I have a bit of a complicated & delicate work problem — it seems silly but I'm well beyond embarrassment or shame in admitting that I'm desperate for a solution. My workplace I work for a tiny boutique consulting firm (small business owned by 2 people). Everyone has a PhD except me, I have a ba...

Imagine you had a friend who was about to join a multi-level marketing (MLM) business, despite your advice to the contrary. Another friend or family member had already convinced them the opportunity is a worthwhile business venture, and you couldn't change their mind. Given that, what additional...

Recently a friend of mine invited me to hear about “an interesting chance to simply earn money.” Basically we and other invited people drove to a meeting room where a speaker told us about a growing startup where you could invest money in a field where similar investments had an ROI of apparently...

Don't feed the trolls. The best response to an unfounded accusation is no response. Ignore them.

You could try one of those privacy protection screens. They reduce the angle from which the display is visible. Someone looking from behind you over your shoulder will still be able to read, but people from the next seat probably not anymore. They were originally made for laptop screens, but the...

How do I respond to someone saying yes to “Would anyone like the last [Insert Item Here]? How about these three options: "Nope, it's all yours." "I'll take it please." "How about we split it?" Three simple but direct answers you could give to that question, depending on your preference...

I think adding the part "I'm going to eat it unless..." is a bit...not rude exactly, but not completely honest, I think it's a signal that they want to appear polite, but really say, "don't speak up I want it". I feel like you should ask a genuine question "Did everyone get one? Anyone want the...

One thing that has been happening lately is that people will tell me something that I already know. Naturally, I respond saying something like, "oh I heard/read about that". However, I feel like when I say that, I come off a bit snobby or like I am a know-it-all. And I also feel like their body l...

I think it's ill-mannered to tell someone that is cleaning for you to do a better job, however, how can I tell them, that they probably missed a spot without offending them? For clarification: I'm a student in university with my own office, so the cleaning personal is not paid by me personally.

A few days ago, in a Zoology class, one of my classmates was caught reading the Zoology textbook when the teacher was explaining. Although he wasn't reading anything that he wasn't supposed to, the teacher got mad at him for not paying attention and asked him to leave the class. He openly decline...

This isn't something we can make a blanket statement about. Questions here tend to be very broad and limiting them by culture may help combat that. Every limiting detail makes a question (potentially) more answerable, in the Stack Exchange format. I'm actually quite happy with the answer I wrote...