Miss Manners: Take a sip, just mute yourself first
Due to medication that I must take, I often experience thirst and dry mouth, the latter making it difficult to speak. I always have water or tea at my desk to sip during meetings.
I’ve noticed that no one else ever seems to do this. I don’t make a big show of it; I’m not chugging anything. I don’t have a large, showy beverage or bottle. It’s just about being comfortable, as perhaps someone giving a lecture might do. Am I making an etiquette error here?Frankly, it is far more shocking that no one else in your meetings has a beverage. Large, showy water bottles are a national trend right now.
But Miss Manners sees no reason not to keep your modest one -- with the caveat, perhaps, that if your gulping or swallowing itself is large and showy, you mute yourself before taking a drink.If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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