New York Magazine recently published the Urban Etiquette Handbook,
which lays the ground rules for public behavior in, well, New York. But
with summer travelers crowding most places, from Jackson Hole to
Savannah, IT thinks these tips apply everywhere. We've jotted down a
few of our favorites.
On busy sidewalks, keep the following in mind:
1. Babies in strollers have the right-of-way.
2. Not everyone wants to pet your poodle.
3. Only little kids are allowed to bicycle on sidewalks.
4. Don't smoke. Secondhand smoke can kill pedestrians, too.
When packed into a mass transit vehicle…
1. Always offer your seat to a pregnant or elderly person.
2. Don't stare.
3. Don't hold the closing doors.
4. Don't groom, i.e. pluck eyebrows, apply makeup, floss teeth, or clip nails.
5. Don't eat greasy, sloppy, or messy food.
6. Don't ride with a giant backpack.
Employ cell phone courtesy:
1. It is permissible to chat in loud bars, cabs, hallways, lobbies, on sidewalks, or at your desk.
2.
If you must (i.e. report to your mother that you made it safely to
Chicago), you may conduct a quick conversation in very loud
restaurants, moderately loud bars, moving motor vehicles of any kind,
landed aircraft, and/or friend's homes or apartments.
3. You
should NEVER talk on your cell phone in movie theaters, romantic
restaurants, at dinner parties, on any date, in an elevator, on the
treadmill, or in a public bathroom.
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