Episode 612 - Responding Gracefully

About this episode

The episode discusses how to respond gracefully to various social situations, including misgendering and etiquette in networking.

On today’s show, we take your questions on how to respond gracefully when people constantly misgender you on the phone, whether it’s polite to add your dishes to a friend’s already overflowing sink, and a networking situation that went a little sideways. For community members, your bonus question is about managing language barriers with a new employee in an international workplace. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on outdoor entertaining. Join the etiquette community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Emily Post

Topics covered

• misgendering
• polite behavior
• networking
• language barriers
• outdoor entertaining

Keywords

• etiquette
• misgendering
• networking
• language barriers
• outdoor entertaining

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Emily Post Institute, emilypost.substack.com, megaphone.fm

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