As more than 50% of all business decisions are taken over a breakfast, lunch or dinner, meal etiquette has become an essential career skills for today's executives.
Following are The Top 10 Dining Do’s:
1. Do try a little of everything served to you, unless you know you’re allergic to a certain food.
2. Do take small bites and you’ll find it’s easier to answer questions or join in table talk.
3. Do remember solids (food) are always on your left, liquids (beverages) are on your right.
4. Do leave your fork and knife in 10:20 position to indicate “I am finished” to the wait staff. (Visualize the face of a clock and place the tips of the silverware at 10 o’clock and the handles at 4 o’clock).
5. Do butter the bread on the plate, never midair. Eat a bread roll by breaking off a small piece, buttering it and munching on it.
6. Do remember your posture at the table. Sit up straight, and keep your arms (including elbows) off the table.
7. Do point out stones, bugs or hair in your food to the wait staff, but in a non-combative manner and you’ll get a replacement immediately.
8. Do remove objects such as bones or gristle from your mouth with your thumb and index finger and place it on the rim of the plate. Never spit food on the plate.
9. Do keep your hands on your lap or rest them on the table (with the wrists on the edge of the table) when not eating.
10. Do leave the ice cubes in the drink – they are not the edible part of the drink.
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