Essential Manners for Men by Peter Post

Author:Peter Post
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2012-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

SMALL GROSSNESSES

Fingers vs. Forks with Shared Plates of Food

“Let’s share an appetizer sampler,” you suggest. Your friends all agree enthusiastically, and soon a large plate of fried calamari, melon and prosciutto, or other delicious hors d’oeuvres arrives. You start to reach for a piece of calamari when, directly to your right, Jared suddenly turns away from the table and sneezes. He quickly wipes off his nose and hands, and then grabs a calamari with his fingers. You suddenly lose your appetite—for good reason. While it was nice of Jared to turn his head and avoid spraying the food, he still made two glaring mistakes. First, he failed to excuse himself from the table to wash his hands after sneezing. Second, he used his hands to take items from a communal plate.

Then you realize, “I was about to take a calamari with my fingers, too—and nobody saw me licking my fingers a few minutes ago.”

You resolve from now on to start using a serving utensil whenever you’re eating from a shared plate.

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