Be a good guest
When you read other people’s work, you are being invited into their heads for a visit.
The authors have undoubtedly prepared and fretted over your arrival for many hours: straightening things here and there, making many adjustments for your benefit and polishing every nook and cranny to show it off in the best light.
Your arrival certainly qualifies as a special occasion for the host.
Remember where you are and try to consider the effort that was expended for your enjoyment. You are not at your rambling homestead up on the hill or your fine beachside cottage on Oahu. You are in someone else’s abode, perhaps in a tough neighborhood in East LA or at a mining colony on Mars.
Compliments should be hearty and criticism should be muffled. Quibbling over the little mismatched soaps generously provided in the bathroom or the bit of stray dog hair on the sofa reflects more on the manners of the visitor than the skills of the resident.
Please remember to be a good guest.
SF Chapman
December 15, 2012
The authors have undoubtedly prepared and fretted over your arrival for many hours: straightening things here and there, making many adjustments for your benefit and polishing every nook and cranny to show it off in the best light.
Your arrival certainly qualifies as a special occasion for the host.
Remember where you are and try to consider the effort that was expended for your enjoyment. You are not at your rambling homestead up on the hill or your fine beachside cottage on Oahu. You are in someone else’s abode, perhaps in a tough neighborhood in East LA or at a mining colony on Mars.
Compliments should be hearty and criticism should be muffled. Quibbling over the little mismatched soaps generously provided in the bathroom or the bit of stray dog hair on the sofa reflects more on the manners of the visitor than the skills of the resident.
Please remember to be a good guest.
SF Chapman
December 15, 2012
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