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Miss Manners: Is it rude to use an umbrella when others don’t have one?
A letter writer is wondering if it’s selfish to use their umbrella in public places when others around them don’t have one to use as well?
Miss Manners: Umbrella etiquette in crowds means you have to get creative
If I open my umbrella, then the rain that hits it falls onto the people next to me, most of whom do not have umbrellas.
Miss Manners: It is rude to open an umbrella in a crowd of unprepared people?
A well-prepared reader gets chastised for opening her umbrella in a crowd; a gardener thinks it’s rude when passersby interrupt her with questions.
Miss Manners: My umbrella keeps me dry while drenching the unprepared
Are you hoping that Miss Manners will say it is fine that your umbrella is channeling additional water onto the person in the seat next to you because you are only adding to the soaking that umbrella-less people deserve?
Miss Manners: Is it bad if my umbrella gets other people wet?
This time of year, it often rains in the afternoon, and so I carry an umbrella with me. However, many people do not. On occasion, it will start raining when I am in a crowd -- at the ballpark, for example,
Miss Manners: Is it ok to use my umbrella if no one around me has one?
Is it rude of me to use mine in these situations? GENTLE READER: Are you hoping that Miss Manners will say it is fine that your umbrella is channeling additional water onto the person in the seat next to you because you are only adding to the soaking that umbrella-less people deserve?
Miss Manners: University president was a condescending snob
A letter writer was invited to attend a college football game at a VIP box where the university’s president kept making ...
Were you rude this year? Miss Manners top 10 columns of 2024
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MLive7h
Miss Manners: People who interrupt your gardening deserve a quick answer, then an about-face
GENTLE READER: While she agrees that neither pretending not to hear nor running and hiding are good solutions, Miss Manners ...
Miss Manners: They say I’m rude to use my umbrella like this
On occasion, it will start raining when I am in a crowd — at the ballpark, for example, or waiting for the light to change on ...
Miss Manners: How long do we have to send out New Year’s cards?
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Miss Manners: What’s the most polite way to set a dinner table when one guest will not be eating any food?
We have a longtime friend, now neighbor, who cannot consume food ... they can consume very limited quantities of liquids ...
Miss Manners: Should the bride wear white if she’s not, well, you know ...
GENTLE READER: Far in the past. Big white dresses have been the uniform for all brides for decades now. Whether previously ...
Miss Manners: The evolution of wedding customs and the meaning of the white dress
GENTLE READER: Far in the past. Big white dresses have been the uniform for all brides for decades now. Whether previously ...
Lehigh Valley Live8d
Miss Manners: Get over it ... most brides wear white
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a close friend who is getting ... She has signed up for a bridal registry and is planning on having a lavish post-wedding celebration. Am I an old-school traditionalist ...
East Bay Times9d
Miss Manners: Given her history, is the bride allowed to wear white?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a close friend who is getting ... She has signed up for a bridal registry and is planning on having a lavish post-wedding celebration. Am I an old-school traditionalist ...
Miss Manners: How to deal with nosy neighbors while gardening
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am lucky enough to have gardens all around my house, including along a city sidewalk. My problem is how ...