How Not 2 Act Podcasts

Black Friday Horror or Not So Horror Stories including listener accounts. We also give you the do's and don'ts for office Christmas Parties. Do not let your behavior ruin your career this Christmas season.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!! Hilarious Thanksgiving stories, cooking mishaps, football for the weekend, guest Carrie Waldron and Jill Hickey plus of course tips for Thanksgiving manners for you, the kids and the family. Happy Thanksgiving.

Today we are talking to Tina Meier of the Megan Meier Foundation about her daughters suicide that came from cyberspace bullying. We will provide tips, good manners and cautions for parents. Jared ONeal of the The Marketing Melting Pot will help provide tips for business people promoting themselves on the web or using social media. Do not miss this show.

Salon and spa manners. What should you take off for a massage? What and who should you tip? Great ideas for Christmas gifts and should kids and cell phones be permitted..... Tune in for great tips and gift ideas. American Image has some great new services.

A look back at Halloween, were manners hidden? Where has respect gone? Jill Hickey tells us about a fabulous even at Dylan's Candy Bar for Halloween.

Happy Halloween. Halloween Manners, Jokes for Kids, Rules for teenage trick or treaters, and more. Jill Hickey, Amy Stevenson, Samantha Blossom were all guest sharing costume ideas, pet peeves and tips.

Kim Carlos author of Nordies at Noon joined us today to discuss her experience with breast cancer. In honor of breast cancer awareness month we talked about the etiquette in dealing with someone with a serious illness, her story, and the stories of her co-authors. Fabulous show and seriously important topic.

Table manners for all ages. We had John Richardson from the Dixie Stampede and Jill HIckey of Not So Soccer Mom. If you have young kids we gave you some basics to work on as well as fun ways to encourage good table manners at home. This is critical to dinner time civility.

Kids parties, Kids parties, Kids parties. We have Linda Hetzer author of 50 Fabulous Parties For Kids with us talking about trends, ideas, etiquette tips and more. We also have a party planning expert with what is popular and tips for what to avoid. School year birthday parties are upon us, listen in for great ideas.

We are talking about Professional Image, Business dress versus Business Casual. What is Business Casual anyway? We will be giving tips on professional image, key wardrobe pieces for fall, top 5 things you should never wear to work and listener pet peeves. Of course we could not get through the hour without hearing my biggest pet peeves as well. Funny, funny stories, guests from Ann Taylor, J Hilburn and more....

Great show live from toginet in Lindale Texas. We featured Randy from Loco Cowpoke Salsa Shop in Mckinney Texas, Deanne Moore and Samantha Blossom from Etiquette North Dallas. Do not miss this show. Fun tips and a great show.

Wedding Etiquette. Talk to Emily Ayala from The St Louis Wedding Book. Should your guest fill out their own thank you notes? How can you save money on your cake, dress, venue and more. Even if your already married, you must hear the guidelines for hosts and guests.

"Stage Parents", "Bleacher Parents" and "My Child Is A Star". Are you a stage parent or aggressive coach? Good sportsmanship is lacking these days. Today's show included tips for being a mannerly parent, player and coach. We had Grant Williams, former player for the St. Louis Rams and Scott Highmark who played for SLU. Grant Williams shares information about his ministry for coaches called coachestimeout.org.

Where's The Manners? In politics? In business? In life? In relationships? John Hancock joined me to talk about why manners has left politics, what it would take to get them back and any advice he would have for a candidate. We also had great callers and dished on the DC housewives.

Jill Hickey of Not So Soccer Mom was co-hosting with me today. We talked back to school manners, tips for teen make up and skincare, what should be in your makeup bag and more. Christopher McKinney from Lancome was our makeup expert and gave fabulous tips for all. Great tips, great show.

The Customer Is Always Right? Do we even believe that anymore? Customer service seems to continue a downward slide. Why? What is the most unbelievable story you have. Listen in for a few doozies, updates on The Clinton Wedding Guest List ( who was missing) and more. Jill Hickey of Not So Soccer Mom will be joining us live to talk about etiquette in the news.

Traveling etiquette is missing for so many people today. We talked about tips for air travel, car trips, hotel stays and more. We talked to experienced travelers about pet peeves, a flight attendant and heard about my trip to The Dixie Stampede to dine without utensils.

Bradley Laborman of idump4u.com was with us at the top of the hour. Hilarious stories of people that actually hire him to break up with their significant other. Good manners, not so much. Good business, sounds like it might be. Amy Riestenberg shares cell phone tips and upcoming class schedule for East Texas.

House guests gone bad and hosts without the most. We heard awkward stories and shared tips on not becoming a don't. Jan from The Fleur De Lys Mansion in St. Louis shared tips for being a wonderful hostess.

Talked to Jill Hickey, Georgeanne, Paige (a high school student), and Carla from Etiquette Atlanta. How manners have changed through the years, for the good, bad or ugly.