The Etiquette Cheat Sheet

The Etiquette Cheat Sheet

Four elegant pages for the invitation, the table and the conversation.

€4.00

Checkout opening soon

Refund policy

Printable PDF in A4 and US Letter, plus a hyperlinked edition for tablets. Instant download. English.

For personal use by you and your household. Not for resale or sharing.

  • ◆The invitation and the arrival: replying, dress codes, timing, what to bring, names and introductions
  • ◆The table: ten rules that cover almost every occasion, with a place-setting diagram
  • ◆The conversation: what to do, what never to mention, and how to recover from a mistake
  • ◆The five habits to fix first, as a checklist

Etiquette is usually taught as a list of rules designed to catch people out. It is the opposite: every rule worth keeping exists to make the people around you comfortable. This is the short version — what to do from the invitation to the thank-you the next day, including the part nobody writes down: how people actually tell that someone is out of their depth (it is almost never the cutlery).

## How to use it

Keep it in a drawer and read it before an occasion, or on your phone on the way there. It is written for adults who were never taught this, and for anyone teaching a teenager.

Sample page from The Etiquette Cheat Sheet