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"On holiday in a 4* hotel in Corfu and meal times are like watching feeding time in a zoo. Am I old fashioned? " No, but it’s rude to stare! 😉 | |||
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"On holiday in a 4* hotel in Corfu and meal times are like watching feeding time in a zoo. Am I old fashioned? No, but it’s rude to stare! 😉" Fabulous! 🤩 | |||
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"On holiday in a 4* hotel in Corfu and meal times are like watching feeding time in a zoo. Am I old fashioned? No, but it’s rude to stare! 😉 Fabulous! 🤩" But, I recommend giving a lot to stare at on profiles! 👀😈 | |||
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"I think manners in general are sadly a thing of the past especially when you see the way some of the kids go on these days No respect whatsoever which probably comes down to a lack of discipline from their parents Kids bringing up Kids is half the problem "  | |||
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"No keep your way it's the proper way t always remember my mum teaching me how to place my knife and fork after I'd finished the position indicated whether U had finished and how satisfied U were or not with the meal all gone now I think " Same here and we ate at the table instead of sitting around the telly with our plates on our laps | |||
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"I still stand up when a lady joins the table." Me too! I also use a dessert fork rather than chase my pavlova around the plate with my finger. | |||
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"No keep your way it's the proper way t always remember my mum teaching me how to place my knife and fork after I'd finished the position indicated whether U had finished and how satisfied U were or not with the meal all gone now I think " I need to know the positions!! Ps But please tell me you didn't do o this at home? Rating muns cooking lol | |||
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"I think manners in general are sadly a thing of the past especially when you see the way some of the kids go on these days No respect whatsoever which probably comes down to a lack of discipline from their parents Kids bringing up Kids is half the problem " Bring back the birch! | |||
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"No keep your way it's the proper way t always remember my mum teaching me how to place my knife and fork after I'd finished the position indicated whether U had finished and how satisfied U were or not with the meal all gone now I think I need to know the positions!! Ps But please tell me you didn't do o this at home? Rating muns cooking lol" Twelve O'clock all was good. Ten to four it was not so good but if you are louche or uncultured youll do that anyway. | |||
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"Good table manners are certainly less common in restaurants than they once were. Years ago, it was only the cultured classes who could afford to dine out. These days, it’s normal for all tiers of society to eat out, including, unfortunately, those who haven’t been coached in the necessary etiquette and oft resemble an out of control mortar mixer with their eating habits handling cutlery as though they were tools on a building site! 🫣" .... .... You go out for a meal and spend part of it looking at how others handle their cutlery.... An acutely telling admission... 🦞👀 | |||
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"Good table manners are certainly less common in restaurants than they once were. Years ago, it was only the cultured classes who could afford to dine out. These days, it’s normal for all tiers of society to eat out, including, unfortunately, those who haven’t been coached in the necessary etiquette and oft resemble an out of control mortar mixer with their eating habits handling cutlery as though they were tools on a building site! 🫣 .... .... You go out for a meal and spend part of it looking at how others handle their cutlery.... An acutely telling admission... 🦞👀 " There is simply no need to look! They make it a glaringly obvious spectacle — like a stage act. When someone’s wielding a knife and fork like they’re mixing cement and demolishing a wall, it’s hard not to notice. Peripheral vision isn’t a crime yet, is it? 🤔 | |||
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"Where is 'KKC' ? Mostly these days, family meals are a thing of the past ! With the Dining Room being given over to the teenagers and their PC Games, So no-one buys a dining table ?" lol sorry just notice typo KFC  | |||
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"Any kind of manners are a thing of the past " Totally agree. It's not an age thing but a lack of repect thing; an overiding sense of entitlement | |||
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"Good table manners are certainly less common in restaurants than they once were. Years ago, it was only the cultured classes who could afford to dine out. These days, it’s normal for all tiers of society to eat out, including, unfortunately, those who haven’t been coached in the necessary etiquette and oft resemble an out of control mortar mixer with their eating habits handling cutlery as though they were tools on a building site! 🫣 .... .... You go out for a meal and spend part of it looking at how others handle their cutlery.... An acutely telling admission... 🦞👀 There is simply no need to look! They make it a glaringly obvious spectacle — like a stage act. When someone’s wielding a knife and fork like they’re mixing cement and demolishing a wall, it’s hard not to notice. Peripheral vision isn’t a crime yet, is it? 🤔 " ... ... Looking down your nose was always going to be ok for you. | |||
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"Lol, reading this thread, people getting in a tizzy because someone is chasing peas round a plate with their dessert spoon while they're quite happy getting their arses chomped on by a random stranger wearing their wife's knickers in a Tesco carpark" which one was wearing the knickers did you get it on film xx | |||
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"You should see what it's like in the Aldi carpark. Gosh those plebs.... The geezer had on a gasmask!" I go to Aldi but I use my waitrose shopping bag xx | |||
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"Ah the old Harrods bag whilst shopping in Spar? Watching you.... 👀 No I don't need any cheese or steak.. Only joking Sam. How's tricks? xx" hi Ritchie same old on my allotment now trying to grow carrots hope you are keeping well xxxx | |||
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"Good table manners are certainly less common in restaurants than they once were. Years ago, it was only the cultured classes who could afford to dine out. These days, it’s normal for all tiers of society to eat out, including, unfortunately, those who haven’t been coached in the necessary etiquette and oft resemble an out of control mortar mixer with their eating habits handling cutlery as though they were tools on a building site! 🫣 .... .... You go out for a meal and spend part of it looking at how others handle their cutlery.... An acutely telling admission... 🦞👀 There is simply no need to look! They make it a glaringly obvious spectacle — like a stage act. When someone’s wielding a knife and fork like they’re mixing cement and demolishing a wall, it’s hard not to notice. Peripheral vision isn’t a crime yet, is it? 🤔 ... ... Looking down your nose was always going to be ok for you. " Richey6, you keep confusing decent manners with affluence, decorum with ideology. You can’t sow seeds on barren ground! | |||
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"On holiday in a 4* hotel in Corfu and meal times are like watching feeding time in a zoo. Am I old fashioned? " Corfu ! Yes  | |||
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"Good table manners are certainly less common in restaurants than they once were. Years ago, it was only the cultured classes who could afford to dine out. These days, it’s normal for all tiers of society to eat out, including, unfortunately, those who haven’t been coached in the necessary etiquette and oft resemble an out of control mortar mixer with their eating habits handling cutlery as though they were tools on a building site! 🫣 .... .... You go out for a meal and spend part of it looking at how others handle their cutlery.... An acutely telling admission... 🦞👀 There is simply no need to look! They make it a glaringly obvious spectacle — like a stage act. When someone’s wielding a knife and fork like they’re mixing cement and demolishing a wall, it’s hard not to notice. Peripheral vision isn’t a crime yet, is it? 🤔 ... ... Looking down your nose was always going to be ok for you. Richey6, you keep confusing decent manners with affluence, decorum with ideology. You can’t sow seeds on barren ground! " ... ... It's rude to gawp. Keep digging. Your inability to hold your hands up remains... | |||
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"Lol, reading this thread, people getting in a tizzy because someone is chasing peas round a plate with their dessert spoon while they're quite happy getting their arses chomped on by a random stranger wearing their wife's knickers in a Tesco carpark" Spot on. Well said. | |||
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"My opinion is that table manners are a must. But that guy who tells us to use our dominant hand when eating a quail egg vol-au-vent is a pretentious nob." .... .... Pretension/Repulsion 👀 | |||
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"Lol, reading this thread, people getting in a tizzy because someone is chasing peas round a plate with their dessert spoon while they're quite happy getting their arses chomped on by a random stranger wearing their wife's knickers in a Tesco carpark Spot on. Well said." Well…not really. Although a Tesco car park is a public place and the activity you mention is a private function, the observer can move on, report etc. If in a restaurant complaining is unlikely to yield positive results, moving on is mostly not an option so others are intruding on a public place and others space in an inconsiderate way, it’s not about snobbery or even class it’s about consideration for our fellow human being and context of the space you are in. | |||
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"Lol, reading this thread, people getting in a tizzy because someone is chasing peas round a plate with their dessert spoon while they're quite happy getting their arses chomped on by a random stranger wearing their wife's knickers in a Tesco carpark" There’s no hanky panky in Waitrose car parks 😉 | |||
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"I would sooner eat in the legendary Wingz Kingz... "No surprise there, we shall leave you to gorge in your oafish trough without further ado; it clearly requires far less effort than common courtesy! | |||
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"No keep your way it's the proper way t always remember my mum teaching me how to place my knife and fork after I'd finished the position indicated whether U had finished and how satisfied U were or not with the meal all gone now I think I need to know the positions!! Ps But please tell me you didn't do o this at home? Rating muns cooking lol Twelve O'clock all was good. Ten to four it was not so good but if you are louche or uncultured youll do that anyway." Why 10 to 4... Wouldn't 6.30 be easier make more sense Or....you could score it out of twelve... five past one the lowest and very very dissatisfied, then ten past two, etc, until you reach twelve o'clock  😄 | |||
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"I would sooner eat in the legendary Wingz Kingz...
No surprise there, we shall leave you to gorge in your oafish trough without further ado; it clearly requires far less effort than common courtesy! "... ... You speak only for yourself. You are not a Spokesman. The contradictory nature of your post re common courtesy after dissing me is a classic. Sara ate my giblet... | |||
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"It all fell apart when we stopped eating at a table and started eating in front of a tv" Those bloody TVs, knew they were trouble- ban them I say, just ban them | |||
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"I would sooner eat in the legendary Wingz Kingz...
No surprise there, we shall leave you to gorge in your oafish trough without further ado; it clearly requires far less effort than common courtesy!
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You speak only for yourself. You are not a Spokesman.
The contradictory nature of your post re common courtesy after dissing me is a classic.
Sara ate my giblet... "Margaritas ante porcos! | |||
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"There are some manners that have disappeared for the better. But general politeness should definitely stay. No phones, using a knife and fork, eating with your mouth closed, not being overly noisy, keeping kids under control all should be kept. But the stupid ones like which knife and fork to use, which hand the knife and fork should be in, elbows off the table, asking to be excused from the table etc, they’re pointless and pompous and I’m glad they’re not used regularly by most people." Other people’s little darlings being left to run around, play, or having tantrums in the restaurant, is not just down to a loss of manners, it is an unfortunate symptom of a growing entitled generation. | |||
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"Café Pretension." Is it not far better to have a seat in the 'café' amongst the polite than a life in the gutter in the company of snipes? | |||
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"Café Pretension." Chip shops are good. Plenty for your shoulders! | |||
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"Manners in general are a thing of the past " Fortunately, manners and etiquette are not dead across all strata of society, in my humble opinion. As the old adage goes, “Manners maketh man,” and long may it be so. | |||
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"Manners in general are a thing of the past Fortunately, manners and etiquette are not dead across all strata of society, in my humble opinion. As the old adage goes, “Manners maketh man,” and long may it be so. " Yep 👍 agree some of us still have manners and respect Listen to the older generation they have a wealth of knowledge | |||
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"Café Pretension. Chip shops are good. Plenty for your shoulders!" ... .. Absolutely none on mine. Hilarious that you think so nonetheless. #willtheyeverlearn | |||
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"Café Pretension. Is it not far better to have a seat in the 'café' amongst the polite than a life in the gutter in the company of snipes? " ... ... ... Pretension is banality. Joe Strummer/Garageland re the ironic snipe. | |||
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"I think manners in general are sadly a thing of the past especially when you see the way some of the kids go on these days No respect whatsoever which probably comes down to a lack of discipline from their parents Kids bringing up Kids is half the problem " Unfortunately its now illegal to properly discipline kids at school or at home. Personally, I believe any adult who sees any kid misbehaving should have the legal right to clip the bastards around the head. If parent complain they should be fined for allowing their children to misbehave. I dont have kids and never wanted any and saw how many of my own friends became morons when they became doting parents of spoilt brats. | |||
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"A lot of people seem to struggle with basic communication, let alone politeness and manners." Millions, even billions of public funding have been invested on free education over the decades, yet just look at the abysmal state of basic communication and courtesy today. A century ago, with far fewer educational opportunities, people took pride in being polite and expressing themselves clearly. It’s a sad reflection on how far standards have slipped in UK society. | |||
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