1. Ladies are preferred. When arranging seats for western food, the host asks the hostess to sit down, while the host takes the second place.

2. Respect the right. When arranging seats, take the right as the respect.

3. Top-by-top. The person facing the main entrance is the upper seat, and the person facing the main entrance is the lower seat.

4, cross arrangement. Men and women cross, strangers cross with acquaintances. .

5. American table manners have their own set of rules from taking a seat, taking a napkin, starting, taking tableware and leaving the table. Among them, the host will prepare the seating and tableware before the meal without any trouble. However, you should be familiar with the use order and position function of tableware to avoid taking it wrong.

5. After the hostess announced that the dinner was ready, the host led the guests to their seats in turn, while the hostess walked at the back. Some attentive hosts will put name cards on the dining table to indicate the seating position. If there is no such arrangement, the principle is as follows

6. Seating arrangement is based on the principle that men and women sit separately. The male host and guest are seated first, and their position is on the right of the hostess, while the female host and guest are on the right of the male host. Other couples sit diagonally. Sitting separately by men and women shows the openness and liveliness of American banquets. It is hoped that the arrangement of seats at the banquet will enhance their familiarity with each other and make use of diverse topics, atmosphere and fun.

7. The principle of sitting is that guests sit first, older people sit first, married people sit first, and strangers sit first when they know their guests or family better.

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