DEAR MISS MANNERS: I took a friend to lunch. She looked at her watch at least 20 times during the meal. This made me nervous, like we were supposed to hurry up.

I finally realized her watch was displaying her incoming text messages. What should I say next time?

GENTLE READER: “Is everything OK?”

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