Miss Manners: Feeling guilty for leaving a friend’s concert early
A couple attended a friend’s concert at a local restaurant and made their exit right before the band played their last song ...
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Miss Manners: Is it rude to use an umbrella when it causes people in your orbit to get wet?
If absolutely stuck next to them, you could open your umbrella just enough to make a small tent over your head, in which case ...
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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: Gardener would rather talk to plants than neighbors
I respond in a cordial, or at least a civil, way to friends and neighbors who ask me questions about my garden while I am ...
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Miss Manners: Parent refuses to serve pizza to kids who arrive late to child’s birthday party
I attended a children’s birthday party at a well-known pizza place where tables are reserved for a few hours and the children ...
Miss Manners: Was the host right to deny pizza to latecomers?
(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or ...
Miss Manners: The host denied food to the kids who were late to the birthday party
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I attended a children’s birthday party at a well-known pizza place where tables are reserved for a few ...
Miss Manners: What should I have said to the snobby bigwig?
Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or ...
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Miss Manners: Being a snob is a bad look
For people, such an occasion might be a ladies’ spa day, where the husband would not be invited. In the case of flatware, the ...
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Miss Manners: Get over it — most brides wear white
GENTLE READER: Far in the past. Big white dresses have been the uniform for all brides for decades now. Whether previously ...
Miss Manners: People take advantage of my kindness and cooking skills
Letter writer wishes guests would offer to help when they are come over for meals. Dear Miss Manners: I’m looking for your ...
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Miss Manners: ‘This customer’ preferable to ‘that lady over there’
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am 21 years old, and I have worked in assorted venues of customer service since I was 17. I am currently employed at a bank, and frequently a customer will ask a question to ...