Miss Manners: 'Regular guy' comes off rude when he won't use host's fine stemware
GENTLE READER: It is your own conscience -- and not etiquette, Miss Manners assures you -- that should determine whether or ...
Miss Manners: Was it rude to eat something lovely in front of a guest and not provide her the same?
She was rather upset, I think. She was a bit sullen the rest of the day. That evening, she told me I was an awful host to eat ...
Miss Manners: Moderator asks for audience questions, gets rambling, dull comments instead
I end up feeling like the event was hijacked by these rambling audience members, and I resent the fact that the program ...
Miss Manners: Strategies for managing audience interactions at lectures
(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or ...
Miss Manners: If our guests can’t afford an apartment like ours, is it rude to invite them to a housewarming?
I’m sensitive to the fact that my financial situation is very different than that of my classmates, and particularly that of ...
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Miss Manners: The audience started chanting at the man who hijacked the microphone
I realize this was a rude way to treat a fellow human being. However, we have paid a fee to listen to an expert in the field, ...
Miss Manners: Relative comes for dinner but barely eats my food
My issue is that she doesn't eat our meals. She will place small amounts of food on her plate and maybe eat half of it. Her ...
Miss Manners: How to handle extended conversations with colleagues
DEAR MISS MANNERS: During a casual conversation with a co-worker in the break room, another colleague entered in a hurry. We ...
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Miss Manners: Break room conversation becomes stressful
I thought would be a brief exchange turned into a longer conversation, inadvertently leaving the first co-worker out of the ...
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Dear Annie: Is it rude to send a digital shower invitation?
I took umbrage by the impersonal, thoughtless manner in which they were sent. After all, I will be setting an afternoon aside ...
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Manor Lords players discover character with incredibly rude, but accurate, name
Players of Manor Lords have come across a character with an incredibly rude but accurate name in the game. Manor Lords is a medieval city-builder and real-time tactics video game that's playable on PC ...