Teaching Table Manners and Formal Dining Etiquettes
Teaching Table Manners and Formal Dining Etiquettes In these times of fast food, it has become imperative to brush up our formal dining etiquette. Nowadays, formal sit-down dinners are becoming less frequent. There comes a business lunch or a dinner at a swanky restaurant where you are required to be sophistication incarnate displaying flawless table [...]
Business Dining Etiquette – How to Avoid Dining Blunders That Even the Most Successful Executives Make
Business Dining Etiquette – How to Avoid Dining Blunders That Even the Most Successful Executives Make There is nothing more uncomfortable than sitting across the table from someone you are trying to impress and not knowing what fork to use. Or, as a guest, wondering what part of the menu you should order from or [...]
Cellphone Etiquette
There are very few people in this world who posses the kind of social graces intrinsic to the characters in an Austen novel. Some would argue the children of the “information revolution” lack social propriety altogether. Despite the rumours that etiquette is dead, many of us do manage to exercise a little common courtesy toward [...]
Restaurant Etiquette
Because of our busy lives, it is not always easy to take the time to make dinner at home. For this reason, dining at a restaurant has become as common as going to the movies. It is fun to have our meals served to us with no clean up afterwards. However, there are certain etiquette [...]
Solving The Utensil Puzzle
Many people know how to navigate place settings and know when to use each utensil. How to hold those knives, forks and spoons, where to put them when you are not using them and what to do with them at the end of the course or the meal may still be a challenge. Glancing around [...]
A Game to Teach Table Manners
Has anyone ever imagined that there can be a game for teaching table manners to children at mealtimes so that they can display better social etiquettes at parties and follow the same at home too. Well for people who havenot come across it before, I am sure they will be astonished and excited to know [...]
Table Manners When Out on a Date
This week I want to talk about table manners. You may not think table manners are important on a date, but I can assure you that good table manners are very important to your date. When you’re on a dinner date at a restaurant, women will take notice of your table manners or lack of [...]
Dining Etiquette at Your Desk
Are you stuck eating lunch at your desk again? Lucky you. You see, staying put can be surprisingly soothing compared to making a mad dash to the cafe for a sandwich and running back to your office, all the while worried that you’ll miss an important call. If you feel chained to your desk, try [...]
Business Lunch Dining Etiquette
Proper Etiquette For Your Business Power Lunch Power lunches don’t just happen. If you leave them to chance you might end up at half-power. As in all business communications, power lunches start well before you sit down to talk . . . or eat. Here’s what to do before your client arrives for lunch: If [...]
