Office Overseeing Etiquette Plagued by Etiquette Problems

Washington Post: “The Office of the Chief of Protocol oversees the glitz and glamour of diplomacy, and is responsible for enforcing the rules of decorum to maintain tradition and tee up U.S. negotiators for success.

“But inside that office, U.S. employees have complained about internal breaches in etiquette and protocol under the leadership of the Trump administration’s political appointees running day-to-day affairs.”

“The complaints resulted in an investigation by the State Department’s in-house watchdog, which in May produced a report saying that the former chief of protocol, Sean Lawler, committed what could be considered ‘workplace violence’… Officials described an environment of yelling, cursing, ‘overconsuming alcohol,’ and intimidating and abusive behavior.”