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Most Adults Aren’t Checking Their Phone Just to Be Antisocial, Study Finds
Young adults feel much more permissive about using phones in social gatherings, while seniors just don’t like phones all that much at all.
Italians Still Look Down on Taking Your Leftovers Home
Despite how the growing issue of food waste, one in four Italians currently believes the concept of taking home leftover food from a restaurant is a sign of poverty, bad manners, or even vulgarity.
Don't Mind This Live Boa Constrictor Slithering Around Your Restaurant Table
A man was recently allowed to bring a large snake into a Mexican restaurant in Missouri because of his claim that it's a service animal that helps him cope with depression.
At Amazon, Employees Treat the Bathroom as an Extension of the Office
A former employee tells all about the company's aggressive restroom culture.
This Is Why Your Boyfriend Eats Faster Than You
A new study has found that men and women have different tendencies when it comes to chewing their food, and it explains a lot about your dinner-eating habits.
The Fine-Dining Etiquette of a High-Class Dutch Escort
Marike van der Velden, owner of the number-one high-class escort agency in the Netherlands, explains some of the many challenges that her employees must navigate at dinner—long before they head to the bedroom.
Etiquette's Video for "Attention Seeker" Will Make You Want to Bang in the Backseat
Steam up the windows, stat.
The VICE Guide to House Parties
Getting in, getting laid, and getting high—how to conquer those Friday nights that will define your young life.
You Don't Need Laws to Figure Out How to Tip Me
I would make more money if there was a mandatory tipping policy, but there's a lot to be said about the benefits of some untaxed income when you’re working in the service industry.
How to Make the Best, Prettiest Cheese Plate in the Whole World
There are instructions in countless books out there that echo forth authoritative, decisive guidelines as to the how's and why's of the plate du fromage. Well, I am here—little humble me—to let you know that it’s all utter bullshit.