Not certain if Emily Post or Dear Abby have a stance on this, but the federal Bureau of Prisons does.

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At best, it is a jack-hammer solution to an Emily Post problem.

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Employees also are judged when they interrupt colleagues, or ignore or discount others' ideas, says Peter Post, author and great-grandson of etiquette expert Emily Post.

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"You want to remove the whole concept of competition, of one person trying to outdo the other with the best gift, " says Peter Post, of the Emily Post Institute.

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At the Emily Post Institute in Burlington, Vt.

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Emily Post is unclear on the matter.

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