Dining Etiquette Stories

Do you have a dining etiquette story to share? If so, other visitors to this site would love to hear it! Whether it's a truly hilarious tale or perhaps a highly annoying or even embarrassing one, please share it!
We've all made the odd foolish mistake at a dinner party or in a restaurant....it's happened to us all at some time! But what about those really whopping etiquette errors, especially where we've laughed about it afterwards! Or what about the unbelievably bad behavior of a fellow diner at some social event?
Or perhaps you've just always wanted the opportunity to say what you think about the whole business of social etiquette! Is it now rather outdated? Or perhaps you believe that it's actually not practiced enough? Whatever your opinion, if you have some comments to make about proper dinner etiquette, this is the place to post it! Here at last, you can have your say.....tell the WORLD what you think!
Submitting your story couldn't be easier and it literally only takes a few minutes. Once your submission has been approved, it will appear on its own unique web page on this site. Plus other visitors are encouraged to read it, leave comments and even give it a star-rating! It's fun, and inter-active!
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What Other Visitors Have Said
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Bite sized pieces
    
I took a group of High school students from my Foods class to a very fancy french restaurant so they could have a fine dining experience. As I looked over ...
Scones NOT Bisquits
    
I'm from Brooklyn New York, and I had never (before that time) seen or even heard of a scone. This fact is so sad, since I had three young daughters at ...
TEA FOR TEETH
    
My mother's friend was a student in Chile. He comes from a coffee drinking country. While in Chile, he was invited to visit his Consulate. He was offered ...
Formal, or Smart-Casual?
    
I was recently invited to a very swish birthday celebration which was held in a beautiful, luxury hotel. It was a wonderful setting for what should have ...
No Second Date With HIM!
   
I was in the very early stages of a romance with a rather dapper looking neighbor whom I invited over for a very casual dinner. It had taken an hour or ...
Never arrive empty handed as a guest
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I live in Hawaii. It is customary to ALWAYS bring a hostess gift when going to someone's home for dinner.
I invited a couple to our home for dinner....
My Beautiful Christmas Prime Rib
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I went out and bought a $100 prime rib for Christmas dinner. My wife cooked and I was gonna carve it. As the man of the house, I have that God given right!...
That is MY butter
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I was at a conference and a dinner was part of the event. I had a roll and dab of butter on my bread plate. The roll was half gone, as was dinner when ...
Julia
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My husband and I recently invited his (well-off) mother and step-father out for a meal. Obviously, as we had invited them we were paying the bill. (Note ...
The Fork Disaster
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Oh my gosh i was mortified when this happened. I happened to have the mayor and his wife, along with other guests for dinner, and I had served meat. The ...

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