There are few places more ripe with the opportunity for awkwardness and even downright rude behavior than elevators. They’re small, often crowded and require you to be mere inches from complete ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I entered the elevator in my office building with a man and a woman, both in their 20s. There was another lady coming towards the elevator, so I held the door. She ultimately took ...

DEAR ERIC: I have an ongoing disagreement with my very polite and well-mannered husband. When we enter a venue together (restaurant, store, etc.), he opens the door/elevator door to let me through and ...

A woman found a novel way to become stuck in an elevator on her way to work one morning: A 12-year-old girl with a school project used the cardboard display to hold the elevator doors open, and when ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to reader criticized by coworkers for holding an elevator door.