Dining Dilemmas
1. Someone has food in his or her teeth?
Just
discreetly tell them without making a spectacle of it. If you have food
in your teeth and can’t swipe it away quickly with your tongue, then
politely excuse yourself from the table and remove the offending
particle in the bathroom.
2. Can’t reach an item?
Ask the person nearest to you to pass it to you; don’t reach over the person next to you.
3. Where does your napkin belong when you are finished eating or get up to go to the bathroom?
You
should fold your napkin as neatly as possible without lipstick or food
smears showing and place it to the left of your plate.
4. Drop your silverware or napkin?
At home, pick it up, at a restaurant leave it and ask for another.
5. Have to cough, sneeze or blow your nose?
Turn your head and cover your mouth with your hand or napkin or leave the table if it persists.
6. What if I get a seed or bone in my mouth?
Remove it with your fork and place it at the edge of your plate or bread and butter plate.
7. Where do I put packets from sugar, crackers, etc?
Place them under the rim of the plate, bread and butter plate or cup and saucer.
8. Drop food or spill something?
Help clean it up and if you are dining out call your server.
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