By Angelina Garibay |Staff Writer| Picture this: I am standing in line at Kohl’s behind a woman waiting for the first available cashier and all of a sudden there is a man making his own line in front of ours. “What do you think that man is doing?” I whisper to the woman, “Doesn’t he realize the line is back here?” I am frustrated, but we decide to leave him blissfully ignorant. Waiting in line for your turn is something that everyone learns in kindergarten. It’s a useful skill that gets drilled into you throughout your educational experience. But, has line etiquette been drilled into everyone? Have you ever been irritated by someone’s lack of decision making capabilities … [Read more...] about Line etiquette: get in and get out
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Rudeness all around, cell phones take away our face to face etiquette
By Kara Dement |Staff Writer| We have all different sorts of wonderful technology to communicate but our lack of etiquette is driving us further apart. Etiquette is the set of rules we have all agreed to in order to be considerate to one another. Whether it’s talking on the phone, text messaging, or in a face-to-face conversation. Nowadays, our etiquette has gone down the drain. Nobody knows the proper way to talk on the phone anymore and our text messaging has hit an all-time low. We text while we drive, when we’re in class; where we’re supposed to be learning and even while somebody is trying to have a civilized conversation with us. We do it non-stop! There is never a moment … [Read more...] about Rudeness all around, cell phones take away our face to face etiquette