Everyday Etiquette

By Erin Haselton –  I’ve often joked that my tombstone will read, “I RSVPd.” Ask any bride, event planner, party thrower or political campaign fundraiser and they will tell you how critical it is to know you are gracing them with your presence by attending their event. Yes-you, VIP, VIP’s significant other, and even...
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By Erin Haselton – There’s nothing like staring at your clock watching the minutes go by as you wait for a date to meet you for lunch, while your lunch hour shrinks. Or the client who is scheduled for a 3:30 appointment and is late thereby pushing back your departure to coach your son’s...
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By Erin Haselton – Resolutions tend to be great ideas at the end of December and distant memories around April. Allow me to not offer resolutions but rather suggestions for better living as we move into 2012. 1. Smile more, frown less. We all know it requires more muscles to frown-so who wants wrinkles...
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  By Erin Haselton – The end of the year is a time for reflection and top 10 lists. How did Fullerton fair mannering up in 2011?  Lessons were learned, old adages were proven, and mantras were maintained. As we move into 2012, we can improve our well being by applying just a few...
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By Erin Haselton – A friend and I banter back and forth with a game of classy vs. not classy in an effort to up the ante of social graces in our world, along with peace, cures for all ailments and ending hunger. The holiday season presents a most opportune time for playing this...
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By Erin Haselton – We’ve all been there: standing in line at the store and the register tape runs out. Or the customer’s credit card is declined though it’s impossible as to why. Or the cashier can’t seem to remember the code for kumquats. Let me say this-do not break out the pepper spray....
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By Erin Haselton –   A prominent Fullerton financial advisor recently contacted me for my opinion on sending an e-greeting versus a traditional Christmas card this holiday season. I gave my reasons, and the conversation prompted me to start thinking about social etiquette in a digital world-not a new topic but something worth reviewing....
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By Erin Haselton – Allow me to start this by saying I’m not world’s best driver. There was the time my parents bought me my first car at 16 and I backed into a parked car the next day. Then there was the time I was doing a good thing for the environment by...
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By Erin Haselton – Most women are not strangers to catcalling while walking down the street or an overzealous bar patron trying to get cozy. Try as we might to class up the bad seeds of the male species, Emily Post is likely not listed in their Google Reader for 10 Tips on Being...
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 By Erin Haselton – As I write this I am waiting to take off from the Dallas Forth Worth airport to head home from a vacation in Cancun. As babies scream, adults are placated, and flight attendance sound like broken records, I am inspired to open a “motion discomfort and baby diaper disposal” bag...
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