KNOW, the Magazine for Paralegals Summer 2014 | Page 36

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Professionally Speaking - Etiquette for Paralegals
Legal professionals, do you have a pressing business etiquette question?
Then ask Stayce!
Question: If you ask your boss out to lunch, will he/she automatically be expected
to pick up the check? What if it is firm policy that the most senior person pay? How do
you graciously insist upon paying? What if the firm looks down upon employees paying
for bosses?
Answer: What? You are asking your boss to lunch? Forget the question of who pays for
a moment and let’s take a look at why you want to buy y