watch your manners!
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WATCH YOUR MANNERS!. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009 5:45 – 6:45 pm Ybor City Campus - Ybor Room Presenters: Sara Mercer - Cynthia Brady. PERSONAL ETIQUETTE. Appropriate Attire Basic Table Manners Common Courtesy. Appropriate Attire. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 20095:45 – 6:45 pm
Ybor City Campus - Ybor Room
Presenters:
Sara Mercer - Cynthia Brady
WATCH YOUR MANNERS!
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Appropriate Attire
Basic Table Manners
Common Courtesy
PERSONAL ETIQUETTE
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Appropriate Attire
Appropriate clothing and personal etiquette are equally important in the classroom, at home, restaurants and other public events.
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Ladies! Ladies! Low, comfy flip-flops and loafers are NOT dressy enough for semi-formal occasions.
What to Wear
FEMALES
Business Suit w/Skirt or Dress Pants
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MALES
No sneakers, nor baseball caps gentlemen.
What to Wear
Shirt, Tie & Dress Slacks
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BASIC TABLE MANNERS
At Home, School or Dining Out
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A great trick to help you remember the order, left to right for
a basic table setting is to just picture the word “FORKS.” F for Fork O for Plate (the shape) R ight of Plate K for Knife S for Spoon
Table Setting GuideBASIC PLACE SETTING
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BASIC PLACE SETTING
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Other things to know:
Knife blades always face the plate
Napkins go to the left of the fork, or on the plate
Bread and butter plate and knife are optional
BASIC PLACE SETTING continued
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This following illustration shows how a table would be set for the following informal menu:
Soup course
Salad or first course
Entrée
Dessert
Table Setting GuideINFORMAL PLACE SETTING
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a. Dinner plate b. Two forksc. Napkind. Dinner knifee. Spoons
f. Glassesg. Salad plateh. Bread plate with butter knifei. Dessert spoon and fork *j. Coffee cup and saucer
INFORMAL PLACE SETTING
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Table Setting GuideOTHER THINGS TO REMEMBER:
PROPER EATING Chew with closed mouth No talking with food in mouth No slurping, finger licking, belching or grooming/place accessories under table or chair Pass food, salt, and pepper to the right
PROPER POSTURE No leaning or elbows on the table Gentlemen wait for Ladies before sitting, standing or leaving the table
HAND FOOD - It is perfectly acceptable to use your hands to eat:
breads ‘hors doers (cheese & crackers, chicken wings, just
to name a few) other finger foods (tacos, mini-burgers, egg rolls,
just to name a few)
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The best way to make sure that you’re “minding your manners” is to generally use those basic common courtesies:
Thank you No thank you Excuse me May I
COMMON COURTESY
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“HAPPY DINING”
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Our time is up andwe thank you for yours!
MANNERS MATTER!