I work in a retail store, and whenever an item doesn’t scan, the customer jokes that “it must be free!” It’s a tired, old ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a retail employee who does not have time for ...

Dear Miss Manners: I have worked retail and customer service jobs for about 20 years. Whenever an item is not scanning, out ...

Miss Manners will agree with you that even on Day 1, this was not very funny. But it had (and, for the customer, still has) ...

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I knew that only three people there knew me, and that no one else would likely remember my name the following week — they’d all refer to me as “Sam’s wife.” So I went with that.

Dear Miss Manners: Is there ever a polite way to teach other people ... One wears ear buds and probably doesn't even hear me ...

GENTLE READER: You are in charge. You get to make the rules.

The English novelist’s travelogue, bursting with mordant humor and exuberant prose, is an account of her sojourn in the U.S., ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is there ever a polite way to teach ... They were a lot more fun when they were younger. I know it would be futile to insist on actual conversation, but wouldn’t it be nice ...

Part of the fun of being a True Fan of a particular band or musician is that shared sense of belonging you have with other ...

Now they have something else to celebrate: the engagement of their eldest daughter Lady Violet Manners to colourful ... Do blondes have more fun? Actress (and ex-girlfriend of musician Mark ...