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Teen Dining Etiquette Guide

The document provides etiquette guidelines for dining and cell phone use while on a date or at someone else's home. It discusses the importance of manners and how they differ across cultures. The main points are: 1. Table manners are important to make eating a pleasant experience for all and reflect part of one's personality. 2. Common dining rules include using flatware from the outside in, placing the napkin on one's lap, waiting until all are served to eat, and following the host's lead. 3. Cell phone etiquette dictates keeping phones silent and not using them at the dinner table unless an urgent call is expected, in which case one should excuse themselves briefly.

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Teen Dining Etiquette Guide

The document provides etiquette guidelines for dining and cell phone use while on a date or at someone else's home. It discusses the importance of manners and how they differ across cultures. The main points are: 1. Table manners are important to make eating a pleasant experience for all and reflect part of one's personality. 2. Common dining rules include using flatware from the outside in, placing the napkin on one's lap, waiting until all are served to eat, and following the host's lead. 3. Cell phone etiquette dictates keeping phones silent and not using them at the dinner table unless an urgent call is expected, in which case one should excuse themselves briefly.

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TABLE MANNERS &

PROPER ETIQUETTE Teen Living

WHILE DATING
WHY MANNERS?

Manners are decided by society. History


has stated them as adapted from royalty
Know that manners differ from one
culture to another. If you are living or
traveling abroad, you may wish to do
some research beforehand.
You will be judged by your manners
TABLE ETIQUETTE

Table etiquette - courtesy shown by good


manners at meals
Table manners reflect part of your
personality to others
Makes eating a pleasant experience for
everyone
Most rules of etiquette involve common
sense and consideration of other people
COMMON RULES OF ETIQUETTE

Sit down from the left side of your chair


COMMON RULES OF ETIQUETTE

Assist with passing of


foods when appropriate;
pass to the right
COMMON RULES OF ETIQUETTE

Use flatware from the outside in


COMMON RULES OF ETIQUETTE

NAPKIN
Place on lap before starting to eat; cover your
mouth and nose if you must cough or sneeze
Leave on your chair if leaving the table and
returning during a meal
Leave to the left of the plate when finished with
the meal
COMMON RULES OF ETIQUETTE

When eating with a small group wait until


everyone is served before eating
COMMON RULES OF ETIQUETTE

Follow actions of host/hostess as a guide when


dining in someone’s home
COMMON RULES OF ETIQUETTE

Avoid talking with food


in your mouth; chew
with your mouth closed
COMMON RULES OF ETIQUETTE

Cut food into bite-size pieces as you eat


Cut meat one bite at a time
COMMON RULES OF ETIQUETTE

Sit up straight; avoid leaning on elbows while


eating
COMMON RULES OF ETIQUETTE

Place spoon on soup plate rather than the


bowl/cup when finished eating
COMMON RULES OF ETIQUETTE

Place the knife and fork on the plate with the


handles parallel to the edge of the table when
finished eating
COMMON RULES OF ETIQUETTE

Break one piece of bread/roll and butter one


piece at a time
COMMON RULES OF ETIQUETTE

Place butter on your own plate before buttering


your bread/roll
Eating:

 Do NOT talk with food in your mouth! This is very rude and
distasteful to watch! Wait until you have swallowed the food in your
mouth.
 Always taste your food before seasoning it. Usually the hostess has
gone to a lot of work making sure the food served is delicious to her
standards. It is very rude to add salt and pepper before tasting
the food.
 Don't blow on your food to cool it off. If it is too hot to eat, take the
hint and wait until it cools.
 Always scoop food, using the proper utensil, away from you.
 Cut only enough food for the next mouthful (cut no more than two
bites of food at a time). Eat in small bites and slowly.
 Don't make an issue if you don't like something or can't eat it – keep
silence.
 Break your bread into small bites and then butter it.
CELL PHONE
ETIQUETTE
CELL PHONE ETIQUETTE

1) Turn your phone on silent/vibrate when you go


to a restaurant or sit down to eat at
someone’s home.
CELL PHONE ETIQUETTE

2) If you are
expecting an
urgent call
during dinner,
let your
date/guests
know up front
and explain
why it is
necessary to
answer.
CELL PHONE ETIQUETTE

3) If you do get an urgent call, excuse


yourself from the table to take the call (but
stay in view). Make the call as quick as
possible.
CELL PHONE ETIQUETTE

4) Do NOT check your phone at the dinner table if it


vibrates. If you MUST check it, do so discreetly under
the table.

DO NOT HAVE YOUR PHONE OUT AT DINNER…. EVER!


CELL PHONE ETIQUETTE

5) Never take a picture of your date/guests


or the food unless they have asked you to
do so.
FORMAL TABLE SETTING

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