Dear Miss Manners: My niece worked at a well-known retail store in the 1980s. She told me they were required to greet ...

Dear Annie: I have a good friend “Amy,” who is a great lady. We’ve known each other for about 15 years, but we reconnected about two years ago and started attending events together, including dinners ...

Are you now, or have you ever been, a teen-ager perplexed by an array of silverware or by the problem of what to do with a finger bowl? In his just-published book, Tiffany’s Table Manners for ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a high school senior who usually sits with my friend Oliver in English class. I’ve known him for about a year and we get along very well and hang out outside of school since we ...

Miss Manners: A new volunteer behaved unforgivably toward me. I want her fired Miss Manners: Why ‘sir’ and ‘ma’am’ aren’t appropriate anymore Miss Manners: My father cares more about his outfit than ...

Miss Manners: They saved me from a killer tomato. What’s the appropriate response? Miss Manners: The woman in the store insulted me. I’m not happy about how I responded. Miss Manners: I claimed to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a high school senior who usually sits with my friend Oliver in English class. I’ve known him for about a year and we get along very well and hang out outside of school since we ...

An etiquette program in Alexandria teaches children social skills. Students in first through fifth grade learn manners such as shaking hands and proper table settings. The course, taught by Carolyn ...

Earlier this year, mealtime at my house was feeling out of control. My kids were talking with their mouths open and complaining about each others poor manners. We introduced new rules gradually to ...