How long does it take to read "Excuse Me, But I Was Next..."?
How to Handle the Top 100 Manners Dilemmas
"Excuse Me, But I Was Next..." by Peggy Post takes about 5 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 34 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2006. 304 pages, about 83,600 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Have you ever been annoyed by cell phone yakkers, line cutters, or movie chatterers? Been confused about who pays at a restaurant? Received a gift you hated? Fumed over how to respond to a nosy question? America's etiquette expert Peggy Post comes to the rescue in this concise, readable handbook devoted to the top 100 etiquette issues everyone wonders about. You'll learn how to politely say "no" to difficult requests, how to introduce someone if you've forgotten his or her name, how to perform damage control for e-mail bloopers, and countless other strategies for handling life's awkward moments.Additional highlights include:Ten Conversational Blunders...Five Introduction Goofs...Top Dinner-Table Manners Goofs...Tipping Guidelines...A Family Gathering Survival Guide...How to Spot a Dud on the First Date...Playdate Etiquette...How to Be a Welcome Houseguest...How to Simplify Gift Giving...Dispelling Wedding Myths...and much more.In "Excuse Me, But I Was Next...," Peggy Post distills the essence of etiquette for today's world into the perfect portable book.
Subjects: Etiquette
