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HSC Unit: 3; Lesson: 1(E); Table Manners 101: Basic Dining Etiquette

When you hear the words “table manners” you may just think of arbitrary rules for rules’ sake. But at their core, manners are just about being considerate and respectful to the people around you.

āϝāĻ–āύ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ ‘āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϚāĻžāϰ” āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻļā§‹āύ⧋, āϤ⧋āĻŽāϰ āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ–āĻžāĻŽāĻ–ā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϞ⧀ āφāϚāϰāĻŖāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟ āϝāĻž āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻšāĻžāύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞ āĻ“ āĻļā§āϰāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻļā§€āϞ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

People are usually disgusted when you’re eating with a person chomping and slurping and burping and splattering. Because of that, table manners have always been a good “tell” about someone’s overall refinement, their upbringing, and self-awareness around other people.

āϞ⧋āĻ•āϜāύ āϏāϚāϰāĻžāϚāϰ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻ–āĻžā§Ÿ āĻŽāϚ āĻŽāϚ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇ āĻĸāĻ•ā§ āĻĸāĻ•ā§ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻĸ⧇āϕ⧁āϰ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻ‚āϞāĻ—ā§āύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϚāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āϰ⧁āϚāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž. āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§‡ā§œā§‡ āĻ“āĻ āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϏāĻšā§‡āϤāύ⧇āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϤ⧋āϞ⧇āĨ¤

Often the reason someone might be concerned about your table manners isn’t because your lack of manners bothers them. Instead, they might be worried it bothers someone else.

āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋ āϕ⧇āω āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āύ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāχ āύ⧟ āϝ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āωāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āύ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāχ āϭ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāχ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

For instance, when you eat dinner with your friend’s family  for the first time, s/he may not care that  you behave like a total buffoon at the table when you’re just around him/ her but s/ he may worry that the parents will be bothered by your poor dining etiquette, because good manners are a sign of respect.

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧂āĻĒ, āϝāĻ–āύ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ­ā§‹āϜ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇, āϤāĻ–āύ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻā§œā§‡āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āĻ“ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāϟāĻž āϏ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŽāĻž-āĻŽāĻž āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāχ āφāϚāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚ⧟ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

That’s also why, nowadays employers will often take you out to dinner as part of the interview process. Again, maybe the hiring manager doesn’t care if you have bad table manners, but they may worry that your potential clients will be bothered that you eat like an absent-minded caveman.

āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āφāϜāĻ•āĻžāϞ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§ŸāĻļāχ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰ⧀āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻ­ā§‹āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžā§Ÿ, āϝāĻž āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϝ⧇, āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§€ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āφāϚāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āωāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āύ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāχ āϭ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇, āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻ–āϰāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻĻāĻžāϰāĻ—āĻŖ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŽāύāĻ¸ā§āĻ• āϗ⧁āĻšāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀āϰ āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

So, my thought is, even if you don’t practice perfect table manners at home, you should know how to behave for those important occasions.

āĻ…āϤāĻāĻŦ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋, āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϚāĻžāϰ āϚāĻ°ā§āϚāĻž āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϞāĻ“ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āωāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāχ āϐ āϏāĻ•āϞ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿ āϤāĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻžāĨ¤

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž
01.   Manners (n)

02.   Arbitrary (adj)

03.   For rules’ sake (adv. Ph)

04.   Core (n)

05.   Considerate (adj)

06.   Respectful (adj)

07.   Around (Prep)

08.   Disgusted (adj)

09.    Chomp (v)

10.   Slurp (v)

11.   Burp (v)

12.   Splatter (v)

13.   Overall (adj)

14.   Refinement (n)

15.   Upbringing (n)

16.   Self-awareness (n)

17.   Concerned (v)

18.   Lack (n)

19.   Bother (n)

20.   Instead (adv)

21.   Worried (adj)

22.   For Instance (adv. ph)

23.   Behave (v)

24.   Total (adj)

25.   Buffon (n)

26.   Etiquette (n)

27.   Sign (n)

28.   Respect (n)

29.   Employer (n)

30.   Often (adv)

31.   Process (n)

32.   Hiring (adj)

33.   Manager (n)

34.   Potential (adj)

35.   Client (n)

36.   Absent-minded (adj)

37.   Caveman (n)

38.   Practice (v)

39.   Perfect (adj)

40.   Occasion (n)

ā§Ļā§§. āφāϚāϰāĻŖ

ā§Ļ⧍. āĻ–āĻžāĻŽāĻ–ā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϞ⧀/ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāϧ/ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻŽāϤ

ā§Ļā§Š. āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ⧇

ā§Ļā§Ē. āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ/ āĻŽā§‚āϞ

ā§Ļā§Ģ. āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϚāĻ•

ā§Ļā§Ŧ. āĻļā§āϰāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻļā§€āϞ

ā§Ļā§­. āϚāĻžāϰāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇

ā§Ļā§Ž. āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ

ā§Ļ⧝. āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāύ⧋

ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻĸāĻ•ā§ āĻĸāĻ•ā§ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

ā§§ā§§. āωāĻĻāĻ—āĻžāϰ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž/ āĻĄā§‡āϕ⧁āϰ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž

⧧⧍. āĻ…āϏāĻ‚āϞāĻ—ā§āύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦāϞāĻž/ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻ§ā§āϝāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦāϞāĻž

ā§§ā§Š. āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• / āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ•

ā§§ā§Ē. āϰ⧁āϚāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž/ āφāϚāϰāĻŖāĻ—āϤ/ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāϤāĻž/ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻž/ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž

ā§§ā§Ģ. āϞāĻžāϞāύāĻĒāĻžāϞāύ/ āĻŦā§‡ā§œā§‡ āĻ“āĻ āĻž

ā§§ā§Ŧ. āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϏāĻšā§‡āϤāύāϤāĻž

ā§§ā§­. āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ/ āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§āϞāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ

ā§§ā§Ž. āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ

⧧⧝. āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž/ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

⧍ā§Ļ. āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇

⧍⧧. āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ

⧍⧍. āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧂āĻĒ

ā§¨ā§Š. āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

⧍ā§Ē. āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŽā§‹āϟ

⧍ā§Ģ, āĻ­āĻžā§œ/ āϏāĻ™

⧍ā§Ŧ. āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϚāĻžāϰ

⧍⧭. āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ

ā§¨ā§Ž. āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ

⧍⧝.āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‹āĻ—āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻž

ā§Šā§Ļ. āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿāχ

ā§Šā§§. āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ/ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž

ā§Šā§¨. āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‹āĻ—āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀

ā§Šā§Š. āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ•

ā§Šā§Ē. āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ/ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽā§Ÿ

ā§Šā§Ģ. āĻŽā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻ•āϞ/ āĻ–āĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ/ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•

ā§Šā§Ŧ. āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŽāύāĻ¸ā§āĻ•

ā§Šā§­. āϗ⧁āĻšāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦ

ā§Šā§Ž. āϚāĻ°ā§āϚāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

ā§Šā§¯. āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•/ āϝāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻĨ

ā§Ēā§Ļ. āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ