April 7, 2021: At Last, Some Rules To Live By!

In the March 22 online, March 29 print, edition of the New Yorker, Eli Grober has a piece on Things Fully Vaccinated People Are Still Not Allowed to Do. 

The column has a different title on the two dates, and it lists slightly different items.  Herewith my three favorites, one of which appears ONLY in the print edition. You’re welcome!

Reply All

Once you are fully vaccinated, you are still not allowed to reply all to an e-mail that was clearly not meant to solicit such a reply. Similarly, getting the vaccine does not give you the green light to cc two hundred people on an e-mail. Better to bcc them.

Play Devil’s Advocate

You may be protected against covid-19, but you’re not protected against looking like a jerk. Just admit that you like being disagreeable, and then keep the rest to yourself.

Not Order Fries and Then Eat Your Friends’ Fries Off Their Plates

No kind of vaccine will ever make it O.K. to do this. Even if you’re vaccinated and eating outdoors, masked and distanced, just order your own damn fries.