Community Chat

[blackhole99]

I was lucky to have an aunt who was a Home Ec. teacher when I was a kid, she taught me proper table manners when I was 8 or 9 years old. It stuck with me and matters to me that people know how to use their eating utensils and where to place their napkin. I don't expect the general public to adhere to correct table manners when they eat out though, if I would not have had an aunt who cared no doubt neither would I.

[shortbreadlover]

i did not mean to be mean.  i just was commenting on how much we have changed in terms of what is considered good manners.  andi like to sop up sauce as well as anyone with good bread.

[fthunt]

Well.............you got a bunch of arrows for this posting.  I've noticed when the first response is negative......usually those that follow are negative too.  I've tried to figure that one out.

I agree with you and I don't eat at dumps - but can't afford white napkin $20 plate meals all the time either.  But I see the decline in table manners.

(would you call a Friday fish fry restaurant a dump?)

[Anonymous032819]

I sometimes used my salad fork as my dinner fork!

Ask me if I care.

[Johnnyeager]

Eating French Onion Soup in public properly can be a real chore.

[Marp]

I don't consider it good manners to watch diners at other tables while they are eating much less critique them.

[CLHS68]

Another case of mind your own business. I do not watch what others are doing.

[shortbreadlover]

i try very hard to use good manner when ever i dine out.  my parents taaught me that it  is important.  but each to their own.

[shortbreadlover]

on a side note, i had a brother who had a mental illness and we weregiong out to eat.  he told me he did not want to go any where he had to know whw ich fork or spon to use.

i asked him why and he told me he did not like it.  iexplained that he really needed good manners.  ithen asked him  that if the president of the us invited him to dine at the white house, that he would not want embarase himslef.  he told me it would not matter because he would  not go.  i asked him why and he told that the then president belong to one party and he belong to the other and that he would not accxept .

really  put me in my place

[QueenDanceALot]

Sopping up sauce with bread is bad manners?

Rut roh.......