9 Butler's Tips for Impeccable Table Manners

Putting chewed up food in your napkin leaves a a rather nasty shock for either the hostess or waitstaff who deal with the cleanup.

I have never seen anyone REMOVE food from their mouth with a fork. Just take a drink and swallow quickly.

I absolutely despise the word "salt" when I cook for someone. You make someone a beautiful, delicious meal, and they insult you by putting salt on it. It implies that what you made has no taste--so why'd you even bother? And god forbid you even think of being considerate and helping them lower their sodium intake for the day (since everyone always exceeds it anyway) by not putting salt on it in the first place.

i like to have a good fart after the made course,,,it lets the guest and waiter know i am ready for dessert

I took your advice (#8) but every time I try place my knife and fork vertically, they immediately fall over???

I don't see how it's not rude to put 'unwanted', chewed up food on your plate? It's sitting there, for all to see. I think it would be much better to put it on a napkin :\

And then I also wonder... How is it insulting to salt your food before tasting it? I see where it's not the most bright thing in the world to do, since for all you know it could be perfectly or overly salted, but not how it's insulting.
Nor do I understand why -or, for that matter, how- it's rude to cut your bread... I would think hogging the butter would be more rude...

But then there are things that I do agree with, like not waving your cutlery around like a maniac, not getting drunk,ect.

Where's the rest of the article, where the sub-title is:
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"You might be a redneck if you have these table manners"

lol, I'm still trying to figure out how to leave my silverware "vertically." Unless someone else can explain this, or gravity has been suspended at the table...I suppose I will continue with the horizontal cross which I was taught so many years ago.

10. It's impolite to let your earrings rattle against the sides of the bowl when you eat soup.

I hope not to be called "bigot". I have Asian friends. But I always notice some of them eat making noises with their mouths. As a matter of fact a Japanese movie, I forgot the name of it, mentioned it. And many people of the Middle East, except Israel but they got them anyway, eat with their right fingers. But different cultures, different values.

I think most of you selfish people are missing the point that it's not about YOU it's about showing respect for your host. It's very important to know these things especially if you ever get invited to things such as a job interview, an organized meeting of some sort, or even going out on a first date date. You'd be surprised how far first impressions will get you!

#2 (use the fork and place food in everyone's sight) and #6 (expose your hand germs to all of the bread instead of just your piece) doesn't make sense.

Weird - they forgot the one about how to eat your soup.

Most people eat where they put the spoon at the back of the bowl and drag it fowards towards them.
I've heard many times that this is not correct as you might spill soup on your clothes, instead you start at the part of the bowl closest to you and lift it backwards towards the back part of the bowl so if you do spill its on the table and not on you.

I hate how people are saying manners are dumb they are there for a reason: not to offend your dinner partners and to extend basic courtesy to people who were nice enough to entertain you! watching someone chew or smack their food is unappetizing, talking with your mouth with food makes it hard for people to understand you and again making people see you chewed up food is unappetizing. watching someone put salt on their food before tasting it is like saying to the cook and or host that your cooking sucks and I don't even trust that you've done a good job with it. scraps are automatically cleaned up from a plate so putting unwanted food in a napkin makes it really gross and unsanitary for the person cleaning up. drunks make everything awkward and then the host has the added responsibility of making sure you get home safely. not pointing your cutlery is for the same reason you don't run with scissors, blowing on your food could make a mess, and no one wants to see you grooming yourself at the table that's what the bathroom is for...

What about Don't chew with your mouth open (smacking?) That's the worst!

dumb list

what annoys me is that people with no manners or class think useing a word like simpletons will make them sound important :)

"Never cut bread or bread rolls" but "breakfast toast is the exception"
For real? Why? Whether it's cornbread, biscuit, roll or toast ... the simple act of cutting it in half looks the same. Get real.

How is cutting a bread with a knife rude? Using your hands makes it more messy. Some of these rules are just too much.

Manners really aren't dumb rules from ages ago---they really do protect the feelings of everyone else---that's the whole point of manners!