... we had to use buckets for the waste we generated. After the toilets were working, our host disposed of our collected waste in the lake.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I spent a few days with some friends at a house in a rural setting near a small lake. During our stay, the electricity went out.
We said nothing at the time. When a host commits both a crime and causes an ecological disaster, what is a guest supposed to do? Should we have stopped our host? Should we have said something?
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