Posted on 02/01/2018 4:05:22 PM PST by Textide
Please, for the love of God, spread these table manner errors so that they might be adopted far and wide. 1 & 3 have driven me to fantasize about punching fellow diners in the throat! Some of the rest of these are benign...
1. DO NOT CHEW FOOD WITH YOUR MOUTH OPEN People that chew food with their mouth open are not aware they are doing it. The next time you eat, pay attention to whether you are chewing with you mouth open. If you are, please stop.
Smacking and crunching. Eat as quietly as possible. For many, other people's smacking noises are cringe-making.
2. DO NOT BOLT YOUR FOOD Eat your food slowly and enjoy it. Give yourself the opportunity to enjoy the company of your dining companions.
3. NEVER SPEAK WITH A FULL MOUTH A mouth full of food is unpleasant to see and makes conversation difficult to hear.
Make sure not to talk with even a little bit of food in your mouth. Wait before your dining companions have finished chewing before asking them a question.
4. REACHING Reach for something only within the invisible boundary that separates your personal space from the other diners'. If something is outside this area, ask for the item to be passed to you.
5. DON'T STUFF YOUR MOUTH FULL OF FOOD Don't stuff your cheeks full of food and don't take exceedingly large bites of food.
Don't form food into a ball in one cheek or take a sip of anything while chewing.
6. DON'T BLOW ON YOUR FOOD Avoid blowing on your food to cool it down. At an informal meal, you may use an ice cube to cool a hot beverage.
7. DON'T TAKE A HALF-BITE Eat every bite completely. Don't eat 1/2 of what you have placed on your fork or spoon.
8. DONT' WAVE UTENSILS ABOUT Never gesture with an eating utensil in your hand.
9. DON'T FIDGET Don't fidget with your tie or jewelry, adjust your flatware, play with you napkin or your hair. Keep still and calm.
10. DON'T "WAVE AWAY" SERVICE Do not wave away a server if you do not want something, just say, "No thank you."
11. DON'T PUSH YOUR PLATE Don't announce to the table that you have finished eating or push your plate away when you are done with the meal.
12. DON'T SLOUCH Sit up straight and don't stoop to eat your food.
13. SOPPING Using a piece of bread to sop up the sauce left over from a dish is fine-but only when the bread is speared by the tines of your fork.
14. PICKING YOUR TEETH Toothpicks should be used only in private, not as you walk out of the restaurant or at the table. Also don't noisily clean your teeth with your tongue at meal's end.
15. GROOMING AT THE TABLE Avoid a primping routine at the table. Don't rearrange your hair or put your hands to it wherever food is served.
10. DON’T “WAVE AWAY” SERVICE Do not wave away a server if you do not want something, just say, “No thank you.”
But they always ask when your mouth is full.
Well, I guess we just can’t have food at our family reunions then.
And don’t hold your knife and fork like a Orangutan.
That was going to be my comment.
Boring Thread Manners
1. No one cares
Uhh - while bad table manners are disgusting - you fantasize about hurting people? Need to 1. Get your priorities in order and 2. Seek some professional help.
That is not normal.
I agree. I think they deliberately wait for you to raise that fork
2. DO NOT BOLT YOUR FOOD
Not going to happen. I would take the lot in one bite if I could. This is necessary to prevent it from being eaten by someone else.
13. SOPPING
Not physically possible. I am part Italian.
I always violate 13
Many of the things you are offended at are considered polite in Asia.
For example:
Slurping soup and tea is a sign that you enjoy the beverage. If you drink silently the host is offended.
In Chinese culture, you never clean your plate. To do so is a sign that you've not had enough to eat. Leaving a little tells the host they provided enough.
Eating a small bite of everything tells the host you appreciate their effort, even if you do not finish the dish.
Elbows on the table? Well, that's normal if you use chopsticks.
Table manners are a cultural thing and vary greatly even from region to region. They also change over time.
You cared enough to not only click on it but to comment as well.
Sure looks like you care deeply, Spunky.
Why try to pretend that you don't?
Figure of speech for being frustrated. Of course violence over this triviality is unwarranted.
Thy are not servers, not slaves. You should be more polite to the servers than other guests.
This rule greatly reduces the amount of sit in your food.
And a fork is properly held cradled between middle finger, index finger and your thumb. Not grasped with an open palm like a shovel.
And keep one’s forearms off of the edge of the table.
Bad table etiquette is a real turn off in a social or business setting.
Picking your nose however is always out.
No elbows on the table
No spilling your milk so that it goes toward your "favorite" sister.
Do not lick your fingers...unless it's steak juice.
I showed this list to my Son and The Little Dog.
He snapped at me, peed on my leg and ran outside.
The Little Dog did the same thing.
Only if you let me make up my set of restrictions for you.
Excellent post! And no, never been to anywhere in Asia. The smacking of lips and chewing with open mouth are the main impetus for the PSA.
Toothpicks are utterly forbidden.
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