Spinach In Your Boss's Teeth Summary

Associate Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas once said, “Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.” The book, Spinach in Your Boss’s Teeth by Arden Clise discusses different approaches, techniques, and tricks to maintaining etiquette in professional settings. The book covers topics such as how to properly shake someone’s hand to how to avoid sitting in “power spots” during a meeting. While reading the book, I learned a lot of concepts that before, I had considered insignificant, but of actually having a much greater importance in business. The two chapters that really affected me was the Who Called this Meeting: Meeting Manners (Chapter 6) and Two Kisses or One? Travel Etiquette in a Global World (Chapter 8). The first …show more content…
An example would be the Power Spots. Learning how each of the different spots has a different meaning (in terms of where the chairperson, facilitator, leader, and outsider are supposed to sit) really affected me because now when I am meeting with my peers, advisor or even a future boss, I am going to be well aware of the importance of sitting in certain spots, as well as not disrespecting others by sitting in what could be considered a wrong spot. The second chapter that surprised me while reading it was Two Kisses or One? Travel Etiquette in a Global World. I really enjoyed reading what this chapter included, but what I read in terms of how to behave abroad really surprised me. As someone who has some experience with traveling, a selection of the etiquette rules for being international did not surprise me. One concept that surprised me was the taxi cab rule. This etiquette rule states that, when someone is traveling in a taxi or a car, it is most polite for the non-boss or non-client to slide across the back seat (away from the curb) and to let the client or manager get in. This avoids having the boss or client sliding across the back of the