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"Confrontations can be very painful and very expensive." Columnist Christopher Elliot shares his findings on how to deal with a seatmate who refuses to mask up.

You’ve received a holiday gift through the mail — a common enough scenario during a pandemic when meeting face-to-face is, in many cases, not an option. You open the package and see a thoughtful present inside. But something’s wrong. You search the box several times, but it’s just not there — the gift note saying who sent it. We admit, considering what else is going on in the world, this is a pretty low-level crisis. But it can be awkward. Do you text a few people and ask if they sent...

Tip or no holiday tip? Etiquette for letter carriers, dog walkers, and other VIPs Letter carrier Tom Tryon visits a home in Croydon on December 4, 2018. DAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer Editor’s note: This article was published in 2018. If you decide to give tips in person, you should take precautions against contracting COVID-19. Tom Beggs’ holiday tips have run the gamut. A garbage collector in the King of Prussia area for the last decade, Beggs has received winter gloves, swea...

Credit: Fancy/Veer/Corbis/Getty Unexpected engagement gifts can be some of the sweetest and most sentimental youll receive-like that hammered silver frame your best friend gave you to display your engagement selfie, a handmade vase your childhood neighbor sent thats exactly your style, or a set of pint glasses from the college bar where you and your partner met, gifted by your future best man. But since most couples ha...

10 Gift-Giving Mistakes to Avoid in 2020 Are you about to make any of these embarrassing gaffes? PR Image Factory / Shutterstock.com Welcome to the season of gift-giving! And after the year we’ve all had, who couldn’t use a wonderful surprise or two? But before you start wrapping, take a moment to explore the art and science of picking proper presents. From poor presentation to surprise pets, avoid these gift-giving gaffes. 1. Over-gifting CarlosDavid / Shutterstock.com Giving gifts that ar...

How to Make Your Client Holiday Gift Mean Something This Year Companies, with Covid’s toll on their minds, are devoting their holiday gift budgets to something more thoughtful than that giant tub of popcorn A sample card from Paperfinger, a Brooklyn, N.Y., calligraphy studio that has seen more requests for more personal messages from its corporate orders. Photo: Jaime Hughes/Birch + Olive By Lauren Mechling Dec. 13, 2020 11:00 am ET Nev...

Comments. the address is yourbusiness@msnbc.com. melinda and dena has helpful advice about how to improve your business. lets get great ideas from small business owners like you. >> i believe our great success at the protocol school is mainly based in our ability to never say no. you never think no. you never act no. and you never talk no to a client. >> too oftentimes we grill too fast without servicing the niche market which started our business and is the key nugget we can grow from. if we ...