Social Qs
Subtitle: how to survive the quirks, quandaries, and quagmires of today
By: Philip Galanes
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781451605785
Subjects: Etiquette; Manners and customs; Humor
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: not your mummy's advice column; title: Getting ready; title: When good hygiene goes bad : dog breath and B.O. and snot, oh my!; title: Beauty experiments - or, who died and made you Estee Lauder?; title: If the shoe fits, it's ugly! : on fashion crimes and misdemeanors; title: Getting there; title: The court of public transportation : Judge Judy for a day!; title: On the street : when strangers get a little strange; title: Car(tastrophes) : or, see the USA in your own damn Chevrolet; title: Getting down to business; title: "Who's the boss?" : handling yours like they do on TV; title: Taking the "woe" out of co-workers : just because you sit together doesn't make you besties; title: Free at last! : after you've quit (or let's face it) been fired; title: Getting online; title: Step away from the keyboard! : on emails and text messaging; title: Social networks : it's your party (but you still can't diss your sister); title: Online dating : when true romance is just 10 million clicks away!; title: Getting along (with the folks we're stuck with); title: Neighbors and roomies : how can we miss them when they won't go away?; title: Kids and parenting : when there aren't enough time-outs in a day; title: If it's not one thing, it's your mother : finessing family friction; title: Getting nickel-ed and dime-d; title: Money isn't funny : why do you think we call it "cold, hard cash"?; title: Getting love-y dove-y; title: Crushing hard! surviving your infatuations; title: Break-ups (and how not to) : learning from slap-happy Scarlett O'Hara; title: Getting through our big days; title: In the spotlight (at last!) : weddings, bar mitzvahs and special occasions; title: Surviving the holidays : the gifts, the grannies and all that booze!; title: Afterword: so, what do we do now?.