Monday, February 11, 2008

Etiquette 101


So call me OCD, call me what you will. But when I am invited to someone's house for a dinner party, I attack the dining room table in a very indiscreet way - slowly and methodically placing the sliverware where it is supposed to be. And moving the glasses and bread plates to their proper position. I know it's wrong, I know I shouldn't do it, but I just want things done properly.

My husband thinks it's ridiculous. But I just have a thing for the proper placement of flatware and china.

I personally feel people just don't know, they were never educated in what breadplate to use or let alone where it was supposed to be. In Blueprint magazine recently they had a layout as to where things go.

And please for the love of all that is holy - don't put the napkin in a glass, it might look pretty. But it leaves lint behind, and the last thing you want in your wine is lint.

3 comments:

saundra, event engineer said...

you are SO funny. last week i had to set a mock wedding table just for display. i stared at it for many minutes....trying to figure out what i had done wrong...the glasses...wrong side. LOL!

oh and i learned as a child; fork is a 4 letter word and left is a 4 letter word.....forks go on the left!

The Event Essentials said...

I'm soooo going to remember Saundra's bit of advice. Great post! Great blog! :) I'll be bookmarking this :) Thanks!

saundra, event engineer said...

haha..thank you thank you...etiquette training as a young lady... LOL.

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