DEAR MISS MANNERS: During lunch at a restaurant, I used my paper napkin to wipe my nose. My lunch companion said, “Oh, no you don’t,” and then rummaged in her purse until she found a packet of tissues and handed me one.
Is it incorrect to use a paper napkin to wipe one’s nose?
GENTLE READER: Yes, although it is also incorrect for your companion to have publicly corrected your manners. (Miss Manners has assumed that you have graduated from fifth grade and your companion was not your mother.)