Miss Manners: Private chef keeps getting distracted by clients
A parent wants to help their private chef daughter find a way to tune out distracting clients while she cooks.
Miss Manners: This family won’t let my daughter work in peace
However well-meaning this family is, Miss Manners can understand that it creates a nuisance for your daughter, who is trying ...
Miss Manners: Uninvited vegan guest judged my refrigerator contents
An uninvited, vegan plus 1 showed up to the letter writer’s dinner party and promptly criticized all the food.
Miss Manners: Was I wrong to ask a man to remove his baseball cap at the theater?
I asked a man sitting in front of me at a college musical to remove his distracting baseball cap, which he did. My wife later ...
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Miss Manners: Let’s be polite to our robot overlords
The unfortunate requirement of saying “Hey!” to get the attention of a certain nonhuman helper has led to the widespread ...
Miss Manners: Dealing with family who always have better solutions to your problems
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was dining solo, and a family with two small children was seated in my section. One toddler decided to treat the restaurant to prolonged, high-pitched shrieks. I didn’t want to ...
Miss Manners: An uninvited vegan snooped in my refrigerator and insulted my cheese
Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...
Miss Manners: Friend brought uninvited guest to dinner who did nothing but criticize my food
GENTLE READER: Other than your having a clear affinity for dairy products, Miss Manners sees nothing wrong with your shopping ...
Miss Manners: Uninvited vegan guest offered criticism and not much else at dinner party
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Am I the one who is in the wrong here? When I invited several friends to dinner recently, I was shamed and ...
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Miss Manners: Why is there a vegan in my house judging my cheese?
GENTLE READER: Decent people do not, as you said, admonish people directly. Nor do they go looking for trouble. If the ...
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Miss Manners: How to respond when strangers comment on your looks
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I started going gray at age 14, so I’ve gotten a lot of comments about my appearance over the last 20 years -- shockingly, ALL from women. From my friends’ moms (“You’re ...