A parent wants to help their private chef daughter find a way to tune out distracting clients while she cooks.

GENTLE READER: It is to our credit, Miss Manners believes, that Americans have an awkward relationship with those who serve ...

The family members feel entitled to swan in and out, talk with each other and with her ... all while she works to prepare ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who has a question about a mistake they ...

GENTLE READER: It is to our credit, Miss Manners believes, that Americans have an awkward relationship with those who serve ...

However well-meaning this family is, Miss Manners can understand that it creates a nuisance for your daughter, who is trying ...

GENTLE READER: It is to our credit, Miss Manners believes, that Americans have an awkward relationship with those who serve ...

My daughter is a personal chef for a family of four. The problem is they interfere with her work by trying to socialize and ...

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...

The unfortunate requirement of saying “Hey!” to get the attention of a certain nonhuman helper has led to the widespread ...

Did the letter writer do the right thing by quickly passing by their injured professor who was getting the help she needed?

The family sitting next to me at a restaurant had a child that shrieked the entire time. Is there anything I could have done about it?