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About Cynthia Lett
Expertise
Proper manners with friends,family,colleagues,neighbors and everyone else you know.
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I have been an etiquette expert teaching and consulting on the subject worldwide since 1983. I started and run the International Society of Protocol & Etiquette Professionals and am considered a leader in the field. I edited "Etiquette for Dummies" and have recently written "Lett's Talk - Everyday Etiquette Dilemmas and What to Do about Them".
I taught the Business Protocol class to Master's level students at the George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Chief of Protocol for MCI Telecommunications.
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International Society of Protocol & Etiquette Professionals, ASTD, PCMA, National Speakers Association
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I have been quoted over 700 times in the past 5 years worldwide. Publications include Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Washington Times, NY Times, Washington Business Journal, USA Today, Associated Press, London Times, Newsweek Japan edition, Newsweek US edition and many many more.
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I am a Certified Etiquette Professional (CEP) and Certified Protocol Professional (CPP) earned by examination through ISPEP.
I have a Master's degree in hospitality law and undergrad degrees in Restaurant & Hotel Management and Public Relations/Interpersonal Communications from Purdue University.
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Who's Who Worldwide,Who's Who of American Women, Distinguished Darden Professor (Purdue University).
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World Bank, United Nations,US Dept. of State, US. Dept. of the Army, Pentagon, Barclays Global Investors,Accenture,AT&T,Bank of America,American Association of Clinical Pharmacies,Ritz Carlton Hotels, Hilton Hotels, Marriott Hotels,Starwood Hotels,and many more.
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You are here: Experts > Health/Fitness > Self-Improvement/Self-Help > Social Etiquette and Good Manners > President wants to borrow bus pass
Expert: Cynthia Lett - 10/30/2009
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Hi,
I work at a small company (12 people). The president of my company has asked me on multiple occasions if he could borrow my monthly bus pass for a few hours, provided he return it to me at the end of the day before I headed home. He also promises to buy me a new pass if he misplaced it. We are certainly not close or related and I very, very rarely interact with him in the first place. I feel it's very inappropriate and unprofessional for someone in his position to ask his newest employee if he could borrow a bus pass, just so he can save a couple dollars. I've been telling him I don't buy a monthly pass anymore, but am I being rude or ungrateful for my job by telling him this white lie?
Sincerely,
J
Answer
Dear Jonathan:
You are neither ungrateful for your job or wrong in your assessment of improper behavior by your boss. He is acting inappropriately by asking anyone for their bus pass. It would be better, however if you told him the truth and said that your bus pass is your bus pass and it is cheating the system to allow anyone else to use it. You need to take the high road and not allow him to use you in his quest to cheat.
I would question his integrity in everything else that he does so be careful.
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