Find Out Some Of The Dining Rules And Etiquette Guide You Should Observe

By Gwen Lowe


It is good to appreciate the need for meal sharing and taking supper together with your friends at home or in the best restaurants around. When your friends invite you to dine with them in a particular place, you need to know how, to behave and some of the dining rules and etiquette guide that govern the way you should dine. You should know the tips that regulate your behaviors when you are out for dinner with your friends.

One of the most embarrassing habits most people have is to talk with their food in the mouth. This habit makes people have a bad impression of you and therefore you should avoid it. In fact, talking while at the same time you are eating is lack of table manners. Always ensure when you are talking you do not have food in your mouth.

Learn the basic communication skills on such occasions and avoid shouting. Find other ways of expressing yourself without having to shout. If you are being hosted by a friend, and you happen not to like what is being served, it is more polite to keep it to yourself rather than tell your host how much you hate what you are being served. Eat small bits at a time and avoid completely filling your mouth with food even when it is your favorite dish.

Another habit that you should avoid under all cost is, eating food that accidentally falls on the table. It is always tempting to collect the food most importantly if it is your favorite meal. Feasting with your friends, calls for high level of discipline and good manners. In case your food accidentally falls to the table, it is always a good idea to pick it and put it in another dish but you should never feed on it.

As you dine with others, always remember that the small things you do matter just as much as the big stuff. Avoid such behaviors as reaching out for things over the table and other plates. If you need something on the dinner table and cannot reach it, ask for it to be passed to you. This way you do not obstruct other plates of food or have to stand up and go get it yourself which is very unacceptable on a dinner table.

Another thing you should avoid is picking calls in your phones on the feasting table. You would be distracting others as they dine with your calls. Where possible, you should even avoid touching the phone especially if you are using your bare hands to eat some meat pieces. One of the best recommendations is that you switch off your phone before sitting on the feasting table.

It is completely unacceptable to sneeze or blow your nose when you dine with others. This shows lack of care for others and may even disgust them to the point of living the dinner table. If you feel the need to do any of these things, you would rather excuse yourself from the table and go do it somewhere else.

Another crucial aspect as dine is finishing your meal. Sometime, it is not good when you just take a quarter of the meal in your plate and leave the rest. This would be wastage to some people and it may not be pleasant.




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