Miss Manners: My table manners were called rude. What is a better way to correct someone?
GENTLE READER: Useful though the lesson may have proved, Miss Manners reminds you that correcting another person’s manners is, as a rule, rude.
Miss Manners: I was humiliated by my friend’s mom over table manners
DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I was in college, a friend’s family graciously opened their home to me for a couple of months while I ...
Miss Manners: I was corrected at a dinner table and value the life lesson, but I remember the embarrassment
During one evening meal, I was enjoying some garden tomatoes that the lady of the house had provided. She interrupted the ...
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Throwback: When Sushmita Sen reflected on learning table manners after Miss Universe win
The teacher explained that this practice helps one avoid overeating and maintain grace at the table. Sushmita remembered being told, “Eat well at home so you don’t feel compelled to eat too ...
Miss Manners: A friend talks about plans we have in front of others who are not invited and it’s awkward
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a friend who talks about plans she and I have together in front of others who are not invited. She ...
Miss Manners: Her slow, theatrical eating makes everyone at the table antsy
A reader has a family member who eats so slowly that it seems like an attention-grab; another has a relative who rudely ...
Miss Manners: I’m grateful that an adult once taught me how to eat a tomato
An adult family friend once corrected the way I eat a tomato. I appreciated the lesson. Is it OK for me to correct my ...
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Table manners
If you ask your friendly waiter, he’ll probably confirm your worst fears: 30 percent of water and 20 percent of food are left unconsumed on the table in a typical middle-class restaurant. As a happy ...
Miss Manners: She holds us captive with her performatively slow eating
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a family member who eats so slowly that everyone gets antsy waiting for her, especially the kids.
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Miss Manners: How to politely decline an unexpected request at a coffee shop
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I used to frequent a coffee shop in the suburbs, where I would work on my laptop for a couple of hours before catching a train to the city. One day, as I was working ...