In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to if client cards should include formal titles.

Husband’s small business sends out holiday cards to clients without including their titles.

I have discovered that my husband’s small business has been sending out birthday/anniversary cards addressed to clients by ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My boss let me know that my co-workers have often “told on me,” reporting when I arrive back to work three minutes late from lunch or leave a few minutes early.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it proper for company employees to address customers by their given names? Banks do it, call centers do it, salespeople do it. I always appreciate being called “Mr. Smith ...

I’ve noticed that some mature women do not change how they apply makeup as they get older, which makes their maturing ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a physician, ... “I don’t call my patients by their first names — it seems fairer and more dignified to call them ‘Mr.’ or ‘Ms.’ ...

Miss Manners: Woman addressed by first name after the men get ‘Mr.’ A veteran is feeling slighted after all the men in her online exercise group get addressed as Mr. while she just gets called ...

Miss Manners: Coach addresses all the men as ‘mister’ but calls me by my first name Published: Feb. 07, 2025, 6:01 a.m. Judith Martin pens the Miss Manners column.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When my children were growing up, ... Both families taught the children old-fashioned respect for their elders and expected them to call adults by “Mr.” or “Mrs.” ...

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 ...

Miss Manners: When groups hog the sidewalk, what’s the best way through them? Plus, She calls the men ‘Mr.’ but calls me by my first name ...