Miss Manners: I feel guilty for lingering at a table after paying the bill

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader worried about staying too long at a table ...

Miss Manners: Lingering too long at a restaurant table after the check has been paid

GENTLE READER: Unlike the genii of legend, Miss Manners takes no pleasure in recognizing that what Gentle Readers have ...
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Miss Manners: How long can we linger at a restaurant?

A restaurant is a social gathering spot, but it’s also a place of business. And since we had no further business there, I ...
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Miss Manners addresses staff boundaries and gratitude etiquette

In her latest advice, Miss Manners covers treating household staff as employees rather than guests, the impropriety of soliciting thanks, and other everyday etiquette dilemmas. She advises offering ...

Miss Manners: How long is too long to linger at a restaurant?

Dear Miss Manners: After two hours at a restaurant with a group of friends, everyone had eaten, the check had been settled, ...

Miss Manners: Small plates, big resentment

Dear Miss Manners: I hosted a small birthday party for my husband at a restaurant. Our guests were a couple and a single man.
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Miss Manners: My colleague’s friendly letter was really just a sales pitch

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A colleague just sent me a “friends and family” letter, months after the holidays. In itself, this is fine. I have never received a family letter from them before; we are friendly, ...