Manners are important in society. They help us to be civil to one another.

Because a personwho minds

their manners knows how to act in every circumstance he tends to feel comfortable inunfamiliar
surroundings. Nowhere are manners more important that at the table. Table manners prevent diners
from being sloppy, offensive and boorish. They help to communicate respect to hosts and guests
alike.Table manners are not hard and fast rules; rather they are helpful guidelines in our
socialrelationships.Table manners are the rules of etiquetteused while eating, which may also include
theappropriate use of utensils. Different culturesobserve different rules for table manners.Table
manner was introduced by the Europeans, then, it becomes a standard rule,especially when dining
together at a formal event or

in a family’s banquet events.

If we are able to demonstrate good manners at the dinner table, actually it will indirectlyindicate our
social quality, intellect and also our social ethics. Ethics in eating is not set upunexpectedly. It must be
done since the age of children and teenagers.Good basic table manners are important because they
ensure that both guests and hosts arecomfortable at the table. Table manners are mostly common
sense.

Etiquette rules of Table Manner

1.Sit up straight

2. Don't speak with your mouth full of food

3.Chew quietly, and try not to slurp

4. Keep bites small

5. Eat at a leisurely pace

6. Don't wave utensils in the air

7. Keep your elbows off the table

8. Don't Reach

9.Don't forget please and thank you

10. Excuse yourself when leaving the table

11. Compliment the Cook

12. Wipe your mouth before drinking

The Benefits of Table Manner

There are so many benefits of table manner. Beside we get an interesting experience,table manner can
also help us when sometime we are in a formal banquet. Table manner makesus more confident and
more flexible in a formal banquet. It is very useful to show our goodmanner in the table in front of the
people.Using table manners shows the people that you are eating with that you are polite. It
alsodemonstrates that you respect the people who prepared the meal and will clean up afterward.

Table manners prevent you from making too much of a mess. For example, usingsilverware keeps food
off of your fingers.There are several advantages of taking the table manner course, they are:

1. Understanding appropriate International Rules of Table Manner

2. People can know what the table manner is. They also understand International rules of tablemanner,
which are used in formal events or banquette.

3. Understanding how to use the eating utensils

4. Using eating utensils is not easy as people use spoon and fork when they eat every day. Thereare a lot
of utensils with each function. By taking table manner course, people moreunderstand about how and
when all of eating utensils are used.

5. Understanding how to serve business clients

6. It would not be embraced yourselves when serving business clients in restaurant or hotelwhen having
dinner in meeting.

7. Understanding how to speak with guests and how to act in dining table

8. There are ways to act in dining table. It is important because it can show people’s politeness,

(e.g. do not speak when there is food in the mouth).

9. To raise our prestige

10.It seems exclusive if people know table manner.

11. Increasing self-confidence

It makes people confidence because they know how to face business client in table mannerand makes
the business well organized