Miss Manners: Why does this keep happening to me in the ladies’ room?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: On occasion, my husband and I visit local restaurants. When I go to wash my hands in the ladies’ room, I ...

Miss Manners: What do I tell the restaurant staff when the ladies’ room is too gross to use?

I have very high standards for restrooms in restaurants. I will leave if they’re too gross. How do I express my disgust to ...

Miss Manners: One rude woman is ruining my grandmother’s get-togethers

Miss Manners hopes it is not to commit the unpardonable rudeness of calling out a guest’s rudeness to her face. (The guest’s face, that is. Once the guest is gone, you are free to try to convince your ...

Miss Manners: What should this diner do when they find restaurant bathrooms ‘too dirty to use?’

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or ...

Miss Manners: I can’t stand dirty restaurant bathrooms; I make someone else touch the door

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader with high standards for restaurant ...

Miss Manners: May I use my full height and stern voice to enforce elevator decorum?

Elevators have been in existence, I believe, for more than 150 years, but there does not seem to be a system of accepted manners related to them. Related Articles Miss Manners: How can I respond with ...
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Miss Manners: If you’re so picky about restroom standards, you should probably stay home

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, gentlereader@missmanners.com; ...

Miss Manners: Why are restaurant restrooms unclean so often?

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or ...

Miss Manners: After 150 years of use, why are there no common manners used in elevators?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Elevators have been in existence, I believe, for more than 150 years, but there does not seem to be a ...

Miss Manners: Public restrooms need better maintnance, but could it my standards be too high?

Far be it for her to be in the position of defending a dirty bathroom, but she cannot help noticing that your standards are ...

Miss Manners: I’ve appointed myself the enforcer of elevator manners

It is true that we no longer dance around in the elevator so as to allow all the women to get out before the men. There is, ...

Miss Manners: Snippety tea guest is making grandmother’s monthly events less appealing

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Once a month, my grandmother hosts a group of friends at her house for a chat and an afternoon tea. She ...