Comments on: Notes from Excellence in Etiquette by Lydia Ramsey, Staff Day Keynote

By: Ned Potter

Ned Potter — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:39:02 +0000

Surely, though, whether people look nice with lip colour is both subjective to the beholder and dependent on the individual wearing the make-up? My wife is absolutely beautiful and she certainly looks better without lip-colour.

By: Lydia Ramsey

Lydia Ramsey — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:36:15 +0000

Bobbi, one correction that might alleviate some people's pain. While I do feel that a woman should wear makeup in the workplace, I do not think it needs to be anything more than lip color or blush. It is important to make the effort to look nice for others. As for jewelry, it is not necessary to wear jewelry in the workplace. My comment was that people will notice your jewelry so it should be workplace appropriate.

By: Lydia Ramsey

Lydia Ramsey — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:28:16 +0000

Bobbi,

Thank you for publishing the notes from my presentation on "Excellence in Etiquette" for the Columbus Regional Library. Good job! Lydia

By: Bobbi Newman

Bobbi Newman — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:16:38 +0000

Its the CSS! Not working right in IE. figures, I'll get it fixed and thank you for letting me know!

By: thewikiman again

thewikiman again — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:03:07 +0000

Ah sorry, just spotted your reply to the other comment – there's a weird thing going on with either my screen or your CSS and the text is black on black! So I missed the other comments.

Ignore me!

By: thewikiman

thewikiman — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:01:31 +0000

This seems to be a mixture of sound advice and a pastiche of something from the 50s. Women should wear make-up, really? And jewelry? I take it the men can't do either of those?

Doesn't allow for some people to express themselves, and uncomfortable people are harder to do business with. Plus the whole thing seems either retroactive or better suited to a more self-important industry like finance or law. The informality of communication in the 21st century is largely a good thing, in my (not overly) humble opinion...

Do you agree with all that stuff Bobbi? (You might not want to say whether you do of course, which is cool.)

By: Bobbi Newman

Bobbi Newman — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:12:31 +0000

yep. I couldn't believe it. I wear make-up, its a personal choice, I don't expect others to. I also have my nose pierced & wear a discrete diamond stud, which is also a no-no

By: Winnie

Winnie — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:00:26 +0000

Oh my – “women should wear make up, jewelry” I have never worn either, except a watch, in my more than fifty years and I'm not starting now. I won't be wearing high heels, either.