We share instructions on politely handling everyday interpersonal challenges. The project started as an internal collection of the employees of IdeeOle and is now a publicly available resource that we expand whenever we learn something new.
Business
Under Business, you will find everything about work, everyday office life, and dealing with business partners.
Explore Business:
Polite Ways To Say Someone Was Fired
How To Politely Start A Phone Call
How to Gracefully Remove Yourself from a Project
Social
In the Social section, everything revolves around the many everyday situations in which questions arise about how to deal with our fellow human beings.
Explore Social:
How To Politely Ask Someone To Move Their Car
How Do You Say Everyone Pays For Themselves?
What to Say in a Personal Voicemail Greeting
Courtesy
The Courtesy section is dedicated to situations where we want to convey a message to others while ensuring that it is not perceived as rude or disrespectful.
Explore Courtesy:
How To Ask For Gift Cards On An Invitation
How To Politely Tell Someone To Stop Humming
How To Ask A Photographer To Adjust Photos?
Discomforts
Under the heading Discomforts, you will find solutions for delicate situations that are unpleasant for you but can be mastered with the proper formulations.
Explore Discomforts:
How To Politely Ask For Money For A Bachelorette Party
How To Tell Someone Their House Smells Bad
How to Tell Someone to Stop Taking Pictures of You
Surveys
We regularly conduct surveys on current issues in interpersonal communication and on preferences in business life.
From this, we can deduce, for example, what time is best for a meeting or whether some behavior might be perceived as impolite.
Explore Surveys:
[Survey Result] Best Day for a Business Meeting
[Survey] Is It Rude to Turn Off the Camera in a Virtual Meeting?
Is It Rude To Call Someone “Dude”?
Meet the Team
Katie
Senior AuthorKatie is a senior author at everyday-courtesy.com, focusing on marketing and psychology.
Matt
Author & Public Speaking CoachMatt is responsible for the empirical surveys at everyday-courtesy.com.
Sophie
Author & Freelance SpeechwriterSophie is a freelance author and is responsible for the Social and Courtesy sections.