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Dear Miss Manners: What’s the etiquette with ex-colleagues?

Gentle Reader: As etiquette prohibits you from snatching a gift back out of the recipient’s hands, Miss Manners recommends ...

Miss Manners: I found an expensive bracelet. Are there rules about what I can do with it?

GENTLE READER: As etiquette prohibits you from snatching a gift back out of the recipient’s hands, Miss Manners recommends ...

Miss Manners: Do my former work friends want to be friend-friends?

I consider this something like a sympathy situation and wonder if the remaining employees should call or write me to offer ...

Miss Manners: No word from old co-workers since I was let go

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to whether former colleagues or the departing ...
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Miss Manners: After being let go, how should I contact my former co-workers?

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; ...

Miss Manners: Is it ok to give away some expensive jewelry I found to a friend?

I tried my best to find the owner, placing an ad in a local online publication. It has been some weeks now, and no one has claimed it.

Miss Manners: Wonderful hosts don’t always make good guests

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have visited a dear friend a few times over the years, and each time, I am greeted with a lovely guest ...

Miss Manners: You ‘don’t want to be any trouble,’ but actually you’re offending your host

Oh, Miss Manners realizes that was not your friend’s intention. She is one of those people who says, “I just don’t want to be any trouble,” and therefore creates not only unnecessary trouble, but bad ...

12 British Etiquette Rules Americans Need to Adopt

Memorize these British etiquette rules to look perfectly proper in every situation—from social gatherings to business meetings ...