When you visit Japan, you will surely see people "bowing" many times. When entering a hotel. When buying products at a store. When a station attendant bows to passengers. When office workers greet ...

DEAR ANNIE: I'm starting to wonder if headphones have gone out of style. Last week, I was sitting in a doctor's waiting room when a woman across from me put her phone on speaker and had a very loud, ...

Dear Annie: I'm starting to wonder if headphones have gone out of style. Last week, I was sitting in a doctor's waiting room when a woman across from me put her phone on speaker and had a very loud, ...

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It's strange to think that the rules we build our society upon can change so much, but we can see just how much has been affected in simple things. The way we use our phones now is vastly different ...

For the younger generations raised with smartphones, there is one phone feature they often avoid at all costs: the call button. The ubiquity of smartphones means that ringing someone up has become ...

Editor’s note: The Minnesota Star Tribune’s new advice team includes four local columnists giving and finding expert answers to your pressing questions. Richard Chin zeros in on Minnesota etiquette. Q ...

It's a question, and a conversation, that can turn hotter than a Texas summer: whatever happened to good manners? "Etiquette is not only about eating at the table, it's about self-confidence," says ...

Sean Flynn has spent the past 17 years working across digital, print, broadcast, and radio, covering food and drink, travel, architecture, and immigration. His work has appeared in The New York Times, ...