manners really table manners - Page 3

Anonymous032819 · ‎03-29-2019

Just because people are not living up to your standards, does not mean that they don't have good manners.

The Sky looks different when you have someone you love up there.

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

@shortbreadlover wrote:
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.

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I don't think that was your intent @shortbreadlover but I see your point. Men in baseball hats are what disturb me when dining out. My eating habits are less than stellar - luckily DH and I grew up in homes where we literally licked our platters clean so we don't judge.

Bri369 · ‎11-03-2018

People have all different levels of manners.

My daughter had a friend who had no table manners. He used to eat dinner with us often and I began to see him putting his napkin on his lap, holding a fork correctly, not shoveling food into his mouth.

I would never criticize him or make him feel bad. He was the nicest boy.

occasionalrain · ‎03-10-2010

I don't notice how those at other tables are eating unless they do something loudly to draw my attention. I do care about the manners of those at my table. I don't want to see bread sopping with or without a fork. I don't want to see food being mixed together on one's plate, or licking fingers, or giving bites of food to each other.

QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

@shortbreadlover wrote:
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.

But you think that doing so in public is bad manners. I have done that in public a number of times. The sauce is excellent, the bread is good, there's some sauce left, there's some bread left. I don't see what the issue is.

QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

@occasionalrain wrote:
I don't notice how those at other tables are eating unless they do something loudly to draw my attention. I do care about the manners of those at my table. I don't want to see bread sopping with or without a fork. I don't want to see food being mixed together on one's plate, or licking fingers, or giving bites of food to each other.

Maybe you should wear a blindfold.

occasionalrain · ‎03-10-2010

@QueenDanceALot wrote:
@shortbreadlover wrote:
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.
But you think that doing so in public is bad manners. I have done that in public a number of times. The sauce is excellent, the bread is good, there's some sauce left, there's some bread left. I don't see what the issue is.

Nothing if you're eating alone but it's unattractive and unappetizing for those who find themselves at table with a plate mopper.

QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

@occasionalrain wrote:
@QueenDanceALot wrote:
@shortbreadlover wrote:
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.
But you think that doing so in public is bad manners. I have done that in public a number of times. The sauce is excellent, the bread is good, there's some sauce left, there's some bread left. I don't see what the issue is.
Nothing if you're eating alone but it's unattractive and unappetizing for those who find themselves at table with a plate mopper.

Never bothered me to see another plate mopper in action.

Krimpette · ‎03-09-2010

It is such a waste to leave a good sauce "un-sopped"!!!!! Doesn't bother me a bit if I'm sitting at a table with "soppers" or "moppers". They look like they are thoroughly enjoying the food.....which is what it's all about to me!

lovesrecess · ‎03-14-2010

I routinely hear how we live in a more “ casual society”. I don’t think many parents teach table manners to children any longer...it seems to be a dying art, just like writing thank-you notes and saying please or thank-you. I have been known to sip broth when it is served in a mug and no spoon...I also don’t put my elbows on the table....but I see so many bad manners now that I can’t bother with those who don’t care about such things. Our favorite Italian restaurant serves wonderful cristy bread and a small bowl of pesto and olive oil to dip it in....is that”sopping”? Guilty!