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Proper dining may be key to an interview situation or business dinner. Everything you wanted know from the invitation to dessert. We have provided some information to help you get through the meal with class and style.
Intro | Checklist | Invitation | Dressing | Basic Rules | Definite No No's | Table Setting | Courses | Particular Foods
Dining With Etiquette
“On Time”
Three words in regards to being “on time” for an event, parties, meets, meetings, etc., you have been invited to attend… BE ON TIME!
It is very poor manners to arrive early. If the host/hostess had intended for you to help, they would have asked you at the time the invitation was issued.
There is no such rule in proper etiquette that states it is fine to arrive “fashionably late”. Eight minutes after the starting time is the limit. BE ON TIME!
Five Rules of Professional Behavior
- Be Focused
- Be Discreet
- Don’t Waste Your Time, or Anyone Else’s
- Be Reliable
- Be Positive and Acknowledge Others
Business Lunches Checklist
- Be prompt!
- Order familiar & easy to eat foods.
- If host orders an alcoholic beverage, then proceed. Watch the booze, “less” is better.
- After opening pleasantries, keep the conversation to business. Don’t get too personal.
- Don’t loiter after the meal.
- Send your host/hostess a thank you note
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