DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it proper for company employees to address customers by their given names? Banks do it, call centers do it, salespeople do it. I always appreciate being called “Mr. Smith ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friends, all gainfully employed adults, will often invite a group out to dinner or drinks to celebrate an occasion, like a birthday or professional milestone. In some cases ...

GENTLE READER: Your friends may be gainfully employed, but they are not what Miss Manners would call adults. Anyone who thinks they can get away with such behavior and still have friends has much ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter is a talented chef. She has a job cooking for a family of four. They appreciate her food, are not too terribly picky, and pay better than her former thankless jobs ...

Well, two, so that the other child doesn’t start to shriek. (Notice that Miss Manners assumes that you would rather solve the problem than punish the parents.) Of course, you can simply ask to ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friends, all gainfully employed adults, will often invite a group out to dinner or drinks to celebrate an occasion, like a birthday or professional milestone. In some cases ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Do I have to host my in-laws for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner? We all rotate who hosts, and it is probably my family’s turn. But my in-laws are terrible guests.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: How should I address ChatGPT? I deal with this creation every day. It responds to my questions and requests in a friendly, chatty manner. Its responses seem almost human.

Mind your manners, please! Taylor Swift politely put her security guard’s manners in check shortly after arriving to see her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, take the field. A security guard for the ...

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