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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I entertained two guests on separate occasions: One was a guest for the weekend, and the other just for dinner. Each one put their feet on my coffee table as they were sitting on the couch. (One was barefoot.
) Astounded as I was, I said nothing. What would have been the appropriate response? GENTLE READER: “Sorry, I don’t have a footstool, but I can get you a pillow. Meanwhile, let me move this coffee table out of your way.
” *** DEAR MISS MANNERS: My partner and I invited a new friend, who lives about three hours away, to stay with us when they were visiting our city. We told them to make themselves at home -- “Once you know where things are, please help yourself” -- and they did make themselves comfortable. However, they didn’t clean up after themselves: dirty dishes and glasses left everywhere, dirty coffee spoons left on the counter (right below where the saucers are clearly kept), etc.
I’ve never visited family or friends without cleaning up after myself. Should I follow houseguests around to clean up their dishes? Or should I politely inform them I am not here to be their waiter, busboy and cook? How should I address this politely? GENTLE READER: Maybe you should have checked out their home before telling them to consider yours theirs. There is no polite way to chastise your guests.
But Miss Manners will allow you to help them feel even more at home by saying, “Here’s where the dishes go after we wash them.” (Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.
com ; to her email, [email protected] ; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.
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