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Miss Manners: Return Gift Containers, Address Disruptive Behavior

1/2/2026

Summary

Story summary

Miss Manners, the etiquette column, states that containers for informal gifts, such as homemade food, should be returned.
A reader asks if gift containers should be returned, and Miss Manners clarifies that informal-gift containers must be returned.
Another reader reports disruptive behavior during a church service and asks if the offenders should be asked to leave.
Miss Manners suggests politely asking them to excuse themselves because the behavior was inappropriate.

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Story summary

Miss Manners, the etiquette column, states that containers for informal gifts, such as homemade food, should be returned.
A reader asks if gift containers should be returned, and Miss Manners clarifies that informal-gift containers must be returned.
Another reader reports disruptive behavior during a church service and asks if the offenders should be asked to leave.
Miss Manners suggests politely asking them to excuse themselves because the behavior was inappropriate.