Miss Manners: Deliberately Ignoring Someone Speaking to You Is a High Insult. But What Can Be Done About It?

Miss Manners: I tried being nice to colleagues, but they ignored me

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling awkward social situations when your pleasant remarks or questions go unanswered by cashiers, coworkers, or acquaintances.

Miss Manners: What do you do if you say something pleasant to someone and they totally ignore you?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What do you do if you say something pleasant to someone, or ask them a question, and they totally ignore you?

Miss Manners: Deliberately ignoring someone speaking to you is a high insult. But what can be done about it?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What do you do if you say something pleasant to someone, or ask them a question, and they totally ignore you?

Miss Manners: Should I ignore people who previously ignored me?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What do you do if you say something pleasant to someone, or ask them a question, and they totally ignore you? I’m talking about various situations: a cashier or a library clerk, but also people I work with. I know they hear me, but they don’t respond.

Miss Manners: The women at work ignored me whenever I spoke. What should I have done?

Open the article to view the coverage from Sun-Sentinel