56. Lots of Dining Questions . . . No Shortage of Answers
People think that dining is a simple activity—we all eat, after all—but it’s astonishing how many questions it generates. Not only in seminars but through email and on Facebook, I probably get more questions on dining etiquette than on any other topic I teach.
Below are some questions that come up often, in one variation or another:
Q. At a breakfast meeting recently, a woman left the table briefly and placed her napkin on the table—and part of it fell into my coffee cup! This can’t be right. Where should she have placed her napkin?
A. When you leave the table temporarily, you place your napkin on your chair. Other diners don’t want to see your dirty napkin—nor do they want it to fall ...
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