Miss Manners: An invitation with a price

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A choral director I know is retiring from her post of many years. The board of directors is having a retirement party for her, inviting chorus members past and present, and charging $60 a ticket for the dinner.

I always thought it was rude to charge guests for their dinner. Am I mistaken? It seems wrong to me.

GENTLE READER: It is, which the board will undoubtedly realize when fewer choristers than they anticipated are eager to celebrate at their own expense.

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