etiquette

I am not a big fan of garage sales and yard sales. Well we are having a street wide garage sale this weekend and I am wondering what is the proper way to display my items and price them. I don't go from sale to sale just looking so I am not sure what the shopper prefers.

I got yelled at in the office because of the way I eat my string cheese. Producer Jess and I got into a heated debate of the proper way to eat the delicious snack.

Is it wrong to leave a graduation ceremony early? We had people weighing in on both sides of this issue today on the show. I personally took the stance that no, it isn't wrong and a good amount of people thought I was a terrible person if I even considered it.

After reading Jeff Levack's movie review, in his weekly feature 'The Trailer Park,' I decided to go watch the film Oz. Sadly, I chose the same showing as every popcorn chomping, talking, texting, foot scuffling, candy un-wrapping man, woman and screaming child.

We 've been fighting all morning about the etiquette of wearing a hat at the dinner table and in other "formal" situations .  I say it shows rudeness and a lack of respect. Sean doesn't totally disagree, he just wants to know WHY it's so important to have these old customs?  I have a headache.

Do you tip at the holidays? I know there are many people who try to take care of the people in their lives who otherwise go unnoticed. Trash collectors, mail persons, babysitters  all of these are people we couldn't do without all year and yet most of us barely even think about them.

June 14 is Flag Day. It’s the day when we honor to the American flag.

Here is the daily dilemma for Thursday, February 2, 2012:

It really is a sign of the times.  We watch TV in short segments.  Always channel surfing.  We "tweet"  in very short sentences, leave very short abbreviated text messages, listen to short sound bytes on the news --and now this... the 5 minute talking rule!!

Just like many things in America, there is a time for everything.  However, there are certain people who take it to a whole different level for the smallest thing.

Stardom.  It can ruin a person.  It can fuel a person’s ego to the point that they can’t relate to the common "Joe" or "Jane"  like you and I.

A few weeks back, I wrote a blog about cardio machine etiquette and how it is not polite to stare at someone else while they work out.  Many of you agreed with my fustration -- some also knew exactly what I had experienced, having experienced it themselves. I now write to you about something else at the gym -- something that affects not only the guilty party, but the innocent bystanders.  Everyone