Clare Maxfield

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Interview with Glenn Ridge 3MP – discussing Selfie Etiquette

 

Listen as Clare discusses Selfie Etiquette with Glenn Ridge on 3MP

G: You put your phone on the end of it and you push a button and then it takes photo of you and whatever is behind you.

Remember the queen bombed a selfie once? Are there rules and laws as to how and when you should do selfies? They’re banned in Wimbledon at the moment. And so our image consultant Clare Maxfield joins us.

How are you Clare?

C: I’m really good Glenn.

G: Have you been guilty of taking a selfie in inappropriate times?

C: Well, actually, kind of yes and this what made me start thinking about this.

G: Okay

C: Well, it is inappropriate at the time but on retrospect maybe not so.

G: Okay. Where was… I’ve never taken a selfie of myself. Only when I meant to take a photo of someone else but I pushed the wrong button and took a photo of me.

C: Well recently, 2 weeks ago, at a friend’s wake, a whole group of us that were together

G: Oh!

C: and you know, it started off very… you know, very somber and we’re all very respectful and… Look, he was a larrikin anyway so he would loved it and by the end we are taking photos of ourselves, taking photos of each other, we’re all having a wow of a time till like… you know, Creaky, we’re still here for you mate. And then, also later we looked and we went: “was that inappropriate?”

G: Well, was it?

C: For us, we didn’t think so because that was his persona but there was all that back lash when Obama and Cameron did a selfie in Mandela’s funeral a few years ago.

G: That’s right.

C: And that was world news.

G: Yeah. Now, I noticed that they’re banned – particularly the selfie sticks. You can’t ban taking selfies obviously, but with selfie sticks they’re banned at Wimbledon. Do you think that’s a good thing?

C: Well look. There also banned at the Opera House. And what I think it is, it’s more from an occ(upational) health and safety perspective.

And for that, you know, when someone pulls out their sticks and they are taking their photo and they might be seated in a stand and the person in front of them stands up so quickly and “bam!” they connect with your Apple. For that reason, yes! You do need to be careful with that being used but from a social media marketing point of view, not that Wimbledon would probably need a lot of it but everyone is taking their shots saying “hey, this is where I am!”

G: But I believe some of AFL clubs, actually give them out to their fans at the football. Have you heard that?

C: I have heard that as well. And I think that’s a great idea because all the fans were there taking their photos, getting better quality shots. I’m sure the teams are using them for their own, you know, marketing and media so like “hey, this person tagged himself at the game”.

So, from a marketing point of view, I think it’s great! You’ve just got to be careful who’s standing up in front of you, if there’s someone below you and you’ve got your selfie stick.

G: How do they work? You put the phone in the stick, then you push the button at the end of the stick which takes the photo and connects to your phone somehow, does it?

C: There’s a Bluetooth often. And so you’ve got your… Personally I don’t have one but I’ve seen friends with them. They’ve got their camera on their… or their phone on their selfie stick and in their other hand, it’s like a little Bluetooth button connected to your phone and you click that.

G: Ahh… Okay. all very…

C: It’s all very take me

G: … overly difficult. Sorry, maybe not taking selfies at the wake is a good way to go?

C: I would start saying… If it’s… well, think of if everyone is kind of it the character or should I say the character of the person deceased, if they love the life and they wanted everyone to enjoy themselves, then…

G: Give it a go!

C: Maybe it’s appropriate. But if it is maybe very somber, solemn occasion where if not an opportunity to…

G: In other words Clare, the short answer – No.

C: Yeah.

G: We’ll catch you later.

C: Okay.

G: See you. Our Image Consultant – Clare Maxfield. Apparently Kim Kardashian crashes social media with her selfies. Funny about that, isn’t it?

This is My Melbourne on 13:77 on 3MP.

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Interview with Glenn Ridge 3MP – discussing Wine Etiquette

 

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G: 11 to 10. Image consultant Clare Maxfield joins us to talk about wine etiquette.

How are you Clare?

C: I’m really good, Glenn.

G: I would have thought wine etiquette would have been that if we are talking wine you would have brought some wine in?

C: Do you know what? I was considering that, but I was considering the hour of the day it is. I thought, maybe not.

G: 12 o’clock somewhere.

C: I know it is. Not here.

G: Not the right time. It’s got to be somewhere.

Wine etiquette. Now this is a very interesting subject.

C: Wine etiquette has been around forever. It’s almost one of the first etiquettes to start because it is all about how we exist and you know, work with each other but it is still very important today.

G: What are you talking about here? Are you talking about for example, my idea of wine etiquette is if I go to someone’s place, I always take the worst bottle of red because I have to get rid of it somehow.

C: And you know how I was having you out for dinner next week? I think we’re going to cancel that one.

Wine etiquette for me is about when you take a gift to someone, what kind of gift and what you have to expect them to do with that gift or not do. It’s also what glass to put it in, how to serve it to someone, where to pair it with meal.

So there is a whole lot around wine etiquette. It’s not just the case of popping down to the local Bottle O and picking up a bottle of wine.

G: I disagree. What if I take a good bottle of wine and think – “this would be really nice” and so I taste it with some friends and then they don’t open it. Do I have the right to say this “Listen, I want my wine back home.” I’ll come and get a bottle of Ben Ean (moselle – a popular wine in the ‘70’s),and replacing it during the week, would it be nicer that way?

C: Well, you are going to struggle finding a Ben Ean. No. And you don’t want to be taking it back. But what I would be recommending, if you’ve found a bottle that you think is absolutely exceptional…

G: Yeah

C: And you’ve taken along, and let’s say, it’s a really heavy red and they are doing a nice light fish dinner that requires a nice light white (wine) then what you might say at the end: “look, can we just try this, because I brought this along to share with you guys. I really want to share it with you.” So there’s nothing wrong in having that approach of explaining you want to share and not saying: “I can’t stand what you’re drinking, can you open mine?”

G: Please, quickly. What about for example, if you have what you think is a good bottle of wine and you take it there and when they opened it, it’s gone off?

C: Well then it goes…

G: Should I be embarrassed or should I think: “Oh well, that’s luck of the drawer.”

C: If it has a cork in it, and not many wines have cork in them anymore, there is a chance it may go off.

G: Uh-huh

C: And so that is almost the luck of the draw and that’s just unfortunate. If it has got a screw top which doesn’t have the same finesse in opening it, but it keeps the wine better longer and it doesn’t taste any good, well that’s just bad choice.

G: Okay, so that is bad luck.

C: Yeah.

G: That’s just the way it goes.

C: Yeah.

G: What about glasses? What should we serve – wine in?

C: Okay, now.

G: They are changing all the time though. Youngies, they are doing it differently now.

C: They are. And in fact, I was reading an article the other day where some of the regions in France on champagne, some of the big houses are actually taking wine to more of a champagne more of red wine stemless glass. Interesting. I am still studying more on that.

G: So vegemite glass are we talking about there?

C: Well, more than a vegemite glass. Maybe a Nutella. But what you want to have is your red wine glass.

What you want to have is a really big bowl to it because you want the aromas to go on the glass in the very small opening so that your nose catches all those flavour.

For white wine, you want it more kind of a tulip shaped and your champagne, very long and skinny to grab all those carbonated bubbles.

G: Yeah. Is there anything wrong with putting a straw in a champagne bottle? A couple of straws maybe?

Hey, on a serious note, what do you think…? So how do you take a bottle of wine to someone’s place and it’s a nice dinner and everything…, nice night, they don’t get to open your wine and then all of a sudden you invite them back to your place a couple of weeks later and they bring your bottle of wine back – It’s that having being a cheapskate

C: No. You know what? I actually got some friends of mine who do something similar to that. If I go to their place with the wine that doesn’t get opened, they will put my name on a tag, and when I go there, they will pull it out because – they’re you go, I want to share it with them.

I sort of say, if they will bring it back, yes you could sit there and go “it’s a little bit tight.”But If I’ve taken a wine, it’s a wine I want to drink. So, I’d be happy to see it come back.

G: But if it’s a wine I want to get rid of, then, I’d make sure we would not open that one on that night and take it back. We could have this wine taken back between couples for…

C: It would be a bit of a boomerang wine for a while there.

G: Alright. Well, we got to keep our eye. There is etiquette and it doesn’t have to be snobby to have wine etiquette then?

C: No, no. And look – you sort of see people who are tasting with wine. And you think “what are they doing? Slurping and sucking it and spitting it out?”

And uhmm… So all that they are doing is just came to know the wine but taste it. And do you know the most important thing is drink what you like.

G: And if you enjoy, do it.

C: Yes.

G: See you Clare.

C: See you Glenn.

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The difference between Chatting and Listening to Oneself

G: It’s 10 to 10. How many times have you been caught saying things like “Uh, It’s not my fault”, “I was doing alright and that sort of thing and just having a chat to yourself and then all of a sudden someone says: “What?!” And you think, “Oh my God! I’ve been caught!” Talking to yourself. Clare Maxfield is our Image consultant. How are you Clare?

C: I’m really good. I was just telling myself yesterday how good everything is.

G: It’s really scary when you don’t listen to yourself, right? Don’t you reckon?

C: I think that’s very scary if you’re not even going to bother listening to yourself, who is going to listen to you?

G: Yeah. Okay what’s the fine line between having a chat to yourself and not being heard and being mad?

C: Well, I think the fine line is we all need to sometimes talk to ourselves and motivate ourselves. And sometimes using that third person especially like if it’s a situation we’re trying to make your mind up on something, it can be really powerful.

Because if you keep on thinking either this gets you too personal but someone outside of myself, you know what Maxfield, what should you be doing here?

And you can step away, you can see things realistically but if you find it a little bit lonely and you’re walking down the street and you’re going: “Isn’t it a nice flower over there? Gee they’ve got a great garden?! Oh, they really should have cleaned up the weeds over there.” And you’re just having a chat for the sake of a chat that to me is indicating that there’s a slight deal of madness there.

G: You did oblivious to what’s happening around. You touched an interesting point there. I want to continue with you speaking of the third person. I detest people who speak in the third person where people will say their names and sprouting a story. Why can’t be I or something like that?

C: Oh no, that’s completely..

G: And that to me is the center of the ultimate ego and I find it just detestable. Is there such a word as detestable, distasteful I mean.

C: There is detestable and distasteful, I totally agree with you.

C: I totally agree with you. I actually remember talking to someone once who continually referred to himself in the third person. He had a very questionable name anyway and kept using it in the conversation.

I was looking and going, seriously? Really? Yes. I don’t think it’s wise to have conversation with others and talk about yourself in the third person.

But if you need to have a talk to yourself, shall we say, then it’s better to use the third person because you are removing yourself.

It’s like you know, you might say to someone. If you had to give yourself this advice or someone else is going through, what you are going through, what would you say?

And that’s kind of when the third person comes in, but… if I was to sit here and say well what Clare, reckons is… That’s just weird.

G: Yeah, I guess now I agree. As I’ve said, speaking of the third person I just think Ugh… Okay, anyhow…

But I’m asking first, I have been playing sports for example and I say: “Come on Ridge, get your act together” or something like that.

C: Definitely motivational.

G: That’s alright, isn’t it?

C: That is motivational. That is fantastic. And a lot of situation people do it- in stressful, in motivational and situations where they just got to get themselves moving it- works wonderfully!

G: Do you think it’s better to talk out loud when you’re talking to yourself? For example, when you’re looking at yourself in the mirror and hopefully it’s all fogging and you’re thinking, “how come I’ve aged so well and all my mates haven’t?

But do you think it’s good to espouse one’s thoughts out loud or should one just keep them to oneself?

C: I’m having a giggle to myself because I’m thinking of situations. I think it depends where you are. If you’re on your own, and you need to have a stern chat with yourself, well go for it.

But if you’re sitting on a train or you’re walking down the street or somewhere and there’s people around, keep it to yourself.

G: They might be interested. You never know. You might be a bit harsh?

C: Look. I maybe harsh but talking out loud when people know you’re not talking to them is a sign of madness. And we’ve all seen those people wandering down the streets muttering away.

G: Do you think when you’re sitting in the car talking on the phone, remember when years ago, very few people did that and you would be chatting away and then the person In the car next to you will be looking at you and thinking, “that’s a bit odd”

C: Uh-huh

G: They’re chatting away and now it’s all done deed that people around know what you’re doing. It is not that bad truly, isn’t it?

C: Not in the car. You can easily have a good chat to yourself. You might be going to a meeting, you might have left something, you want to tell yourself off, you want to build yourself up, that’s fine.

Again, as long as no one is sitting beside you, looking at your sideways.

G: Oh, I get your point. Clare Maxfield our image consultant.

If you’re going to talk to yourself, do it.

C: On your own.

G: On your own. Good on you.

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Interview with Glenn Ridge 3MP – discussing Proper Greeting, Handshake and Job Hunting Tips

G: It’s 13 to 10. 1377 at 3MP and joining us is an Image Consultant and some of us, well, some of the others need as much hope as I can get. Alright, I too. Clare Maxfield.

How are you Clare?

C: Really well, Glenn.

G: Now Clare, I actually read the Herald Sun this morning and had a real chuckle one because of the idiot on the front page texting…

C: I get you.

G: Although you gotta put this on- he is a clown. I don’t know which page it is. I turned it on page 5. Have a listen to this. I got to tell you. Police in West Massachusetts, have had to issue a warning to people- stop getting drunk and chasing bears.

Not a good idea to get drunk and chase bears, you would imagine. This is the part Clare- The North Adams Police Department is urging everyone to not chase bears through the woods with the dull hatchet while drunk.

Yes, they really do that there.

C: What I’m trying to work out is that is it okay to do it with a sharp hatchet or?

G: Not a blunt one.

C: Not a blunt one.

G: Isn’t that funny?

C: It’s hilarious.

G: Now for your own means, that wouldn’t be a good one because although they’re…I mean being with 13 thousand people in that local town, that man is going to get the hell of a bagging for the rest of his life.

C: He is going to be named as the dull hatchet bearman for the rest of his life.It’s just one bear.

G: Just one bear. I heard that before too.

And now the other one. I would like take you a task if I can

C: uh-huh

G: Because you joined us just a couple of weeks ago and you were saying how it’s very important that you look your best when you go for a job.

C: Yes, I did say that. I said in fact, in many cases you’re going to earn more money the better you look.

G: And you should put photo in the CV sometimes.

C: Yes, I did.

G: There’s a report which just came out which has said, in fact, they are not recommending for pretty women or women in general to put pictures when they go on their CV because it can be to their detriment.

C: I did. . I read that article as well.

G: What do you reckon?

C: I actually have to say, It’s a hard one because I can see where they are coming from. And I get what they’re saying because there are some women out there that almost get pushed aside because their perceived, they are just too good looking.

If you are that good looking, you can’t be smart as well.

G: Is it a jealousy… Obviously it’s a jealousy thing.

C: I think there’s a jealousy thing and there’s a confidence thing, you know. It could be a man who’s maybe gotten trouble in the past. Maybe the eyes are a bit of a wanderer so he knows he better not have anyone attractive around him or the wife will be frowning on him, or you know, the company could just, you know, just end up in so much trouble.

G: He certainly could end up in trouble. That’s for sure. The other thing that is interesting too is that handsome men don’t have the same issue apparently.

C: No, we like handsome men around. And the thing is we often sort of think about, you know, quite often handsome man is generally not that intelligent so something to look at. Ohh, I’m sorry…

G: Oh, what do you mean?

C: I’m sorry stereotypes… You’re an exception Glenn. You are one of the exceptions.

G: Very glad.

C: But I think women do get a hard time. It even happened to me once.

Years ago, I thought I couldn’t go somewhere because of the way I looked

G: Oh, okay.

C: And I was most offended that I couldn’t go and help with this, you know (group), my girlfriend was part of a group and she said: “Oh no. You are too good looking?” Fair enough. I dont want them That wasn’t.

G: Well, that’s was a slap in the face compliment, backhanded compliment.

C: It was a backhanded compliment and I just sort of like, that’s a bit weird but I … It’s a fine line and I probably… I’d like to think that most women could put their photo on their application. It depends on the company they are going to apply for.

G: Well, the interesting thing also is that if it links back to facebook and all that sort of thing, let’s face it , most people know when they are hiring someone, automatically they go to facebook and check them out I would imagine.

C: They can go to facebook when they are younger. The higher up, they got LinkedIn. And in LinkedIn, you got to have your profile photo there anyway. That’s sort of business to business is LinkedIn.

G: Yeah

C: And it’s there. But as you said, they can go to facebook or if it’s someone who’s being invisible, you just google them.

You put your own name and then under the images tab you are going to get so many different photos that maybe have come from facebook or LinkedIn, Instagram. If you’re tagged in it, it can appear in just Google search. You can see what someone looks like.

I do know… One girlfriend once told me about, there’s this guy that they were looking at employing and his CV was kind of so-so. And then she said, when he walked in the room , he was good looking, he was tall, he was striking.

They needed someone who ‘s actually gonna be quite powerful in his role.

G: mmmm.

C: She said: “He got it simply by just walking in the room.”

G: Uh-huh. He didn’t have to open his mouth.

C: He didn’t have to open his mouth.

G: So many men have lost their jobs by opening their mouths really, haven’t they?

C: It can be, especially if they’ve got a voice that doesn’t pay well.

G: Now, can we also talk about Handshakes because you and I have chatted about this. I reckon, men and women, boys and girls should be taught how to shake hands properly in primary school.

C: I’m with you on that.

G: And it should be part of the education.

C: I’m with you on that 100%. Because that is how we greet each other now. That is the standard western style of greeting.

G: Uh-huh. I was introduced to a guy the other night and I shook his hand it was kind of floppy dead fish and I think: “Woah! This is really weird.”

How should you shake hands?

C: Okay, ideally you should look the person in the eye. Secondly, stand up.

I was doing a workshop with all these graduates the other day. Half of them sat down. Ooh, did I put them to task by the end of it.

And then when you greet, it’s gotta be your… the webbing, between your thumbs next to touch and then just give as much pressure as the other person is giving you. So if it’s someone who does give you a soft handshake, don’t go with the hard… not a Mark Latham over top of you to a handshake

G: Yup.

C: And if it’s a firm handshake, give the same amount of pressure back. And just like we go 2 or 3 pumps, you should shake it 2 or 3 times cause if it’s not enough, you’re not interested. If you just keep shaking it, something going… “You’re creepy. You are really creepy… let go of my hand… step away…”

G: That’s weird…

I hate it when you shake hands with someone who has a firm handshake but you never get your hand variety in there.

C: Oh, tippers.

G: And then you crush your fingers and you kinda say this: “let go of my hand. Let go of my hand”

C: Well, I have this guy once who is complaining about women shaking hands too softly. So I said, “here, shake my hand.” He almost bent the rings on my finger.

G: Ahh…

C: I was really… It was quite insulting. And I still looked and went: “Right, you don’t like women.”

G: But I there are, you know… He might just be brought up like lots of farmers that really have that solid hand shake?

C: Well, he’s not a farmer and he was in real estate and he should’ve… as I was doing workshop

G: Oh, he hated women. That right.

Clare, if anyone wants to catch you, clare@claremaxfield.com.au?

C: That’s it Glenn.

G: Thank you. Clare Maxfield there and I’ll shake your hand later.

This is My Melbourne on 3MP.

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Interview with Glenn Ridge 3MP – discussing Easter Etiquette – what to bring to a BBQ on good friday and what to expect

 

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Glenn Ridge: 14 to 10. One of my favourite ads on TV is the moment when the two couples meet in the supermarket and one lady says to the other lady- “come around, come and join us for a barby.” And she said, “don’t bring anything: and then as soon as she turns around, the guy says: “You bewdy, we don’t have to bring a thing.” And the wife says, “Can’t not bring anything.” So they take the Cadbury Favorites.

The reason I say this is Clare Maxfield, Image consultant who joins us every couple of weeks, is here so we can talk about that this morning.

Good morning Clare.

Clare Maxfield: Good morning Glenn .

Glenn Ridge: Can you go to someone’s place and not take anything?

Clare Maxfield: I don’t think so. I think if they are putting on a spread for you, you can at least return the favour by bringing them a small or large token. But generally, it’s just a token.

Glenn Ridge: As in chocolates or flowers or what?

Clare Maxfield: Chocolates, flowers, a bottle of wine. Ideally you should know the couple. And if you know them well, you know what the kind of wine they like to drink. So take a bottle of wine. And if they are non-drinkers, you might take a box of chocolates or you might have want to take a dessert or flowers. If you don’t really know them, take flowers with you.

Glenn Ridge: It’s a funny one, I’ve got a friend who whenever he invites people around for dinner, he insists no one take any. Wine for example. For example you can come in to my place for dinner. Then when he goes anywhere, he doesn’t take anything. He kind of think that- hang on, if it’s alright for me to supply everything to people to come to my home they can do the same to me. I don’t think he’s get invited to many places, I got to say.

Clare Maxfield: No, that’s interesting in theory and on sort of one side he’s right because he is living by his own ethos. But rarely, if ever, will ever turn up empty handed. Now I’ve got a friend, who, whenever I go over (to their place) they may have chosen the wines we’re having, so they’ll put my wine to the side. But I can tell you, the next time I go over, and it’s just maybe the two of us and not a party, they will bring out my wine.

So it’s not like I’m stocking up their wine cabinet but they know, if I bought it, it’s something I want to share with them and not something cheap from a dollar bin and so they save it for special occasion where it’s just, you know, us.

Glenn Ridge: Until they bring it back to your place, when they’re invited then you take it back to their place and your bottle of wine stays around for couple of years

Clare Maxfield: So we both have that bottle of wine for ten years.

Glenn Ridge: What about over Easter? We need to look at things like religious considerations too. For example you’re hosting a party, what should and shouldn’t we do?

Clare Maxfield: Well look, it’s one of those things, tomorrow is Good Friday so we know the Catholics of the world will be eating seafood, if you’re hosting a party and you’re planning to put chops and snags on the barby and steaks, find out if you’ve got maybe a catholic friend coming or you are catholic and you want to have to seafood, ask them just to say: “ look, I’m kind of avoiding meat tomorrow, It’s a one day of the year I don’t. Do you want me to bring something?” Some people will say: “it’s alright, we’ve got some prawns, we’re going to throw a shrimp on the barby” or they might say, if they want to… Either ways ask, don’t rock up then turn around to the host and go: “by the way, I’m not eating meat today, what have you got for me?” That just throws people into tail spin.

You will see the husband gets in the car and hightail it down to Coles to find you something to eat.

Glenn Ridge: Well I guess it goes from the point of view of not so much of vegetarians but lactose intolerant and all those sort of people who have conditions like that. It should always begin so as not to create an embarrassment, I guess.

Clare Maxfield: Completely. If you have a food allergy preference, a dietary requirement, if you are invited somewhere, let the host know before you go not after you have arrived.

Because there’s often very little they can do after you’ve arrived and a good host/ hostess will take, or you know, will make allowances for you and have something there but there is nothing worse than someone having a barbecue, you come in and say you’re a vegetarian, and all there is, is a green leaf salad over there.

You are embarrassed, they are embarrassed, save everyone.

Glenn Ridge: Unless you’re like the typical aussie bloke, we don’t get embarrassed easily, you know.

Clare Maxfield: The typical aussie.

Glenn Ridge: I would probably mock them.

Clare Maxfield: The typical aussie bloke just goes out and says here’s a sausage.

Glenn Ridge: That’s right. Actually, just on that from the host of a barbecue or function point of view over this time of the year, are there any do’s and don’ts do you reckon? What should we and shouldn’t we do?

Clare Maxfield: Well, considering its Easter, we’re often travelling and we should be aware of how much we have colleagues and friends are drinking, considering when you think of the last guests you just had on. So you make sure, you’re not plying your friends (with drink) so they are legless unless you go: “alright, I’m keeping the car keys.” And you’re getting a cab home and just make sure you have got some nice foods and wines there for everyone to enjoy.

Glenn Ridge: And don’t mock people.

Clare Maxfield: And don’t mock those that have chosen to celebrate the religious significance of Easter. I mean for many people, Easter is about hot cross buns and chocolate Easter eggs and maybe a chocolate bilby. But for some people, it is a very religious time. And you know, sometimes we often don’t know what is important to our friends, and this is the time when it can be… they might want to celebrate their religion, you know. So be nice. Be thoughtful and don’t give them a ribbing

Glenn Ridge: Unless he’s your brother-in-law. Surely I would have mock them anytime of the day.

Clare Maxfield: Our brother-in-laws, that’s what they come in to our family for. As soon as they sign that marriage certificate, it’s you are in there for ribbing for the rest of your natural life.

Glenn Ridge: But you have to do it. Now, what do you up to Easter, is there anything special?

Clare Maxfield: Ah look, I’m just catching up with friends, that’s what Easter normally means to me. I’ll be with the family on Sunday and tomorrow with friends and it’s just… for me it’s a time of being in the garden. Don’t ask me why. I love the garden over Easter . And the rest of the time I just like to sleep in and to see a few friends a few days.

Glenn Ridge: Yeah. And I reckon the best ad campaign is that Cadbury favourites because I love it now when they rolls up and they have a box of chocolates.

Clare Maxfield: Don’t you love it? It has just brought chocolates in to every house and that is a good thing.

Glenn Ridge: And I can’t believe how many people steal the cherry ripes in it too.

Clare Maxfield: Oh see, you’ll have the cherry ripes, I’ll be going for the Turkish Delights.

Glenn Ridge: You can take the Turkish Delights any time.

Clare Maxfield: We can share a box of chocolates well together.

Glenn Ridge: We’ll eat through it. Hey Clare, if anyone wants to utilize your services, what’s the best thing to find out about you?

Clare Maxfield: Easily, call me on the details at my website which is www.claremaxfield.com.au and I’m doing a lot of work with etiquette with graduates and with companies because you know, they have all these kids and they have great skills but are not getting jobs. So I thought that’s what we will talk about next time because these kids are getting law degrees and ending up barristers.

And I can make sure that when they do their interviews, they are shining.

Glenn Ridge: Okay, so they become highly educated barristers.

Clare Maxfield: Hopefully though they will be able to use the degree and the diploma and everything that they have

Glenn Ridge: Have a good Easter, Clare.

Clare Maxfield: You too, Glenn.

Glenn Ridge: Clare Maxfield there. It’s 7 to 10

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