Table Manners....

[leebee]

Regarding the "taking half a slice of bread" situation, and the "slicing the whole mini-loaf" at Outback (or Bugaboo Creek), the operative word here is napkin, or, more specifically, the bread napkin. Mini-loaves of bread usually come with a napkin around part of the loaf. You hold the loaf by the napkin and then slice your piece. The same is true for a half-slice of bread; you use the napkin lining the breadbasket to hold the slice while breaking off the amount you want.

 

[Planogirl]

Regarding the "taking half a slice of bread" situation, and the "slicing the whole mini-loaf" at Outback (or Bugaboo Creek), the operative word here is napkin, or, more specifically, the bread napkin. Mini-loaves of bread usually come with a napkin around part of the loaf. You hold the loaf by the napkin and then slice your piece. The same is true for a half-slice of bread; you use the napkin lining the breadbasket to hold the slice while breaking off the amount you want.

So everyone in effect grabs the same napkin when they are cutting their slice of bread? With some of the people I've gone to lunch with, I'm getting my bread first if that's the case.

 

[ilovemk76]

If I had some food on my chin or face, I would want to be told.



They might not work for everyone.

Then get to a Dr. Nobody should have sinuses so swollen that they have to breathe with their mouth open all the time. There are great Rx nasal sprays with steroids that drain the sinuses.

 

[Coconut36]

Then get to a Dr. Nobody should have sinuses so swollen that they have to breathe with their mouth open all the time. There are great Rx nasal sprays with steroids that drain the sinuses.

Seriously? Sometimes there isn't anything they can do. I have been seeing an allergist since I was a child and tried about everything Rx and OTC on the market (along with allergy shots..something I can't do long term as they impact my immune system) and I still deal with times where I can't breath either. You are way oversimplifying something you apparently don't suffer from like others do.

 

[ilovemk76]

Like it's a miracle cure for every single person. You must not suffer from serious seasonal allergies. When mine are severe enough there is NOTHING that addresses the swollen sinuses or the pressure. OTC meds are never a one size fits all..heck even Rx meds don't work for everyone.

No serious seasonal allergies but serious all year allergies and severe asthma. I am an expert on the OTC and Rx drugs. Doing nothing and showing your food is not a solution. Try the OTCs and if they don't work then get to the Dr. There are great Rx steroid based nasal sprays that work wonders.

 

[usnuzuloose]

I feel like CATCHING a roll at Lambert's Cafe!

I was about to say the same thing. So I guess this is not etiquette

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFCrPFLJd_k

 

[luvmy3]

.... I'm on the monorail right now.....that's all.....carry on.

I hope you aren't eating on it!

 

[Jennasis]

No serious seasonal allergies but serious all year allergies and severe asthma. I am an expert on the OTC and Rx drugs. Doing nothing and showing your food is not a solution. Try the OTCs and if they don't work then get to the Dr. There are great Rx steroid based nasal sprays that work wonders.

Since you are an expert, would you mind making a suggestion of which one "works wonders"? This is a serious question, I'm actually not being facetious. Neither my father nor his doctor's have been able to find any script or OTC med (or any combination thereof) that work for him. Surgery MIGHT work, but it isn't financially possible. I'd love to be able to point them at a medication they may not have thought of (with their fancy medical degrees) that would help my father be able to actual breath through his nose. As it is right now, he does not chew with his mouth open, but he does sound like he's going to suffocate.

 

[babyrich]

so lets run this down. I cannot:

touch any bread but my own
butter all my bread at once
blow my nose
use a knife on my salad
make any direct eye contact
breath through my mouth
throw rolls
hold my utensils any different than the well mannered people do
put my napkin on the table
cut my meat all at once
use both utensils at once

anything missing

 

[Jennasis]

so lets run this down. I cannot:

touch any bread but my own
butter all my bread at once
blow my nose
use a knife on my salad
make any direct eye contact
breath through my mouth
throw rolls
hold my utensils any different than the well mannered people do
put my napkin on the table
cut my meat all at once
use both utensils at once

anything missing

Yes...

 

[marmalade]

so lets run this down. I cannot:

touch any bread but my own
butter all my bread at once
blow my nose
use a knife on my salad
make any direct eye contact
breath through my mouth
throw rolls
hold my utensils any different than the well mannered people do
put my napkin on the table
cut my meat all at once
use both utensils at once

anything missing

Don't forget you need to eat your pizza with a fork and a knife.

 

[Bob NC]

so lets run this down. I cannot:

touch any bread but my own
butter all my bread at once
blow my nose
use a knife on my salad
make any direct eye contact
breath through my mouth
throw rolls
hold my utensils any different than the well mannered people do
put my napkin on the table
cut my meat all at once
use both utensils at once

I can't keep straight what offends others at the table.

Is there an App for this?

 

[ilovemk76]

Since you are an expert, would you mind making a suggestion of which one "works wonders"? This is a serious question, I'm actually not being facetious. Neither my father nor his doctor's have been able to find any script or OTC med (or any combination thereof) that work for him. Surgery MIGHT work, but it isn't financially possible. I'd love to be able to point them at a medication they may not have thought of (with their fancy medical degrees) that would help my father be able to actual breath through his nose. As it is right now, he does not chew with his mouth open, but he does sound like he's going to suffocate.

Bold - Really? The rest of your post show otherwise.

The person said he has swollen, that means full of fluid, sinuses. Steroids, oral work great but have some side effects you need to understand, work great on inflammations and are wonder drugs. Nasacort is a great steroid based nasal inhaler but is not the only one.

If there are deformities, then no med will work and you need to try the surgery.

One can be an expert who has tried many OTC (when they were Rx drugs) and all the new Rx drugs that are on the market. I did allergy shots too. I have tired some that are no longer on the market. Serevent is one of them.

Antihistamines work best when you have the drug in your blood stream before you have an allergy reaction. It is harder to quell an allergy reaction then to prevent it.

 

[diznygirl]

so lets run this down. I cannot:

touch any bread but my own
butter all my bread at once
blow my nose
use a knife on my salad
make any direct eye contact
breath through my mouth
throw rolls
hold my utensils any different than the well mannered people do
put my napkin on the table
cut my meat all at once
use both utensils at once

anything missing

Cool - I call still blow the straw paper across the table at my kids!

 

[Christopher Robin]

I can't keep straight what offends others at the table.

Is there an App for this?

Using an App at the table is bad etiquette.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Yes...

Randy, show Mommy how the little piggies eat!

 

[Coconut36]

No serious seasonal allergies but serious all year allergies and severe asthma. I am an expert on the OTC and Rx drugs. Doing nothing and showing your food is not a solution. Try the OTCs and if they don't work then get to the Dr. There are great Rx steroid based nasal sprays that work wonders.

OK you seem to lack and understanding here. Medications are NOT a one size fits all. What works for you doesn't work for me and what works for me doesn't work for my neighbor. You are also missing that there are folks who despite seeing the Dr, despite medications, still suffer from swollen sinuses and there is NO real relief..OTC or otherwise aside from the serious allergy time passing.

This thread is weird enough and now it is turning into Dr Dis lecturing everyone on what they must do.

 

[kimmar067]

Don't forget you need to eat your pizza with a fork and a knife.

....don't let Jon Stewart catch ya doin' that....

 

[kimmar067]

I hope you aren't eating on it!

....nope. *burp*

 

[cornflake]

Again, you do not use a knife to cut bread, you tear bread.

You don't take half a roll and put the other half back; if there are big slices, you just take half, by using the napkin or *gasp* your fingers to grasp the edge of the slice and tear off part. And yes, everyone is presumed to wash their hands before they eat (that is a 'what're you, raised by wolves?' thing in my book).

If the slices are small, you can just take one. It's a common sense thing... one would think.

As for Miss Manners, she writes entire books that address all aspects of etiquette.

Also, there's good pizza, and then there's good restaurant good pizza. My local pizza place has really good pizza. They don't make the cheeses for it in house though, or etc.