28 ~ Sunday, March 23, 1986 - North Shore News

Teach them manners
with the pocketbook

DEAR MISS MANNERS -—~ My business etiquette problem
has happened enough times that I may blow up and ruin my

business image.

manners

by Judith
Martin

I own and operate a gallery,
with some exhibits open to sub-
missions from local and national
artists. After the director and I
view the slides and select the art, a
selected artist will sometimes
decide noi to participate in the ex-
hibit. This even happens after a
contract has been signed, and the
invitations, catalogs, press
releases, etc., have been printed
that include that individual's
name, along with others.

1 do not mind that artists decide
not to participate; that is their
decision. But the dropout does not
phone or write to inform me of
this decision, and I don’t find out
until two to four days before the
opening, when I’m inquiring when
the art will arrive to be installed.

EXPECTING TOO MUCH

J can’t seem to understand why
those individuals will not inform
me of their decision but leave me
to contact them. Is it too much to

Then £ start to boil, not knowing
what to say (I-can think of a lot of
words, but the lady in me will not
let me use them). Therefore, I re-
main silent. Hew should f res-
pond verbally, in a nice way, to
these people who have not been in-
structed in etiquette?

GENTLE READER — Miss
Manners could take this as an in-
vitation to play ‘‘Oh-Those-Ir-
responsible-Artists!’, if not for
the sad knowledge that people of
all callings behave this way now.
This brutal inconsideration is
rampant, and not only in business,

but among families and friends. If
you feel angry about being so
treated by strangers, you can imag-
ine, if you have not experienced it
yourself, how people feel when
their intimates refuse to answer
dinner or wedding invitations.

Fortunately, the problem is
easier to solve in business than in
your social life. You know that
contract you have them sign? You
insert in all future contracts a wee
little clause stating that failure to
notify you of non-participation by
a certain date will require them to
pay for your losses and inconve-
nience.

This is not exactly an etiquette
solution, Miss Manners is aware.
But she promises you that it will
teach them manners.

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