May 31, 2011
Dear Caring Carol, A coworker of mine who recently retired passed away yesterday. I feel uncomfortable going to the funeral because I won’t know anyone there, as I never met his family. Would it be rude of me not to go, seeing as we worked together for over 2 years? I feel like it would [...]
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March 22, 2011
Dear Caring Carol, I’ve recently been promoted to a management position at my company. While I feel pretty confident about my new career responsibilities, I’m finding myself insecure on some social etiquette. Previously, when co-workers experienced deaths in their families, unless an individual was a personal friend to me, all I had to do was [...]
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