Co-worker’s vomiting habit merits discussion with HR

a fellow employee (unnamed) who might suffer from a lifethreatening illness.

Point out the time that the person goes into the bathroom and let HR try to get her the medical intervention that she desperately seems to need.

Dear Abby: I am a teenage dancer. My friends in dance class are wonderful with one exception: Four of them regularly hide in our dressing rooms or anywhere else they won’t be seen to smoke e-cigarettes.

A close friend once asked me whether I wanted to try them. When I said no, she didn’t press further. Other friends keep telling me they’re fun.

Should I tell my teacher and risk losing friends, or leave it alone?

Dear Baffled: You’re an intelligent young lady to recognize that “sampling” tobacco products can lead to addiction.

When the government, in its wisdom, clamped down on the tobacco companies in an attempt to prevent yet another generation from becoming addicted, I thought that would be the end of it.

Then the companies came out with flavored vaping fluids to seduce more young people.

Rather than tell the teacher, talk to your parents about what’s going on so they can talk to the parents of the other girls.

Dear Abby: Why has the word “veggies” replaced “vegetables”? When people say “veggies,” I think they’re talking to a child.

Dear Eater: It’s probably because “vegetables” has many syllables and people tend to shorten words with more than one syllable. Another possibility: Parents think “veggies” makes them more palatable to young children.