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Salad scenario | by SnappingTurtle | 2005-05-16 15:15:06 |
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Maybe, no and no. | by BrainBug | 2005-05-16 15:22:14 |
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Etiquette | by mortaine | 2005-05-16 15:27:04 |
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Only that most of the rules I've so far been | by BrainBug | 2005-05-16 15:33:49 |
| Well, I'll give you a couple of examples.... |
by mortaine |
2005-05-16 15:56:22 |
...of how etiquette is meant to be used.
"Hold the door for the person behind you." [used to be for ladies and the elderly, but now it's for everyone] This one is a nice courtesy-- you have the door open anyway, and you're preventing it from slamming the other person in the face when they walk up to it. When you do this, you are showing that you respect that person and don't believe they deserve to have a door slammed in their face.
"Put your napkin in your lap" is a "disgust" etiquette item, like most table manners-- the napkin goes in your lap to provide an out-of-sight place to wipe your fingers if needed-- the alternative would be to wipe them on your clothes (not an option if you're wearing nice clothes, and anyway, not everyone wants to wear barbecue sauce on their trousers), or wipe them on the tablecloth, which means your dining neighbor has to look at your rejected food or sauce sitting on the table for the rest of their meal. "Don't chew with your mouth open" is the one I see violated most often among geeks-- people who do not often eat in company don't realize how disgusting it is to watch someone else masticate visibly or audibly. If you follow these two rules of table etiquette, you indicate to your dining partners that you care about their enjoyment of the meal as much as you care about your own.
Most of the "which fork to use" etiquette questions are, in fact, relics from the Victorian era when etiquette was used liberally as a tool for humiliation. The only purpose today is to be able to serve a utensile that will best complement the food item being served in that course. If you're a burger-and-fries kind of person, this might not make much sense, but if you've ever had soup with a real bowled soup spoon, you know why they exist.
"Don't stand people up." If you're going to miss an appointment, you call ahead so the other person knows and won't wait, worry, or otherwise be inconvenienced. |
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" the alternative would be to wipe them on your c" | by klaranth | 2005-05-16 16:17:21 |
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Let's see... | by BrainBug | 2005-05-16 16:34:33 |
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