Miss Manners will, however, remind you that your methods are different when teaching graduate students and undergraduates: ...

I think she feels that offices are somehow public spaces and that knocking is unnecessary, but my policy has always been to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a professor at a small university. One of my colleagues has the annoying habit of entering my office ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to concerns about changing language, explaining how ...

Ninety minutes to two hours, the expected time to linger at a cocktail party, is also reasonable for “just drinks.” In any ...

Ninety minutes to two hours, the expected time to linger at a cocktail party, is also reasonable for “just drinks.” In any case, one should not stay beyond the common dinner hour of 7 p.m., even if ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to where to keep period products in a guest bathroom.

We blame kids for bad behaviour, but the truth is adults have quietly stopped teaching basic manners. Without these lessons, ...

Dear Heloise: In response to Diane T. in Arizona, I had the opposite happen to me. I had been going to a hairdresser for many, many years. It was my hairdresser who started to not be on time. My time ...

Miss Manners: My new co-workers are invading my privacy Miss Manners: I’m a regular at the hostel, and a new volunteer behaved unforgivably toward me Miss Manners: Here’s why ‘sir’ and ‘ma’am’ aren’t ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When did people become so insecure that they take offense at pretty much everything? I’ve noticed a huge shift. Compliments given by strangers are now considered an insult or an ...