MISS MANNERS by Judith Martin Monday, May 9, 2011 Dear Miss Manners: I am a member of the local YMCA, which has a small steam room in the men’s locker room. Often, when I enter, it isn’t hot enough, so I pour cold water on the sensor to generate more steam. The other day, when I started to do this the second time, an older man asked me not to because he thought it was hot enough. I tried to explain to him that steam rooms are supposed to be really hot, but he just responded that I should ask the men who were already there when I came in what they wanted. They both just said they didn’t want to get involved in the argument. In case I run into this rude old guy again, is there some polite but forceful way to tell him that he doesn’t own the place? Gentle Reader: Do you? |
