Miss Manners: Is it rude to ask someone alone with a laptop at a coffeeshop to share the table?

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...

Miss Manners: Is it rude to talk on one’s phone in a public place?

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; ...
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LEMME TELL YOU | Zip code dating? Rude habits; Freezing bread for what?

How far is too far to find love? Some singles are now 'zip code' dating. So, what exactly is rude behavior? Etiquette experts have weighed in on the matter. And burning calories or... freezing bread?
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Is it rude to recline on an airplane? What an expert says you should do

(NEXSTAR) – WestJet, a Canadian airline based in Calgary, will soon debut the first of its newly configured Boeing planes with “fixed recline” seating for most passengers — meaning there will no ...

Miss Manners: Is it rude to not invite strangers to my expensive holiday party?

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a host who wants to exclude spouses they've never met from an expensive club gathering.
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Rude ChatGPT prompts, better answers? What the data says

Do rude prompts really get better answers? Short answer: sometimes. A 2025 arXiv study tested 50 questions rewritten in five tones and found that rude prompts slightly outperformed polite ones with ...