Miss Manners: Childless and over 30, and it’s starting to become painful to talk to friends
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am in my late 30s and childless, not by choice. I prefer to have a small circle of friends, but I have ...
Miss Manners: What’s the etiquette for a patient who is a physician addressing the doctor providing care?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a physician, so I am used to people addressing me as “Dr. Jones.” That includes both patients and ...
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Some Rules of Dining Etiquette Are Made to Be Broken
It can be argued that in this age of self-absorption, main character syndrome, and heightened unawareness that there is a need for more manners and ... rules of restaurant etiquette that can ...
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Miss Manners: How do you present a proper toast?
In celebration, “cheers” should be an exclamation: “I’d like to propose a toast: Here’s to teaching young people manners and etiquette.” Then everyone raises a glass and exclaims ...
Miss Manners: I’m annoyed that my doctors don’t address me, a doctor, as ‘doctor’
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a physician, so I am used to people addressing me as “Dr. Jones.” That includes both patients and ...
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Miss Manners: I’m a doctor. Can I address my physician by first name?
Dear Miss Manners: I’m a physician ... Smith,” whether in person or in subsequent correspondence. What is the etiquette for a patient who is a physician addressing the doctor providing ...