![]() ![]() But I suspect that will not come off well. I am frustrated, and find myself designing a curriculum for a class for my guests. This isn’t the first guest who has done this. Is there a polite way of bringing up such things before or during their next visit? While I can be vigilant and collect dishes and food scraps myself, that still leaves the possibility of other ways, known and unknown, in which they are likely to try to help. For example, when taking out my recycling, I found a layer of food scraps that I had to painstakingly remove. GENTLE READER: That your boyfriend has not thought through the consequences.ĭEAR MISS MANNERS: After a houseguest departed, I discovered multiple places where they had “helped,” but ultimately made more work for me. ![]() While this may seem insufficient, she assures you that it is the worst punishment of all: It denies your critics what they most want, which is to score a point against you. GENTLE READER: To think that one would long for the days when rude people knew they were being rude - instead of patting themselves on the back for their righteousness.Īs Miss Manners cannot condone returning one rudeness with another, she advises you to nod neutrally and finish your train of thought. ![]() What would be a polite response when a friend criticizes my choice of words? I don’t mind if other people observe such rules, but I don’t appreciate being told that I shouldn’t have used a term that the listener found objectionable, especially when there is no one present who would have taken my remark personally. (I’m not referring to racial or ethnic slurs, which were never neutral.) Miss Manners: Can we tell the in-laws what wedding gift would be appropriate?Īpparently, terms I should no longer use include previously neutral terms such as “depressing,” “battle,” “minefield,” “the poor,” “the disabled” and also “field,” as in academic fieldwork. ![]()
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