Social graces are skills used to interact politely in social situations. They include manners, etiquette (the specific accepted rules within a culture for the application of universal manners), deportment and fashion. These skills were once taught to young women at a finishing school or charm school. The focus of social graces has changed over the last century, recently with an emphasis on business etiquette and international protocol.
Examples Of Social Graces:
1- Saying thank you
2- Saying excuse me when going past someone.
3- Holding doors for someone.
4- Respecting driving rules, suck as not talking on the phone while driving and cutting people off because your mouth is running!
5- Not using signals, cutting people off while driving.
6- Saying I'm sorry when you do something wrong.
7- Making people wait for you
8- Saying please
9- Respecting someone's name by not calling someone out in a public situation, or embarrassing them.
10- Not Pointing at someone.
11- Not Staring at someone.
12 - Not Chewing Gum or food loudly, or with mouth open.
13- Not Talking loudly in public.
14- returning phone calls or correspondences.
15- keeping promises.
16- teaching your child manners in public!!!
17- taking a crying child away from the theater, restaurant, grocery store, etc.
18- covering your mouth and nose when you sneeze!!
19- Not Wearing Vulgar clothing or not wearing a shirt in public.
The short and always all-encompassing answer is the Golden Rule . Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
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