Answer the following questions :
- Why should you observe etiquette and manners?
- What do you generally do when somebody comes to visit your family?
- How did you take the idea when your parents asked you to greet visitors to your home?
- Why should you be very conscious with your behaviour while dealing with others?
- What do 'etiquette' and 'manners' refer to?
(b) When somebody comes to visit our family, I try to follow the etiquette and be well mannered. I always greet them cordially and politely.
c) Like other kids, I did not like it when my parents asked me to greet visitors every now and then. I felt annoyed and did not understand why I should behave in an artificial manner. However, now I understand that we should not always behave in a way that we want.
(d) We live in society and always have to consider the well-being of others. In the society or in a company, we are not allowed to do anything that creates disturbance to others. That is why we should be very conscious with our behaviour while dealing with others.
(e) In every culture, there are certain rules and norms that endorse social behaviours. 'Etiquette' and 'manners' are two terms to describe our social behaviour. 'Etiquette,' a French term, means the rules of correct behaviour in a society, and 'manners' means polite behaviour in a particular society or culturE-
