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Monday question: Block party bingo
Happy Monday, readers. Summer's block parties have this LW a little bit hot under the collar:
We have a neighboring street that periodically throws a block party. I see it as a great community building opportunity. Our street includes a large parking area that abuts their 'party central'. Our parking lot gets blocked off at an entrance that is close to party central and their blocked off street. That makes sense. What doesn't fit the community building is that they use the parking area as a 'play zone' and although it gets littered with the children's party trash, they don't pick up after themselves. Additionally, they also don't invite the abutting property that they are despoiling. I'm tempted to ask about this lost opportunity 1) responsibility for the trash 2) using us but not inviting us. What to say and how to approach it, in an effort to build a better community.
What do you think? I'll post my take on Friday. Stay cool, cats and chicks.
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Welcome to Miss Conduct’s blog, a place where the popular Boston Globe Magazine columnist Robin Abrahams and her readers share etiquette tips, unravel social conundrums, and gossip about social behavior in pop culture and the news. Have a question of your own? Ask Robin using this form or by emailing her at missconduct@globe.com.
Welcome to Miss Conduct’s blog, a place where the popular Boston Globe Magazine columnist Robin Abrahams and her readers share etiquette tips, unravel social conundrums, and gossip about social behavior in pop culture and the news. Have a question of your own? Ask Robin using this form or by emailing her at missconduct@globe.com.
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Robin Abrahamswrites the weekly "Miss Conduct" column for The Boston Globe Magazine and is the author of Miss Conduct's Mind over Manners. Robin has a PhD in psychology from Boston University and also works as a research associate at Harvard Business School. Her column is informed by her experience 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, the founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, and their socially challenged but charismatic dog, Milo.
Who is Miss Conduct?
Robin Abrahamswrites the weekly "Miss Conduct" column for The Boston Globe Magazine and is the author of Miss Conduct's Mind over Manners. Robin has a PhD in psychology from Boston University and also works as a research associate at Harvard Business School. Her column is informed by her experience 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, the founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, and their socially challenged but charismatic dog, Milo.
