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Miss Manners: Co-workers can’t take a hint when I’m on the phone

When the phone rings and I begin talking, my co-workers do not decrease the volume of their own conversations and do not leave the room.

Miss Manners: I’m the only one left in my family who will host events

I have one relative who insists on doing prep in my kitchen immediately before the meal instead of bringing a completed dish.

Miss Manners: My chatty co-workers are disturbing my productivity

The key to doing this is multiple wines served at different stages of the meal that will, of necessity, require a switch of ...

Miss Manners: My co-workers don’t seem to realize what I do for a living

When the phone rings and I begin talking, my co-workers do not decrease the volume of their own conversations (which are not ...

Best of Miss Manners: They bring containers from home to fill with leftovers and it bothers the host

GENTLE READER: Your solution is clever, if a bit devious and indirect. If you want to be more forthright -- or if you tire of ...

Miss Manners: I’m uncomfortable interacting with strangers who ask for change, but I don’t want to be rude

I feel that if I give in and begin ignoring people on the street, I will be allowing the rudeness of others to force me into ...
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Miss Manners: Putting husbands’ names on holiday cards feels outdated

While I know this used to be a correct form of address, I find this sexist and would be somewhat insulted to be addressed as ...
Lehigh Valley Live

Miss Manners: What’s with the ‘nonapologies’ these days?

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 ...

Miss Manners: To mix or not to mix? The layered cocktail dilemma

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to whether someone should mix or sip a layered ...

Miss Manners: How do I deal with emotional co-workers in a nonprofit with no boss?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I work at a nonprofit that prides itself on being all-volunteer, with no boss. Decisions are made at ...

Miss Manners: Lack of leadership makes a confusing workplace

Letter writer struggles being in a volunteer group that has no leader. Dear Miss Manners: I work at a nonprofit that prides ...
Orlando Sentinel

Miss Manners: Is it rude to ignore a friend’s annoying text?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Six weeks ago, a friend and I scheduled a meetup. We have not seen each other in person for more than a year. Miss Manners: My mother-in-law’s holiday-card habit is insulting, ...