US EditionMiss Manners: Should I Bring a Gift for Dinner at CEO’s Home?
Miss Manners recommends notifying food truck staff to assist elderly customers in long, cold lines to ensure their comfort and safety.
- While standing in the pickup line, the narrator whispered to a woman wearing a very cozy fur coat that the elderly man behind her looked like he was struggling, but she asked 'What man?' and made no move to assist.
- It was frigid and the popular food truck had a huge turnout, with the gentleman using a cane and wearing a jacket and gloves while his wife waited in the car as a strong wind blew.
- Embarrassed, the narrator mumbled it was 'just a thought' and slunk back to the pickup line as their order arrived quickly; observers said the woman in the fur coat's disdain was colder than the winter wind.
- Miss Manners advises alerting food-truck workers to enlist their help if the situation recurs and notes the woman may have assumed the narrator should stand in line to help directly.
- Taken broadly, Miss Manners suggests that asking the wife in the car to keep your food warm is a practical alternative to asking a customer to perform a kindness, highlighting social awkwardness.
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Miss Manners: My attempt to help a struggling senior citizen was met with icy disdain
DEAR MISS MANNERS: It’s frigid cold here these days, but that didn’t stop a huge turnout for a very popular food truck. The lines were pretty long, both to order and to pick up, but people passed the 15-20 minutes chatting with each other and joking about the cold. An elderly man (late 70s, maybe?) pulled up in his car with (I assume) his wife in the passenger seat. The gentleman got out and stood in line, using a cane, while his wife waited in …
Miss Manners: I tried to help an elderly man in line but was met with a cold response
DEAR MISS MANNERS: It’s frigid cold here these days, but that didn’t stop a huge turnout for a very popular food truck. The lines were pretty long, both to order and to pick up, but people passed the 15-20 minutes chatting with each other and joking about the cold.
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