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Unfortunately, the online version of Sunday's "Miss Conduct" didn't include the nifty graph that the magazine designers came up with to illustrate my first question (about the man who talked on his cell phone while strolling guitarists serenaded his wife (UPDATE: The graph has now been added.)
I suggested that social mistakes (what's the plural of faux pas?) can be divided up based on whether they are unkind or not unkind, and amusing or not amusing. Each of the four types has a different probability of being forgotten and/or forgiven. Here's the nifty graph that was meant to illustrate my Anatomy of the Faux Pas:
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About Miss Conduct Robin Abrahams writes the weekly "Miss Conduct" column for The Boston Globe Magazine.
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Robin Abrahams writes the weekly "Miss Conduct" column for The Boston Globe Magazine. Robin, who has a PhD in psychology from Boston University, has worked as a theater publicist, organizational-change communications manager, editor, stand-up comedian, and professor of psychology and English. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which are given annually for achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think.
Who is Miss Conduct?
Robin Abrahams writes the weekly "Miss Conduct" column for The Boston Globe Magazine. Robin, who has a PhD in psychology from Boston University, has worked as a theater publicist, organizational-change communications manager, editor, stand-up comedian, and professor of psychology and English. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which are given annually for achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think.
