Hannah Einbinder believes she has good manners—after all, as a performer, she’s living to serve (in more ways than one). The Town & Country cover star puts her etiquette to the test, from how to politely tell a guest they’ve overstayed their welcome (three days and you’re paying rent) to how she’d handle a yoga instructor giving unsolicited acting notes on her ‘Hacks’ performance. Watch as she admits she might not be the best authority on sports and common courtesy—and recalls her worst first date, featuring two exes and one very small couch.
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00:00I'm a huge problem at a sporting event.
00:03I will commit crimes.
00:06Misdemeanors, but crimes for sure.
00:09Hi, I'm Hannah Einbinder and this is Common Courtesy with Town and Country.
00:14I will be given several different scenarios and share how I would apply proper etiquette to each.
00:20Do I think I have good manners?
00:22I do, because I am a performer.
00:25I am, like, sort of living to serve, and so serve in multiple ways.
00:31So I think it's manners, but I think it's also a desperation to please, which, of course, is related to myself needing approval, and I'm working on that.
00:40But, yeah, that's probably what I would say.
00:44Your yoga instructor with acting aspirations stops you after class to give you unsolicited notes on your hack's performance.
00:51How do you respond to them?
00:53Let me really think about this and try to be super, super honest.
00:59Someone comes up to me.
01:00Hey, oh my god, I just love that, but I think for you, I just think throw it away a little more.
01:07I think just a little less.
01:09I'd go, oh, I would laugh.
01:12I think I would laugh.
01:12I'd go, like, hey, thank you.
01:15I appreciate that.
01:16And I just kind of jet.
01:17I think that's psycho.
01:18I certainly shan't be returning to the class.
01:20No way to relax with her or him.
01:24But, um, yeah.
01:27A friend has overstayed their welcome at your home and seemingly has no plans to leave.
01:31How do you politely tell them it's time to go?
01:33I actually don't think it's rude to be like, thank you so much for coming.
01:37This was so fun.
01:38I'm zonked.
01:40I'm freaking zonked.
01:41I'm tired.
01:42Are you good?
01:42Do you have an Uber?
01:43You good?
01:44Okay, great.
01:45Let's do dinner soon.
01:46That would be so cool.
01:47Do it like that.
01:48And feel free to use that.
01:50That's for you.
01:50That's public domain right there.
01:52The maximum amount of time you should ask someone to stay over at their place.
01:56I think three is pushing it.
01:57I think two is like, yeah, you're staying with me.
02:00I think one is like, oh, oh my God.
02:02Totally.
02:02You're crashing.
02:03Three is like, okay, you're leaving.
02:05You're, oh, yeah.
02:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:07Totally.
02:07It's like you're almost needing to kind of like throw down some cash type of a thing for like rent.
02:13You're a bridesmaid.
02:15Okay, exciting.
02:17In your friend's wedding and she's covered the cost of makeup, but you hate your finished look.
02:23How do you handle the situation?
02:25Blend.
02:27You get that brush?
02:29Blend.
02:29I mean, look, an eye, a strong eye or a strong lip, it's hard to walk that back.
02:33But if it's cakey in the face, you just blend that.
02:37This scenario hasn't happened to me in real life.
02:40Haven't gotten the, um, the old, the old bridesmaids invite, which I, you know, I'm not really invested in that.
02:48Marriage is yet another construct.
02:50You know what I mean?
02:51Founded to create ownership, right?
02:53Trade the woman for the goat type of a thing.
02:55A lot of my friends aren't married, frankly.
02:57A lot of them are like poly queers.
03:00So I don't really think I'm going to have that problem.
03:05You're on a first date and you're taken aback when your date is rude to the waiter.
03:10How do you react?
03:11Money is actually the, the answer to that.
03:15Tip well, as is custom, you know, typically always, but tip even more than more.
03:21I would kind of dominate the, the communication channels.
03:26I would see it and go, okay, so now I'm going to be engaging.
03:30Um, and I think it's actually the most disgusting quality in a person.
03:34That would certainly be the first and the last date.
03:37What is the worst first date I've ever been on?
03:40Oh God.
03:42It's a lot of competition.
03:43You know, it's like a better question is, have you been on a good one?
03:47You know what I mean?
03:48That's a smaller list.
03:49I went on a date with a girl who I went to her apartment and she revealed to me as the
03:55night progressed, like pretty quickly, that not only did she still live with her ex, that
04:01he was on his way home in 30 minutes.
04:05And so ultimately I ended up, you know, right, right in the middle of them on a very tight,
04:10very small couch watching a, um, a documentary.
04:14And I was like, I goodbye to you.
04:17And I was like, thank you.
04:19Next.
04:22A friend has been praising your acting and hacks, but you've just found out they've never
04:26actually seen the show.
04:29Do you say something?
04:31If it was a close friend and they were praising my acting and hacks and hadn't seen it, I'd be like,
04:37what's wrong with you?
04:40Like, that is psycho.
04:42Just be like, I haven't seen it yet.
04:44I totally get it.
04:45I, there's so much television that I have not gotten to.
04:48Like, I super get that.
04:50I do have friends who are like, love you.
04:52So sorry I haven't.
04:53And I'm like, girl, it's fine.
04:54You're at a sporting event and the person next to you becomes raucous, taunting young fans.
05:01How do you handle this?
05:02Well, see, I'm the wrong person to ask, actually, because I'm a huge problem at a sporting event.
05:08Really, really, really huge problem.
05:10I am screaming at the top of my lungs.
05:12I am headbutting a stranger.
05:15I am forming bonds that will last a lifetime.
05:18Huge sports fan, really into the Philadelphia Eagles, specifically all Philadelphia teams.
05:22So my dad is from Philly, so he brainwashed me when I was very young.
05:25So I have no tact.
05:27You won't see me in the Chanel at the damn football game doll.
05:30Okay?
05:31The person in this scenario, that's me taunting young fans.
05:34I will taunt a child.
05:36You hear me?
05:36You're nothing.
05:37You're nothing.
05:38If they're playing against the Eagles, yeah, I will commit crimes.
05:45Misdemeanors, but crimes for sure.
05:48E-A-G-L-E-S, Eagles.
05:50All right.
05:53You're just about to close your eyes on a flight when your seatmate starts playing a video on full volume, opting for no headphones.
06:01How do you broach this?
06:06Hey.
06:07Hi.
06:08I'm so sorry.
06:09Do you have headphones?
06:11You don't.
06:12Okay.
06:12Maybe they have...
06:13I think they...
06:14Or do they have them in the seat?
06:16They don't.
06:17Okay.
06:18Is it possible to turn it down?
06:19I'm such a light sleeper.
06:21I gotta, yeah, adjust to the time change.
06:24Is that okay?
06:25I'm so sorry.
06:26Yeah.
06:27Okay.
06:28Go birds.
06:30Thanks so much for watching.
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