Miss Manners: Hostile hostel worker yelled at me for not cleaning my room well enough

Miss Manners: Hostel turns hostile

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a freelance journalist who has been living, off and on, in the private room of a hostel off the beaten path. I love the place because it’s gorgeous and usually has excellent vibes, but there are basically 15 of us keeping it in business. It is unfortunately quite close to a war zone.

Miss Manners: I thought loyalty, money and friendship meant something at hostel, then this happened

Do I go back?

Miss Manners: Hostile hostel worker yelled at me for not cleaning my room well enough

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a freelance journalist who has been living, off and on, in the private room of a hostel off the beaten path. I love the place because it’s gorgeous and usually has excellent vibes, but there are basically 15 of us keeping it in business. It is unfortunately quite close to a war zone.

Miss Manners: When the hostel turns hostile

Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.

Miss Manners: I was accosted by a volunteer at a hostel for not cleaning up before I left

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a freelance journalist who has been living, off and on, in the private room of a hostel off the beaten path. I love the place because it’s gorgeous and usually has excellent vibes, but there are basically 15 of us keeping it in business. It is unfortunately quite close to a war zone.

Miss Manners: A new volunteer behaved unforgivably toward me. I want her fired

I want her to be fired for her behavior, but the owner says it would be bad for morale.