Now I'm not sure how im going to approach this subject seening as my table manners could use some improvement. But hey, when you gotta say something at the FAMILY table, say it, even if your mouth is full of brocolli.
Being in a PUBLIC setting is different however. Heres a intro into why I feel the need to write this entry.
Yeah so I'm 20 years old. I recently went out to a bar/grille to eat a little bit of food before hitting the bars with my mother and her friends...repeat, HER friends, all of whom are in their 40's. Sure there are some beers on the table and were all having a good time, some more than others. A couple minutes before our food arrives a girl they call "thumper" (apparently shes VERY hyperactive) and some rando decide to have a talk about feet. For the record, feet are gross, especially at the table. So during this discussion of feet, they have the nerve to put their feet up near and on the table...in a public restaurant, right where our food was going to go. These ladys are 40+ years old and that is not acceptable behavior at a table. They should know better.
These are NOT ACTUAL REFINED ETIQUETTE RULES, they are for common sense and courtisy. Some of these rules were even used in my sorority house as basic dinner rules, if college girls can follow these basic rules at dinner, everyone should be able to.
1) Say please and thank you
2) keep converstaion appropriate for the situation
3) inside voices
4) do not try to talk to someone on the opposite end of the table, its rude to the people around you
5) keep your feet on the ground! gah not feet at the table people
6) ask to be excused (ok that was a rule at the sorority house, but i think its a good one)
7) keep your beer burps to yourself, thats gross
8) if you have a server, be polite to them, if your steak is not cooked right its the cooks fault not theirs (assholes)
9) tipping!.... not so good service=10%.... average service=15%.... good service=18%.... exceptional service=20+%
I hope you found these rules to make sense. Like I said, these are not the rules you learn at an all girls boarding school in london, but they are rules that people need to be aware of.
Being in a PUBLIC setting is different however. Heres a intro into why I feel the need to write this entry.
Yeah so I'm 20 years old. I recently went out to a bar/grille to eat a little bit of food before hitting the bars with my mother and her friends...repeat, HER friends, all of whom are in their 40's. Sure there are some beers on the table and were all having a good time, some more than others. A couple minutes before our food arrives a girl they call "thumper" (apparently shes VERY hyperactive) and some rando decide to have a talk about feet. For the record, feet are gross, especially at the table. So during this discussion of feet, they have the nerve to put their feet up near and on the table...in a public restaurant, right where our food was going to go. These ladys are 40+ years old and that is not acceptable behavior at a table. They should know better.
These are NOT ACTUAL REFINED ETIQUETTE RULES, they are for common sense and courtisy. Some of these rules were even used in my sorority house as basic dinner rules, if college girls can follow these basic rules at dinner, everyone should be able to.
1) Say please and thank you
2) keep converstaion appropriate for the situation
3) inside voices
4) do not try to talk to someone on the opposite end of the table, its rude to the people around you
5) keep your feet on the ground! gah not feet at the table people
6) ask to be excused (ok that was a rule at the sorority house, but i think its a good one)
7) keep your beer burps to yourself, thats gross
8) if you have a server, be polite to them, if your steak is not cooked right its the cooks fault not theirs (assholes)
9) tipping!.... not so good service=10%.... average service=15%.... good service=18%.... exceptional service=20+%
I hope you found these rules to make sense. Like I said, these are not the rules you learn at an all girls boarding school in london, but they are rules that people need to be aware of.