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Person C - A male management trainee

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Question: In what order to they enter the taxi? Who pays the tab and expenses
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the ride? See bottom of page for answer:
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Most young women learn gracious manners in Cotillion or Finishing school, and
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There is also a travel protocol for managers when travelling. In most Fortune 500
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Taxi's have been used for business travel since the 1700's

The position of honor is on the right

Seniority is determined by corporate title, and gender trumps seniority. On a short

ride, a gentleman should always defer the best seating to a lady.

All manners have reasonable origins, and the origin of the saying "the position of
honor is on the right" originates because of the fact that cars drive on the right-
hand side of the read, and the best place to sit in a cab is on the right.

This rule is a bit trickier in a taxi cab. In a taxi, the lowest-level person hails the
taxi cab, and they are the first to enter, and the last to leave. The senior person
appears gracious, holding the door while their underlings board the cab, getting in
last, so that they can be the first to depart.

In manner school, they teach the rule of thumb that "The position of honor is on
the right", and this is what you need to think about when entering a taxi cab, since
the senior person always gets in last, on the far right-hand side of the cab.

However, there is an important exception to this seniority rule. Traditionally, the

female gender trumps seniority and a CEO is expected to defer to a lady, allowing
her the "position of honor".

People who are unfamiliar with corporate manners often misunderstand this rule,
and will wrongly wait for their boss to enter the taxi cab. A good boss never
chastised an ill-mannered underling in public, and a good boss will recognize this
faux paux, and politely say "you first", offering the underling a chance to save
face.

Answer: The lowest level male (person C) always hails the taxi cab, and the
CEO, being a gentleman, sits in the middle seat, allowing the female director the
position of honor where she is the first to exit the taxi.

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