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11 Simple Rules That Will Help You Navigate Almost Any Awkward SituationSomeone has obviously forgotten your name. What should you do?

By Minda Zetlin | Inc Magazine | March 19, 2023

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While you can’t prepare for every uncomfortable moment you’ll ever encounter, there are some simple guidelines that may help you navigate those inevitable social situations when you’re not sure what to do.  New York magazine recently published a list of 194 “modern etiquette rules” that are supposed to tell all of us how to behave. Some of these are:

1. You’ve met this person before, but they obviously don’t remember your name.  “Say, ‘Hi, we’ve met, I’m X,'” New York advises. If the reverse happens–you meet someone who remembers you but you don’t remember them–you’ll have to choose between faking it and hoping you remember soon, or coming clean and apologizing.
2. You’ve just run into an employee outside of work.  Here’s New York’s advice: “Cordially say hello, make five minutes of engaged conversation (to show them you’re not trying to escape), then say you’re running late and get out of there.”
3. You want to send a work-related email, text, or other message, but it’s late at night.  New York says it’s OK to text, email, or direct message anyone at any hour. “Phones and computers have great tools now to manage your time away.
4. Speaking of email, how should you sign off?  An analysis of more than 350,000 email threads shows that those ending with “Thanks,” or some other expression of gratitude have the greatest likelihood of getting an answer.
5. Someone just gave you a compliment.  The proper response is, “Thank you.”  If you want to pay a compliment to the person who just complimented you, wait till later, or at least some other point in the conversation.
6. Someone just told you something that you already know.  “The proper response is ‘You’re right.”
7. You’ve heard that your friend’s company may be having layoffs, or there’s other bad news.  New York suggests sending a message like this one: “Sounds like a tough day at [insert company or team name]. Sending good vibes.”
8. You want to give someone a gift, but there’s no occasion.  “Gift randomly” is New York’s advice. 
9. You just learned that someone experienced a loss a while ago. Is it too late to send condolences?
10. It’s never too late, according to New York.  Go ahead and send it, even if it’s a year late, they write. “Then be honest about the fact that you ignored it in the first place.”

2 key takeaways from the article

1. While you can’t prepare for every uncomfortable moment you’ll ever encounter, there are some simple guidelines that may help you navigate those inevitable social situations when you’re not sure what to do.  
2. New York magazine recently published a list of 194 “modern etiquette rules” that are supposed to tell all of us how to behave. Some of these are: you’ve met this person before, but they obviously don’t remember your name –  “Say, ‘Hi, we’ve met, I’m X,”; You want to send a work-related email, text, or other message, but it’s late at night.  New York says it’s OK to text, email, or direct message anyone at any hour. “Phones and computers have great tools now to manage your time away; Speaking of email, how should you sign off?  Simply end with “Thanks,”; Someone just gave you a compliment, the proper response is, “Thank you.” Someone just told you something that you already know.  the proper response is ‘You’re right.”; you just learned that someone experienced a loss a while ago. Is it too late to send condolences?  It’s never too late; and gift randomly.

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Topics:  Personal Development, Communication