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But if you forget, or run into a similar problem with someone else — and phone-passing has become a widespread nuisance of ...

My husband is immunocompromised, and so we are careful of germ exposure. We don’t want to touch this friend’s phone.

My husband is immunocompromised, and so we are careful of germ exposure. We don’t want to touch this friend’s phone.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling friends who share phones at dinner tables ...

But if you forget, or run into a similar problem with someone else -- and phone-passing has become a widespread nuisance of our time -- Miss Manners suggests you simply stand up, go to your husband ...

But if you forget, or run into a similar problem with someone else — and phone-passing has become a widespread nuisance of ...

What is a polite way to avoid touching his phone and to stop this activity? I think we should just say, “No thanks.” ...

You're finally seated in that restaurant you've been dying to try for months. The lighting is perfect, the atmosphere ...

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But if you forget, or run into a similar problem with someone else -- and phone-passing has become a widespread nuisance of ...