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People who have good manners at restaurants never order while talking on the phone simultaneously. It's considered rude to ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a tremor in my hands, worse in my dominant hand, and it affects my table manners. In public, I try ...
But what if we stopped attacking strangers who disagree with us online and just scrolled on past? What if we brought back ...
Jeremy Clarkson has taken aim at the British public in his latest column, as he claimed that one particular aspect of society ...
The solution is to manage the time, as well as the quantity of alcohol consumed. After all, you did not keep serving the pot ...
My son attends many different summer camps. Adding a few days of etiquette to the mix seemed smart.The camp focused on table manners, curiosity, and distinguishing gratitude from entitlement.It lead ...
Table manners: There appears to be a significant deterioration in having proper table manners. Some seem to explain this by stating that families are much busier than we seniors were growing up.
Throughout our growing up years, our parents preached good manners. We’ve all learned the basics: Say “please” and “thank you ...
In America, it is proper to keep the unused hand in one’s lap; in Europe, it is rested on the table. In neither part of the world is it polite to characterize others’ manners as rude.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I would be most grateful if you could provide guidance on how to graciously handle two common problems with email.
I know this is disrespectful. My heart drops to my stomach when he does it. Everything is perfect when we’re not in these ...