Dining Etiquette Part ii NAUEP Dining Etiquette Part II Workshop nauep © all rights reserved
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Napkin Use -Unfold napkin into rectangle. Place the unfolded side toward you. -When using the napkin, dab both sides of the mouth gently. Don‘t wipe or smear your entire mouth. -The napkin stays on your lap the entire dinner unless using to blot your mouth. -The hostess signals the dinner is over by placing the napkin on the right of the plate, follow his/her lead. nauep © all rights reserved
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Miss Rudy Rudy gets invited to dinner with the family and complains from the moment she sits down. Other rude behaviors include: -Eating before the hostess signals dinner has begun. -Reaching over other’s plates. -Arriving late causing dinner guest to have to wait until his/her arrival. -Puts his/her feet on the chair. -Eating with his/her mouth open and talking with food in his/her mouth. nauep © all rights reserved
Ms. I Don’t Care Not considerate of the feelings others. -Stretches her legs out while not -leaving others room under the table. -When passing food during dinner. -She/he put her personal eating utensils in the general serving dishes. -She/he pokes others with her elbows while cutting her/his meat, inc. -She talks loud at the table. nauep © all rights reserved
Miss Unpleasant Being rude and inconsiderate at the table can make dinner hard, but Ms. Unpleasant makes dinner down right gross. -She eats faster than a soldier in the army. -She chews noisily, slurps her drink loudly, smacks and burps at the table. -She chews and talks with her mouth open. -She pushes the food around her plate. nauep © all rights reserved
Restaurant Anatomy Restaurant Staff Maître/Hosts Captain/Head Waiter Chef Sommelier Bussers Serves/Bartenders nauep © all rights reserved
Proper Tipping Scale Maitre’d - $10 - $20.00 Captain or Waiter – The one who takes your order should get five percent of the bill. Server (The person who actually waits on you) – should get 15% because servers normally split their tips with other restaurant staff. Somelier or Wine Steward – 15 percent Checkroom - $1.00 per hat Bell Hop - $2.00 a day nauep © all rights reserved
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