IS IT JUST ME?
Or is it nuts out there?
WHOOPI GOLDBERG
To EJ & CJ,the two most civil folks in my life.
Do unto othersas you would have done unto you.
Contents
Foreword: Rude Awakening
Chapter 1 - Abuse It and Lose It
Chapter 3 - Group Insult
Chapter 4 - Big Blogger
Chapter 5 - If You Can’t Be Witty, Don’t Be Shitty
Chapter 6 - Then Maybe You Should Stop Complaining
Chapter 7 - Abuse
Chapter 8 - Censorship
Chapter 9 - Road Rude
Chapter 10 - Self-Test: Parking
Chapter 11 - No Condom? No Way
Chapter 12 - If You Don’t Want to Hear the Answer, Don’t Ask the Question
Chapter 13 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: Things to Tell People Who Put You on the Spot
Chapter 14 - Gracious You
Chapter 15 - Toenail Clipping and Common Scents
Chapter 16 - Where Is the Respect?
Chapter 17 - You Respect My Opinion, I’ll Respect Yours
Chapter 18 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: How Not to Turn a Discussion into a Fight
Chapter 19 - Daily Rehab
Chapter 20 - TSA Does Not Mean “Time to Smart Ass”
Chapter 21 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: How Not to Slow Down a TSA Screening
Chapter 22 - Just Plane Good Manners
Chapter 23 - Even Steve Jobs Has to Turn Off His Cell Phone
Chapter 24 - Self-Test: A Traveler Check
Chapter 25 - Fragrant Fliers
Chapter 26 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: Stinky Foods Not to Bring on a Plane
Chapter 27 - Babes on a Plane
Chapter 28 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: What to Bring for a Kid on a Plane
Chapter 29 - Louder, They Can’t Hear You in the Lobby
Chapter 30 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: Places Not to Use a Cell Phone
Chapter 31 - Thank You for Not Texting
Chapter 32 - Self-Test: Resisting Textation
Chapter 33 - A Flea on the Ass of a Mosquito
Chapter 34 - Play Nice or Stay Home
Chapter 35 - Self-Test: Stadium Behavior
Chapter 36 - Block That Parent
Chapter 37 - Self-Test: Sideline Civility
Chapter 38 - Down in Front!
Chapter 39 - Manners
Chapter 40 - An Elevator Is Like a Bathroom
Chapter 41 - Encourage Your Kids to Play by Themselves
Chapter 42 - Peer Itself
Chapter 43 - Role Models Will Disappoint You
Chapter 44 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: Role Models Who Have Disappointed Us
Chapter 45 - How Do I Look? And Tell the Truth
Chapter 46 - The Three Questions
Chapter 47 - You Realize I Can See You
Chapter 48 - If You Don’t Like It, Don’t Do It
Chapter 49 - Should We Be Worried About This?
Chapter 50 - Bloggers Are Cowards
Chapter 51 - Don’t Think You Know Someone Because You See Them on Television
Chapter 52 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: Commonly Used Hurtful Words and Phrases
Chapter 53 - You Realize I Can Hear You
Chapter 54 - The Smarter Things to Say
Chapter 55 - Self-Test: Offensive Language
Chapter 56 - Think It, Don’t Say It
Chapter 57 - A Civil Person’s Handy List: Things to Think and Not Say
Chapter 58 - Buddy Is the New Nigger
Chapter 59 - Just Because I’m a Catholic, Don’t Assume That a Priest Has Touched Me
Chapter 60 - There Aren’t Enough Jails
Chapter 61 - Take Your Stinking Paws Off Me, You Damned Dirty Ape!
Chapter 62 - A Civil Person’s Truly Handy List: The Hands-Off List