In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin addresses a host's concern about their cleaning methods after a houseguest, who flooded the bathroom, chastised them for using a towel to clean the floor and then refused to use their towels.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend from college works in Europe now and asked to stay with me for 10 days when he was here visiting. I made sure he had fresh towels every day. His first day here, he flooded my bathroom floor while taking a shower and called for help. I quickly grabbed a towel and threw it down to wipe up the water before it seeped onto the hardwood outside the room. I immediately put the towel into the washing machine.
GENTLE READER: Why are you accepting criticism from someone who cannot figure out a shower curtain? And who made the mess in question in the first place? Regardless of your towel hygiene, Miss Manners finds this person’s attitude appalling. To chastise you for attending to his mistake and then act as though your laundry were now tainted is rude and hypocritical. He is the one who should be apologizing, not you.
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