Not sure if you’ve got bad breath? All you need is a spoon, a minute, and your sense of smell to find out. By scraping the back of your tongue with the tip of the spoon, letting the spoon dry, and then smelling it, you’ll know if you stink or not.
This quote from artist and writer Austin Kleon reminds us that kindness and respect can go a long way. When we’re online we’re part of a vast worldwide community that can, at the same time, feel as small as a neighbourhood. It’s easy to become overwhelmed by anger and lash out when there isn’t someone in front of you, so it helps to imagine that there is.
Complaining effectively can make your life better, but we often resort to anger and other poor methods of voicing our opinions. Master complainer Guy Winch, author of The Squeaky Wheel, has nine specific suggestions that he believes will help your complaints regularly hit their mark.
Acting as the Romans do in Rome — or as the locals do wherever you travel — can not only help you not stick out as a tourist, it might help you meet more people and make your trip go more smoothly. MSNBC rounds up some interesting food customs for globetrotters.
Dear Lifehacker, I love my roommate, except for one thing that’s starting to drive me crazy: the messes he leaves everywhere and the hoards of stuff he’s collected to the point where I feel our house is only filled with clutter. And he doesn’t do anything to help tidy up. How can I make this work?
A quick, effective thank you note sent to your interviewer reinforces your interest in the job and may help him or her better remember you from the giant pool of applicants. But you might wonder whether you should pen or email your thanks.
While the majority of the restaurant staff you encounter will probably not spit or pee in your food if you send it back, it’s a common concern that enters the conversation the moment someone decides to send their plate back to the kitchen. We asked food-service professionals how they prefer customers to handle this awkward situation. Here’s what they said.
We all get busy — or even sometimes lazy — and forget to return a call or answer an email. This often leads to problems and can even ruin a good opportunity. Here’s how to repair the damage next time you drop the ball.
The internet gives us all a platform to make our voices heard. That’s incredibly powerful, but with that power comes responsibility. That’s right, like any citizenship, your internet privileges carry with them responsibilities. “But I’m no troll,” you say. That’s not enough; there’s more to being an upstanding citizen of the internet than just not trolling. Here’s how you to embrace the responsibilities of your citizenship and become a model internet citizen.
You finally find a spot in a packed car park and somebody’s parked over the line so you can’t fit. Or you’ve been waiting for someone to leave and somebody pulls in to steal your claimed space. There are plenty of ways to be an arsehole parker in this world, but few good ways to deal with them. Here’s the best way to handle the situation.
