from Google today..
1. Do not begin eating until everyone at table is seated and served and hostess begins (learned this when 5 years old)
2. Keep off (the table)
everything not related to food.
3. Don't text at the table (Sorta recently, when my husband looked at me and said "Really?"
4. What to do if youre not drinking wine. Do not turn your glass over. Simply put your fingers on rim of your glass and say "No thank you, not tonight" This implies no judgement for those at the table who are having wine.
5. Speakerphone etiquette: Let a person know they are on speakerphone. Do
not turn on a speakerphone in a roomful of people unless it's a business meeting. Do not use speakerphone to go thru your voicemail
(guilty, but learned the hard way)
6. How to get the door for someone-whoever arrives there first, opens it (
unless youre a Princess)
7. Work Kitchen Microwave etiquette: Don't microwave stinky food
8. How to behave on an elevator-Hold the door open for others before entering.
9. Email etiquette: Don't send an email that just says "Thanks" If all you have to say is "thanks". Refrain from sending it. Youre just clogging an inbox.
10. Other phone no-nos: When you are speaking with someone in real time, do not glance down at your phone to see who is trying to reach you. Restrict hours you business text. and lastly....
11. Shield your lemon (with your hand, as you squeeze it into your tea, so it doesn't, perchance, squirt inadvertently your dining companion's eye)