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WATCH YOUR MANNERS!

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!

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  1. WATCH YOUR MANNERS! TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009 5:45 – 6:45 pm Ybor City Campus - Ybor Room Presenters: Sara Mercer - Cynthia Brady

  2. PERSONAL ETIQUETTE • Appropriate Attire • Basic Table Manners • Common Courtesy

  3. Appropriate Attire Appropriate clothing and personal etiquette are equally important in the classroom, at home, restaurants and other public events.

  4. 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

  5. What to Wear No sneakers, nor baseball caps gentlemen. Shirt, Tie & Dress Slacks MALES

  6. BASIC TABLE MANNERSAt Home, School or Dining Out

  7. 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

  8. BASIC PLACE SETTING

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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)

  13. 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

  14. “HAPPY DINING”

  15. MANNERS MATTER! Our time is up and we thank you for yours!

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