Letter writer hates when people ask, “Are you busy” before asking for a favor.
If I want to ask for something, I always say, “Are you busy tomorrow? Because I need a ride to the doctor” or whatever. How do I counter the assumption that since I’m not busy, I want to do something for them? Sometimes I just want to do nothing. How can I politely tell someone I don’t want to watch their kids or go shopping with them?but for consistency, Miss Manners suggests you revise your own script when you are doing the asking.
The former will depend on how sincere you judge the apology to be, and the latter on how likely she is to place you in a similarly outrageous position in the future.
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