Miss Manners: Polite request to move was met with an insult about weight

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Miss Manners: Polite request to move was met with an insult about weight
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What would have been a good response from him to let the woman know how cruel and insensitive she was? Her remark hurt.

My husband was at the grocery store yesterday and a woman was blocking the aisle, bending over to look at an item on the shelf. A male shopper in front of my husband asked her to please move so he could pass by, which the woman did.

Do we think she was unaware of this? Or that any response would have been more effective than the hurt look on your husband’s face?I am the hostess to two frequent houseguests . They are delightful company and thoughtful guests, with one exception: They put their suitcases on the bed to pack and unpack. I have luggage racks in every guest bedroom in my house, including the one where they habitually stay, so there is no need for this distasteful and unsanitary practice.

The kids used to hang out at our house while the parents did elsewhere, but then the kids started going to other houses and excluding our son, saying, “Oh, our parents want us to stay in with them.”

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