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 ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
MLive6h
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.
MLive6h
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: Whose responsibility are the raindrops that drip from umbrella onto someone else’s head?
If absolutely stuck next to them, you could open your umbrella just enough to make a small tent over your head, in which case it will drip only onto your own shoulders. But you would be excused for ...
Alaska Dispatch News4h
Miss Manners: Live and let live — even the ‘We’re pregnant!’ people
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Lately it has seemed that the phrases “We’re pregnant” and “They’re pregnant” have been subsumed into acceptable usage.
Lehigh Valley Live18h
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 ...