DEAR MISS MANNERS: My boss let me know that my co-workers have often “told on me,” reporting when I arrive back to work three ...

We're talking 3 minutes late back from lunch. A few minutes before quitting time. These people are not your friends.

Gentle Reader: Sorry, but you will have to snatch the fountain pen out of Miss Manners’ cold, lifeless hand before she agrees ...

Miss Manners would prefer that any such label be dispensed with altogether. If it comes up in conversation, you simply say ...

Does it imply that the cook was sloppy? GENTLE READER: Perhaps, but it is preferable to choking slowly on pea strings. DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was taught by my mother and grandmother, who practiced ...

My children are constantly bucking my request of using good table manners. GENTLE READER: The expensive way to solve this would be to offer to take the children to Europe once they master the ...

GENTLE READER: None times. Because they then transform from helpful relatives to scary intruders. DEAR MISS MANNERS: If someone comes downstairs in the morning, who should be the one to say ...