This letter writer frequently finds trash on the tables when dining at casual restaurants.
Either I gather up this debris and dispose of it at the hostess stand or in the restroom, or it sits there the entire meal.
Yes, I can ask the server to take it, but I feel awkward holding onto small handfuls of trash and handing them to a server. What does Miss Manners advise? Am I doomed to look at trash for my entire meal?of non-casual dining declines every day, Miss Manners would like to believe that there is limited overlap between restaurants with paper napkins and those that employ roving waitstaff.
When it was about time to prepare the meal, all of the others, including my wife, crowded the kitchen and made snacks for themselves. Was it wrong for me to be offended by this behavior, and what should I have said?How long does one need to keep something that is left behind at your house and ensure it’s in the same condition when returned? For example, a cooler, which its owner forgot when they left dinner in a huff because they got mad at their brother .
The length of that deadline will depend on the value of the item to the owner, how much of an imposition it is on you to store it, and your relationship to the owner — any of which may change over time. Although Miss Manners does not limit the value of an item to its monetary value, she presumes that a cooler can have little sentimental value, and that it takes up space. As your fondness for the owner diminishes, so, too, may the cleanings.
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