Manners are important in society. They help us to be civil to one another. Because a person who minds their manners knows how to act in every circumstance he tends to feel comfortable in unfamiliar surroundings.
Nowhere are
manners more important that at the table. Table manners prevent diners from
being sloppy, offensive and boorish. They help to communicate respect to hosts
and guests alike. Table manners are not hard and fast rules; rather they are
helpful guidelines in our social relationships.
Table manners are the
rules of etiquette used
while eating, which may also include the
appropriate use of utensils.
Different cultures observe
different rules for table manners.
Table manner was introduced by the Europeans, then, it becomes a
standard rule, especially when dining together at a formal event or in a family’s banquet events.
If we are able to demonstrate good manners at the
dinner table, actually
it will indirectly indicate our social quality,
intellect and also our
social ethics. Ethics in eating is not set up unexpectedly. It must be
done since the age of children and teenagers.
Good
basic table manners are important because they ensure that both guests and
hosts are comfortable at the table. Table manners are mostly common sense.
Etiquette rules of Table Manner:
- Sit up straight
- Don't speak with your mouth full of food
- Chew quietly, and try not to slurp
- Keep bites small
- Eat at a leisurely pace
- Don't wave utensils in the air
- Keep your elbows off the table
- Don't Reach
- Don't forget please and thank you
- Excuse yourself when leaving the table
- Compliment the Cook
- Wipe your mouth before drinking
The
Benefits of Table Manner
There
are so many benefits of table manner. Beside we get an interesting experience,
table manner can also help us when sometime we are in a formal banquet. Table
manner makes us more confident and more flexible in a formal banquet. It is
very useful to show our good manner in the table in front of the people.
Using
table manners shows the people that you are eating with that you are polite. It
also demonstrates that you respect the people who prepared the meal and will
clean up afterward.
Table
manners prevent you from making too much of a mess. For example, using
silverware keeps food off of your fingers.
There are several advantages of taking
the table manner course, they are:
- Understanding
appropriate International Rules of Table Manner
People can
know what the table manner is. They also understand International rules of
table manner, which are used in formal events or banquette.
- Understanding how to
use the eating utensils
Using eating
utensils is not easy as people use spoon and fork when they eat every day.
There are a lot of utensils with each function. By taking table manner course,
people more understand about how and when all of eating utensils are used.
- Understanding how to
serve business clients
It would not
be embraced yourselves when serving business clients in restaurant or hotel
when having dinner in meeting.
- Understanding how to
speak with guests and how to act in dining table
There are
ways to act in dining table. It is important because it can show people’s
politeness, (e.g. do not speak when there is food in the mouth).
- To
raise our prestige
It seems
exclusive if people know table manner.
- Increasing
self-confidence
It makes
people confidence because they know how to face business client in table manner
and makes the business well organized.
