{"id":22349,"date":"2026-03-17T05:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T04:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/dont-upstage-your-friends-19-modern-etiquette-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T05:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T04:37:19","slug":"dont-upstage-your-friends-19-modern-etiquette-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/dont-upstage-your-friends-19-modern-etiquette-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t upstage your friends! 19 modern etiquette mistakes \u2013 and how to avoid them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a world teeming with social media and smart devices, there are many ways to upset people, whether you\u2019re checking your watch notifications or sending a voice note without a text to explain the subject. Here\u2019s how to navigate it all<\/p>\n<p>In an age of smartphones, social media and instant communication, it has never been easier to connect \u2026 or to offend everyone around us. Many of today\u2019s most common etiquette breaches stem not from malice but from convenience: a badly written message, a thoughtless post, a device that demands our attention. Yet good manners still hinge on the same old principle: consideration for others. From eschewing headphones on public transport to ghosting invitations and sharing thoughtlessly online, here are some of the most common modern etiquette mistakes, why they grate, and how they can be avoided.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2026\/mar\/17\/dont-upstage-your-friends-19-modern-etiquette-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/cc68046536dedacc8077f18653a560a14cb76dd2\/0_0_5000_4000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=3f59c5e7115474bde91eb478a5596b14\" title=\"Don\u2019t upstage your friends! 19 modern etiquette mistakes \u2013 and how to avoid them\" \/>In a world teeming with social media and smart devices, there are many ways to upset people, whether you\u2019re checking your watch notifications or sending a voice note without a text to explain the subject. Here\u2019s how to navigate it all<br \/>\nIn an age of smartphones, social media and instant communication, it has never been easier to connect \u2026 or to offend everyone around us. Many of today\u2019s most common etiquette breaches stem not from malice but from convenience: a badly written message, a thoughtless post, a device that demands our attention. Yet good manners still hinge on the same old principle: consideration for others. From eschewing headphones on public transport to ghosting invitations and sharing thoughtlessly online, here are some of the most common modern etiquette mistakes, why they grate, and how they can be avoided. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world teeming with social media and smart devices, there are many ways to upset people, whether you\u2019re checking your watch notifications or sending a voice note without a text to explain the subject. Here\u2019s how to navigate it all In an age of smartphones, social media and instant communication, it has never been &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/dont-upstage-your-friends-19-modern-etiquette-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Don\u2019t upstage your friends! 19 modern etiquette mistakes \u2013 and how to avoid them<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22349"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}