Etiquette Guide: Transportation Matters
Posted August 27th, 2008 by admin
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When taking a client out, meeting an important contact, or networking with upper management, you may be placed into situations which are difficult to navigate. Here are a couple of pointers to steer you in the right direction:
1.When taking a cab ride with an important guest, the appropriate protocol is to arrange for the guest to be sitting in the seat that will allow him or her to get out of the cab on the curb side. In other words, make sure they are seated in a position in which they will not be forced to exit the cab into traffic or slide across the street in an undignified manner. You may allow them to enter first, then swing around to the opposite side of the cab to take your spot, or offer them the curb side seat and slide across the seat first.
2.To open or not to open? Once you arrive at your destination, you might be in some tricky territory if your VIP guest is a woman. Though business etiquette formerly demanded that men obey laws of chivalry towards woman, those days are over. Now, women and men are on equal footing in business relationships – and therefore, door opening is up for grabs. Typically, whoever reaches the door first should hold the door open for the other party. Be sure that if you are opening the door, you stand near the hinge side of the door, not the handle. That way, the guest can pass through without having to awkwardly duck under your arm. The rules change if one party is hosting the other – in that case, the host opens the door, regardless of gender.
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