Miss Manners: If my neighbor has a yard sale, should I feel obligated to purchase something?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: If my neighbor has a yard sale, should I feel obligated to purchase something, even if I have no use for it? Conversely, if I have a yard sale and a neighbor wants to purchase something, should I tell them to just take it, no charge? GENTLE READER: Unless your residential area has an unusual outside draw, most of your customers are going to be neighbors. If you give things away to them, it will be a Yard Donation, not a Sale. Conversely, Miss Manners assures you that you are not obligated to buy anything from them.

But do your neighbors the favor of not wasting their time by asking the origin and history of every single item, thinking it is polite. That would just be taunting them. *** DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it rude to take old vegetables from the refrigerator, come up behind someone and, unbeknownst to them, place the vegetables under their nose and ask if they should be thrown out? GENTLE READER: Rude and potentially hazardous -- not just for the nose, but for the nervous system when they scare you from behind.



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