The Duchess of Decorum’ Pattie Ehsaei has some blunt advice for young people, who, like her, didn’t learn etiquette growing up
Pattie Ehsaei found it difficult to understand her adopted country’s etiquette when she moved to the U.S. from Iran as a 7 year-old. Now she is known as the Duchess of Etiquette to nearly one million TikTok followers. Photo by Mahmoud Hayat by Jake Safane Pattie Ehsaei is “The Duchess of Decorum” to her nearly one million TikTok followers. Her short videos on the world’s most popular internet site offer followers – primarily young women half her age – “knowledge you don’t get in college,” she said. The videos begin with assertive, unambiguous advice: “A woman should never change her name when she gets married.” “If a dude asks you out on a date and doesn’t pay the full bill, that should be the last time you see the fool.” “I don’t care how rich your man is…. make you own money.” “Make sure your put something in the subject line of every single email.” “What not to say to your boss: It’s not fair.” “People come out of school, and they have no idea how to apply for a job, how to act in an interview, how to act at work,” she said. “They have no idea what proper table manners are.” “I had to learn the hard way,” she said. “I lacked the skills everybody around me seemed to have. I…
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