Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
: I’m a 28-year-old woman in a middle-management position. I catch myself referring to my team as “guys,” though they’re not all male, such as “Morning, guys” or “I was talking to the guys earlier.”Try harder. Miss Manners assures you it will be worth it to stop annoying your female colleagues.I work in an office where my duties include taking phone calls from customers. Over the last couple of years, I have noticed that more and more people are using speakerphone to conduct calls with us.
The problem that my co-workers and I experience is that sound is amplified a great deal when using a speakerphone. Someone setting a pan on the counter sounds like someone slamming a pan down instead. A dog walking into a room sounds like a herd of elephants. A door being closed sounds like it is being slammed.
In lieu of that, Miss Manners suggests you tell your customers conspiratorially that they may want to locate a pair so that they are not overheard by others. Although they may then be distracted by wondering what about your conversation is secret.My wife clips her fingernails in various places, including in the car. The locations I want to ask about are the dining room table and the kitchen island.
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