In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a worker mourning her grandmother and was ...

My co-worker, who has been trying to become a supervisor for the last 15 years, and maybe will one day, always seems to have to inquire about everything. My grandma passed away, and I got approval ...

I had asked the same question of a waiter, now nowhere in sight, 15 minutes earlier. I told the diner that the restroom was outside the main room of the restaurant, in the hallway ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to when a dog relieves itself in a public courtyard ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was dining within inches of an occupied table for two at a restaurant. One of the men at that table ...

I was dining within inches of an occupied table for two at a restaurant. One of the men at that table asked his dining companion if he knew where the restroom was located. He didn’t. I had asked the ...

The tables at a restaurant are so close, the letter writer couldn’t help but overhearing conversation at the next table over.

Are more and more dog owners just letting their pets "do their business" any old place? Or is this just the opinion of the letter writer?

I walked past an elderly man who let his dog use a group of beautiful plants in a public courtyard as its personal toilet.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m used to fielding save-the-date cards for weddings. In those cases, they are a courtesy, allowing us to plan for travel. However, I have a relative who has adopted the ...

Miss Manners knows that she is creating trouble for herself in suggesting that one choose one’s battles — that infractions such as you describe are not worth getting into public fights with strangers.

To many, she seemed to slow down or even disappear. After fire destroyed her home in upstate New York and flooding ruined her ...