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Table Etiquette

Do Your Family Dinners Look Like This?

Why is it Important?

• Demonstrates who you are and how you treat others.

• Creates a comfortable atmosphere for EVERYONE

• Helps with your first impressions (interviews, business meetings, dates!)

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Informal Place Setting

1. Napkin2. Dinner Fork3. Dinner Plate4. Dinner Knife5. Dinner Spoon6. Drinking Glass7. Bread Plate/Knife

• *In an informal place setting, you only set for what you NEED for the meal!

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Lesson on Table Etiquette Rules of Etiquette

• Don’t talk with your mouth full.

• No slouching. Keep elbows off the table

• Place the napkin on your lap

• Don’t belch or burp with your mouth open

• Cover your mouth with your arm (not the napkin!) when you sneeze or cough

Rules of Etiquette Cont.

• Never talk about politics, religion, or money at the table

• Turn off the phone or put it away at the table

• Pass the salt and pepper as a set.

• Don’t reach across or in front of other people.

• Don’t share/steal food from other people’s plates.