A) Easy or not, etiquette is important
B) There's a reason for doing things the way we do them -- we just have no idea what it is.
C. I had to interrupt my cell phone call to tell him off.
D. I was trying to explain this the other night to my children -- Matt, 15, and Becky, 11 --- who, I'm ashamed to say, have been allowed to develop less than perfect manners, especially at the table.
E. At this particular family dinner, I caught Matt buttering his backed potato with his finger.