Ask Amy: Husband serves time for the sake of the kids
What is the best way to ask someone to back up?
I am just fearful someone will curse me out if I ask them to back up or to wear their mask correctly.
Anxious
Dear Anxious: In order to minimize your own risk/anxiety, you should make choices to shop at places where employees comply, and during times when there are the fewest other customers.
No – I don’t think you should call out another customer for wearing a mask incorrectly (because this involves them and their body), but yes – you should definitely ask someone to space themselves further from you (because this involves you and your body): “Hey, could you do me a favor and step back a little bit?”
Dear Amy: “Exasperated Mom” complained about not being able to get her teens to help around the house.
I come from a family of 12 kids. You can imagine the pile of shoes left around the living room.
One time my mom decided to put all the shoes in her and Dad’s bedroom, and we could redeem them for $.05 a pair. (It was a long time ago.)
Good Memories
Dear Memories: Looks like they really were “cheaper by the dozen!”
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