Miss Manners: If it’s one person with a laptop, can I ask to share their table?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A genteel, proper tea at a traditional hotel requires one to sit demurely at a table too diminutive for ...

Miss Manners: Is it rude to ask someone alone with a laptop at a coffeeshop to share the table?

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Dear Miss Manners: How do I apologize without actually doing so?

"Remaining silent is not an option, but I am not sorry for any of my actions and want to reiterate that strongly." ...

Miss Manners: The wedding guest used the tablecloth as a napkin?!

(She) pulled the tablecloth up from the floor and set it on her lap, proudly saying that she wasn’t going to get any food on ...

Miss Manners: Can you use a tablecloth as a napkin?

The woman sitting next to me pulled the tablecloth up from the floor and set it on her lap, proudly saying that she wasn’t ...