Etiquette (1922) on answering dinner invitations

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNine people have left a birthday invitation on pending for two weeks. According to etiquette rules from nineteen twenty-two, this is unacceptable.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDana, in Dayton, writes: I sent a calendar invite for my birthday dinner two weeks ago and nine people have left it on pending.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNine. Dana, I have good news.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEmily Post, 1922: Dinner invitations must be answered immediately; engraved or written ones by return post, or those which were telephoned, by telephone and at once!

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat was about paper invitations.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd yours is a digital invitation, so it gets a digital answer, at once. Pending is not an answer. Pending is a shrug.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA shrug with a deadline.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorExactly. Now, Dana, if a guest answers by text, you reply by text. If they telephone, you telephone back. At once!

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDana replies: I think two of them just muted me.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMuted! In nineteen twenty-two you could not mute a telegram boy. He just stood on the porch until you answered.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIs that in the book?

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt is in the spirit of the book. Send each pending guest a stamp and an envelope. Return post means return post.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe book is Etiquette, by Emily Post, nineteen twenty-two. It did not mention calendars. Or stamps for guests.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe verdict: nine rude guests. And Dana, did you answer your own invite? The dinner is for ten.