#tablemanners

Every Thanksgiving I see tables set with knives facing the wrong way and I promise myself I’m going to write a post on how to set a proper table. I also see a lot of bad table manners at press dinners and other events so I’ve finally put advice for both together in a post today. You may think that table manners or knowing how to set a table don’t matter but many companies evaluate their job candidates who may entertain clients on their social skills which includes how they eat in public. I am also grateful to @zoedegivenchy for contributing her valuable advice on hostess gifts. And for including a very amusing quote. As Walter Hoving says in the book Tiffany’s Table Manners for Teenagers, once “you know the rules you can start breaking them. Don’t forget though, it takes a lot of social know how to break rules.” #tablemanners #etiquette #knivesfacetheplate (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkMayyLvPKx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

After months apart in 2020, we may need a refresher in how to behave around guests. Here are a few "Rules for Company and Rules for the Table" from nine-year-old Marion Talbot in 1867. Not sure we will be able to contain our wiggling or talking. (Marion Talbot Papers, Box 1, Folder 4.)

Intj/Scorpio: Maybe… [sugar sprays from mouth]

It’s Pi Day! π✨ Time to celebrate all things math. ✖➕➖➗ If I could have my way, I would be reenacting “Bad Tablemanners” with a pie of my own to celebrate. 🍴❤ Minus the birds, of course. 😜

January 1917, Salonica (Thessaloniki)- American ambulance driver’s diary - History of the American Field Service - Photo: january 1917 in Salonica - American ambulance drivers’ camp.

Ever wonder why we start eating like polite adults and end up in full caveman mode? This funny take on modern eating habits shows the reality of table manners today—from prim and proper to shoveling it in. If you love relatable humor, lifestyle content, and those “why am I like this” moments… this one’s for you.