Miss Manners Minds Your Business

Beyond being "professional," how do you negotiate the irritations of the workplace? As she's done for situations ranging from formal weddings to the weekend breakfast table, Judith Martin, here ably assisted by her son Nicholas, an executive, offers guidelines for getting along with coworkers, whether it's saying the right thing to a colleague being let go or knowing where the line is between flirtation and sexual harassment.

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[JCEpps]

I remember a coworker loudly telling her group that I never shared anything and that meant I probably never had any problems. I couldn’t believe the audacity of her assuming I should share private family matters with her or any other employee.

[lindawuful]

13:41 "who do you know more intimately than the person you're divorcing?" well, I would like to contribute the fact that studies show, people who are married longer are more falsely believing that they knew their partner well, assumed more they knew the other when they didn't. 'Cause people change.