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Limousine Etiquette The person who owns the car drives it. Dont interrupt the driver or be offended if he needs peace and quite. In a limousine or taxi cab, observe a pecking order. The best seat in the back of a taxi cab or limousine is curb-side, diagonal to the driver. This seat is reserved for dignitaries, important clients or senior executives. It's also where the owner of a limousine sits when riding alone, or where you should sit when riding in a taxi cab alone. Younger executives should wait until others have been seated to take their seats. They sit in the jump seats located in the middle of the backseat (the least comfortable seat). If four persons are traveling in a stretch limo, the two most VIPs are in the back seat; the third in the side jump seat and the lowest on the totem pole in the front seat. If there are two senior and three jr. executives in a group, seat yourselves as follows: senior man curb-side; next senior man next to him and let the junior man take the front seat. Normally, a junior executive would ask a senior executive where he should be seated. Socially, when a man is escorting a woman, and contrary to popular belief, he enters the limousine first, always curbside, slides over and then the woman enters and the driver closes the door. Courteous behavior also applies to private transportation.
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Lisa M. Grotts |
