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    The Civility Solution: What to Do When People Are Rude
    The Civility Solution: What to Do When People Are Rude

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    Author: P. M. Forni
    Publisher: St. Martin's Press
    Category: Book

    List Price: $19.95
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    Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 8 reviews
    Sales Rank: 7032

    Media: Hardcover
    Number Of Items: 1
    Pages: 192
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
    Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.2 x 0.9

    ISBN: 0312368496
    Dewey Decimal Number: 395
    EAN: 9780312368494
    ASIN: 0312368496

    Publication Date: June 10, 2008
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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    Product Description

    Many of us find ourselves confronted with rudeness every day and don’t know how to respond. From the intrusive cell-phone user who holds loud conversations in public to the hostile highway driver who cuts one off with a quick swerve of his car, politeness seems to be on a downward spiral, surprising us at every turn. P.M. Forni, the author of Choosing Civility, has the answer. knows that rudeness begets rudeness and, in The Civility Solution, he shows us what to do when confronted with bad behavior by being assertive as well as civil. In more than one hundred different situations, he shows us how to break the rudeness cycle by responding to a variety of confrontations from bullying to rude internet behavior or the hurtful words of an insensitive family member. How would you respond to the following?

    …A salesperson ignores your requests

    …A fellow driver gives you the infamous “finger”

    …Your child’s playmate misbehaves

    …Your boss publicly reprimands you

    P. M. Forni has solutions for all of these and many more. In yet another simple and practical handbook, P. M. Forni presents logical solutions that reinforce good behavior and make our world a more civil place.





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    3 out of 5 stars Poor service by Amazon   November 2, 2008
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    5 out of 5 stars Man Handling   October 20, 2008
    Good tips on how to deal with people that are rude, out of sorts, or just plain ignorant. Wonderful style.


    5 out of 5 stars Dealing with rude people.   September 18, 2008
     1 out of 1 found this review helpful

    I bought this book for our daughter who has a job that entails working with the general public. She has gotten so much out of it that she has passed it around the office for others to read.


    3 out of 5 stars Pollyanna would not have participated in the Boston Tea Party . . .   July 29, 2008
     0 out of 34 found this review helpful

    If one is mesmerized by the love-in miasma of Deepak Chopra and Scott Peck, you're going to revel in this collection of a how-to-turn-the-other-cheek and always-come-out-smelling-like-a-rose-manual for those whose cowardice needs to be masked lest it be dealt with squarely and forthrightly. Nothing like self-hypnosis . . . I suggest, after having read this and Forni's companion piece (he simply changes the cases of the pronouns, but the sucking up is identical), the reader, for starters, apply all one has gleaned to such little situations as the colonists (you select the one you like the most--you know, Franklin or Washington or Jefferson or one of them there guys . . . )dealing with George III's representatives (but first you'll have to find historians willing to name any of them). However, history does appear to have a number of those who would praise Forni's nambi-pambi approach . . . Neville Chamberlain and Joseph Kennedy with their, in retrospect, outrageous behavior prior to the outbreak of World War II. One simply must question the ostensibly unlimited acquiescence implied by Forni and his acolytes. For those for whom judging the quality of a man by who his enemies are, this is a read to test one's self control.


    5 out of 5 stars Required reading for all Humans   July 6, 2008
     1 out of 3 found this review helpful

    Both of Forni's books should be required reading for everyone. Although I wish it wasn't necessary, so many suggestions for situations he presents bring an opportunity for discussion. After listening to my peer groups and young adults, I was ready to offer everyone his books to all for humane reasons. The answers to common sense situations i thought, woke me up to how much work still needs to be accomplished regarding the human condition.


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