Table manners of business etiquette

The table is the most common place for business negotiation, the following is my compilation of table manners of business etiquette, welcome to read!

There are many manners that should be noted at the table, and these manners are often ignored.

(a) seat and leave

1, should wait for the elders to sit down, before sitting.

2. If there is a woman at the table, she should wait until she is seated before taking her seat. If a woman's seat is next door, you should call out to her.

3. After the meal, the host and hostess should wait for the other guests to leave the table.

4, sitting posture should be upright, and the distance from the table to keep appropriate.

5, dining in the restaurant, should be led by the waiter to the table.

6. When you leave the table, you should help the elders or women in the next seat to drag the seat.

(2) the use of scented towels

1, napkins mainly to prevent dirty clothes, and do wipe the mouth and hands of the oil stains.

2. You must wait until everyone is seated before using the napkin.

3, the napkin should be spread out, placed on the upper end of the knees 'thighs, do not tie people's belts, or hanging in the lapel of the suit.

4, do not use the napkin to wipe the tableware.

(C) general etiquette at the table

1, after taking a seat in a proper posture, feet under my seat, can not be arbitrarily straight, elbows shall not lean on the edge of the table, or put their hands on the back of the neighboring chairs.

2, the meal must be gentle and elegant, calm and quiet, not impatient.

3, after the meal, must wait for the host and hostess to leave the table, other guests can leave the table.

4, there is food in the mouth, should avoid talking.

5, self-use cutlery can not reach into the communal plate to clip the dishes.

6, must be small mouth to eat, do not large mouth stuffing, food end of swallowing, can not be stuffed into the mouth.

7. To take food and scoop up soup, use communal chopsticks and spoons.

8. You can't spit out what you've eaten. If the food is hot, you can drink water or juice to cool it down.

9. When sending food into the mouth, both elbows should be leaning inward, not spreading straight to the sides and touching the neighboring seats.

10, their hands holding a knife and fork, or others in the chewing food, should avoid talking to people or toast.

11, good eating is food on the mouth, not the mouth on the food. Food with meter, can not be sent to the mouth in a hurry, otherwise the soup drops on the tablecloth, extremely indecent.

12, do not use your fingers to pull out the teeth, should be a toothpick, and hand or handkerchief to cover.

13, avoid coughing, sneezing, vomiting at the table. In case you can not help it, you should say "sorry".

14, drinking should be casual, toast to the gift to the end, do not persuade, guessing, yelling.

15, such as tableware falling to the ground, you can ask the waiter to pick up.

16, in case of accidents, such as accidentally splashing wine, water, soup to the clothes of others, to apologize, do not panic to make amends, and make each other embarrassed.

17, if you want to get in front of other guests at the same table condiments, you should ask the neighboring guests to help pass, do not reach across, long drive to take things.

18, such as the host personally cooked food, do not forget to give the master appreciation.

19, if you eat unclean or strange flavor, do not swallow, should be the entrance to the food, gently with the thumb and forefinger to remove, into the plate. If you find that you have not yet eaten, still in the dish with insects and debris, do not be alarmed, it is appropriate to Hou waiter approached, gently tell the waiter to replace.

20, after eating, the tableware must be neatly arranged, not messy placement. Napkins should also be folded and placed on the table.

21, the main meal is in progress, should not smoke, if you need to smoke, must first ask the neighbor's consent.

22, eating in the restaurant, can not rush to pay the bill, push and pull to pay, to the indecent. If you are a guest, you can not rush to pay the bill. Without the consent of friends, it is not appropriate to pay on behalf of friends.

23, the speed of eating, it is appropriate to synchronize with the male and female hosts, not too fast, not too slow.

24, the table can not talk about sad things, otherwise it will destroy the happy atmosphere.