This attendee isn't happy to have to schlep their own plate, fork, knife, drink container both to the party and then home.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I received an invitation for a work-sponsored event. The invitation states: “To help us minimize our ...

Good manners occasionally need to be refreshed. In workplaces everywhere, that refresher couldn’t come sooner.

Any advice for dealing with emotional co-workers when you don’t want to proceed as they have told you to, and there is no boss to ask?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: After 25 years at the same company, my role was eliminated by the parent corporation. When it comes to former co-workers, who should call whom after such a job loss? I consider this ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to dealing with a nonprofit where everyone seems to be in charge and personal feelings frequently interfere with decision-making ...

Miss Manners: Criticizing someone’s children can be a minefield. What do I do? Miss Manners: Don’t tell me what to do. I know the rules. Miss Manners: The women are having fun picking on the bride ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As part of my job as a news reporter, I spend a great deal of time on the telephone. The conversations I have require a lot of concentration. Often, I have been waiting all day to ...

My oldest child is getting married, and we’re finalizing the guest list. I’m hesitating about who, if anyone, to invite from work. I think my director would genuinely like to attend, but am not sure ...

Dear Miss Manners: As part of my job as a news reporter, I spend a great deal of time on the telephone. The conversations I ...

A young woman in a big city navigates the line between disengaging with strange men who approach her, and being impolite.