DEAR MISS MANNERS: We dine at casual eateries periodically with certain friends. One of them habitually excuses herself by announcing, “I need to go potty.”
This has progressed from embarrassing to simply annoying. What is the proper thing to say, or is it too late to say anything? Should it simply be ignored?
GENTLE READER: “Do you need help?” (Miss Manners is assuming that your friend has just completed toilet training.)
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