In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader whose friend tends to overshare.
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader whose friend tends to overshare. You can send your questions to Miss Manners through her email, [email protected] MISS MANNERS: I have a gregarious friend who likes to involve service people, such as cashiers and waiters, in conversations he is having with me. Occasionally I will make a request, such as asking a waiter about the contents of an entree, for a reason this friend knows.
GENTLE READER: What your friend is doing is a breach of both etiquette and friendship. But Miss Manners assures you that if you treat it as such, just once, you will not have to repeat yourself: “If you are about to share an aspect of my medical history that there is no reason for him to know, then I would ask that you please not do so.”If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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