WATCH YOUR MANNERS!

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PERSONAL ETIQUETTE

 Appropriate Attire

 Basic Table Manners

 Common Courtesy

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 Appropriate Attire

Appropriate clothing and personal etiquette

are equally important in the classroom, at
home, restaurants and other public events.

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 What to Wear

FEMALES

Ladies! Ladies! Low, comfy flip-

flops and loafers are NOT dressy
enough for semi-formal
occasions.

Business Suit w/Skirt or Dress Pants

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 What to Wear
MALES

No sneakers, nor baseball caps

gentlemen.

Shirt, Tie & Dress Slacks

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BASIC TABLE MANNERS
At Home, School or Dining Out

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 Table Setting Guide
BASIC PLACE SETTING
A great trick to help you remember the order, left to right for a
basic table setting is to just picture the word “FORKS.”
 F for Fork
 O for Plate (the shape)
 R ight of Plate
 K for Knife
 S for Spoon

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BASIC PLACE SETTING

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Other things to know:

 Knife blades always face the plate

 Napkins go to the left of the fork, or on

the plate

 Bread and butter plate and knife are

optional

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 Table Setting Guide
INFORMAL PLACE SETTING

This following illustration shows how a table

would be set for the following informal menu:

 Soup course
  Salad or first course
  Entrée

  Dessert

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 INFORMAL PLACE SETTING

a. Dinner plate f. Glasses

b. Two forks g. Salad plate
c. Napkin h. Bread plate with butter knife
d. Dinner knife i. Dessert spoon and fork *
e. Spoons j. Coffee cup and saucer

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 Table Setting Guide
OTHER THINGS TO REMEMBER:

 PROPER EATING
 Chew with closed mouth
 No talking with food in mouth
 No slurping, finger licking, belching or grooming/place
accessories under table or chair
 Pass food, salt, and pepper to the right

 PROPER POSTURE
 No leaning or elbows on the table
 Gentlemen wait for Ladies before sitting, standing
or leaving the table

 HAND FOOD - It is perfectly acceptable to use your hands to eat:

 breads
 ‘hors doers (cheese & crackers, chicken wings, just
to name a few)
 other finger foods (tacos, mini-burgers, egg rolls,
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 COMMON COURTESY

The best way to make sure that you’re “minding

your manners” is to generally use those basic
common courtesies:

 Thank you
 No thank you
 Excuse me
 May I

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“HAPPY DINING”

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 MANNERS MATTER!

Our time is up and

we thank you for yours!

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