DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is there a good way to respond to men who refer to their co-workers as girls? I’ve heard this from my plumber as well as my financial adviser. They remark that they’ll have “one of ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Manners maketh the businessman, with a global survey finding Americans and Britons to be the most easily insulted by lack of workplace etiquette, while Australians are among the ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I worked with someone who was uber passive-aggressive and made my life at work difficult. Fortunately, she retired at the end of the semester. There was a retirement gathering for ...
Work might be a bit more pleasant for everyone if more people practiced good manners at the office, whether it’s remembering to say please and thank you or waiting one’s turn to talk. Only about a ...
"I understand that the favorite topic of conversation for most people is themselves, but what happened to a two-way conversation?" ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I had given a co-worker some wrong information -- nothing life-threatening, just the wrong date for something. Instead of just correcting me calmly, she got mad and barked the ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My mother-in-law works for a company, ordering products and shipping things out. For several years, I’ve noticed she will spend the company’s money on herself. She pays for shipping ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a gentleman who strives to live a mannerly life. In that regard, when riding public transportation, I offer my seat to ladies who are standing. I also wait for ladies to leave ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I attended two touring Broadway shows, and many families were at each performance. For one show, some people wore costumes: Across from me, a child had on a rather large hat the ...