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WATCH YOUR MANNERS!. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009 5:45 – 6:45 pm Ybor City Campus - Ybor Room Presenters: Sara Mercer - Cynthia Brady. PERSONAL ETIQUETTE. Appropriate Attire Basic Table Manners Common Courtesy. Appropriate Attire.
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WATCH YOUR MANNERS! TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009 5:45 – 6:45 pm Ybor City Campus - Ybor Room Presenters: Sara Mercer - Cynthia Brady
PERSONAL ETIQUETTE • Appropriate Attire • Basic Table Manners • Common Courtesy
Appropriate Attire Appropriate clothing and personal etiquette are equally important in the classroom, at home, restaurants and other public events.
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
What to Wear No sneakers, nor baseball caps gentlemen. Shirt, Tie & Dress Slacks MALES
Table Setting GuideBASIC 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) • Right of Plate • K for Knife • S for Spoon
BASIC PLACE SETTING continued 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
Table Setting GuideINFORMAL 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
INFORMAL PLACE SETTING f. Glasses g. Salad plate h. Bread plate with butter knife i. Dessert spoon and fork * j. Coffee cup and saucer a. Dinner plate b. Two forks c. Napkin d. Dinner knife e. Spoons
Table Setting GuideOTHER 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, just to name a few)
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
MANNERS MATTER! Our time is up and we thank you for yours!