When called “Bob,” I often feign surprise and say, “Oh! Do I know you personally?” When they say no, I reply, “When you ...

GENTLE READER: Certainly that is how Miss Manners prefers to be addressed by company employees. But these days, she feels ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it proper for company employees to address customers by their given names? Banks do it, call centers do ...

GENTLE READER: Certainly that is how Miss Manners prefers to be addressed by company employees. But these days, she feels ...

Table manners, to some, can be a class signifier ... The way you hold your utensils can matter, but mostly for practicality. Ever sat down at a table to find way more forks than you know what to do ...

Banks do it, call centers do it, salespeople do it. I appreciate being called “Mr. Smith” instead of just “Bob,” but it ...

Ensuring kids have manners is a perennial preoccupation for parents and caregivers. How, then, do you <a target=_blank href= ...

“It’s borrowing money. It’s lending money. It’s splitting the bill.” We learned early in life that manners matter. We learn a little later in life money manners are pretty important too. “The biggest ...

The Blank Space singer could be heard correcting a security guard in a viral clip at Travis Kelce's football game.

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.

My brother’s family and my aunt and uncle all have clear qualms about queer relationships. I think they’d also be offended ...

(For that matter, everybody is. All the time.) Yet Miss Manners hopes that everybody who is able to spare some money will use it to help others. So rather than just hand it out to whoever asks ...