Friday, August 14, 2020

I enjoyed this article in The Tyee...

Miss Woodend's Guide to Coronavirus Etiquette

The pandemic confounded the rules on how we relate to one another. A lesson on the new modern manners is in order.


When one thinks of good manners, images of place settings might appear — knives and salad forks placed just so. Or maybe the holding of doors, doffing one’s trilby to passing ladies. Most people know the basics, please and thank you and can you pass the salt, but etiquette can seem kind of fusty and old-fashioned.




Until now, that is.
We’ve entered a new age of thoroughly modern manners, courtesy of COVID-19. Some issues aren’t huge departures from previous ways, but others are decidedly different and take some getting used to.
With this rapid shift in social customs comes a degree of confusion and uncertainty. That’s normal. Things aren’t codified yet, and the landscape is still fluid. Sometimes you don’t realize how much things have changed until you are in mid-gaffe.

Read the rest here:
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2020/08/11/Dorothy-Woodend-Guide-Coronavirus-Etiquette/