply-by date.
• Wedding guest: reply on time, named guests only, follow the dress code, phone away, sit where placed.
• Groomsman: ask costs early, fitting on time, arrive early, help guests, phone away.
• Phone away at meals and meetings, step out for calls, earbuds in shared spaces.
• Agree the split before ordering, include tax and tip, pay back the same day.
• Drunk guest: no more alcohol, keys away, never alone, on their side, 911 for danger signs.