Miss Manners: Must a diner swallow others' mistakes and eat a meal they didn’t order?
It is in the interest of restaurants to have dissatisfied customers speak up, so that errors are corrected and they go home ...
Miss Manners: How can I make my neighbor follow the walking rules?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My dear neighbor regularly walks their dog on our fairly remote suburban streets, which don’t have ...
Miss Manners: Older co-worker often exclaims ‘good girl!’ when I’ve finished a project. It’s infuriating
GENTLE READER: Rarely one to seek out offense where none is intended, even Miss Manners wonders why these strangers feel the ...
Miss Manners: An RDP (restricted diet person) ruined our potluck dinner
I told my husband that if this happened again, I’d let him deal with RDP. He’s the one that invites this person ...
Miss Manners: I kept my maiden name, but my parents call me by husband’s name.
Dear Miss Manners: How do I tell my friend to go away and leave me alone? I need my alone time to recharge, but she will keep ...
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What do you do while your eating with others?
A new survey found that during a typical dinner, 41 percent of respondents talk to people they're with, while ...
Miss Manners: ‘How do I tell my friend to go away and leave me alone’ -- respectfully, of course
DEAR MISS MANNERS: How do I tell my friend to go away and leave me alone? I need my alone time to recharge, but she will keep ...
Miss Manners: They insist on calling me by my husband’s name — and I’m the rude one?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am in a committed same-sex marriage. My spouse was invited to his friend’s upcoming wedding. I was not.
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Miss Manners: Friend is an open-mouth chewer who won’t let me have lunch in peace
Then, just one time to show goodwill, offer to go out to lunch instead. Miss Manners cannot guarantee that your friend will keep her mouth closed while she eats there, either, but if you choose the ...
Miss Manners: I love my friend, but I hate her stinky lunch
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin provides guidance on how to politely request alone time from a friend during lunch breaks at work, suggesting that meeting at the studio ...
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Miss Manners: How do I get my friend to leave me alone when I’m eating?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: How do I tell my friend ... Other than that, she is a good friend. How do I tell her to just GO AWAY when I want to eat my food in peace? GENTLE READER: Tell her that meeting ...
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Miss Manners: She left in tears after ignoring my family’s food allergies
One can attempt to educate her without berating her — acknowledging her good intentions and saying that she could hardly be expected to understand how the allergies work, but that it would be ...