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Using Chopsticks in a Thai Restaurant, Being Prompt, Giving People Personal Space, and More
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Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle using chopsticks in a Thai restaurant, being prompt, asking people to "watch your stuff" at a café or airport, queuing properly at a supermarket, asking for more bread at a restaurant, honking at cars as soon as the light turns green, giving people personal space when dining, asking people to remember your name, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a hand-written thank you note if we could.)
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EPISODE CONTENTS
- AMUSE-BOUCHE: Using chopsticks in a Thai restaurant
- A QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE: The importance of being on time
- QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS: What do you say when people ask you to watch their stuff at a café or airport? What is the etiquette when a new queue opens up at supermarket? Is it OK to ask for more bread at a restaurant? When a light turns green and the person in front of you doesn't go, how long should you wait before you honk?
- VENT OR REPENT: Personal space when dining out, asking people if they remember your name
- CORDIALS OF KINDNESS: Nice fan mail, civilized behavior on an airplane
THINGS MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW
- King Rama V
- Airport Announcements: The Most Captivating Voice in the World
- Supermarket Sweep
- New York Times: Our Nightly Bread
- Traffic Lights
- Leah Bonnema on "The Late Show with Steven Colbert"
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CREDITS
Hosts: Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema
Producer & Editor: Nick Leighton
Theme Music: Rob Paravonian
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