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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shoppers outside of the new Trader Joe's on Skiff Street in Hamden on Feb. 5, waiting for the store to open for the first time.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I need to know if I am justified in feeling miffed. Let me set the scene: I was the second of three people waiting in line to pay for our purchases at a local shop in our small town ...