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What do your table manners say about you? #864

Open nelsonic opened 2 years ago

nelsonic commented 2 years ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/what-do-your-table-manners-say-about-you/p07gbkp3

nelsonic commented 2 years ago

Need to buy a book on this so that I can read it and correct anything I'm doing "wrong" so that I don't pass on any bad habits to the next generation. Manners matter more than we realise. 💭

iteles commented 2 years ago

We own Sandy Toksvig's Peas and Queues btw: https://books.google.pt/books?id=UYT4AAAAQBAJ&pg=PP7&hl=pt-PT&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false

I think the issue for me isn't the theory, it's the practice 😬🙃

nelsonic commented 2 years ago

Yeah, Peas and Queues is more of a humorous history lesson rather than a concise field manual. Totally worth reading but at 272 pages 📚 I don't know how many people will pick it up ...

I was thinking something a bit quicker to read:

A Kids' Guide to Manners: 50 Fun Etiquette Lessons for Kids (and Their Families): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kids-Guide-Manners-Etiquette-Families/dp/1641520957 image

Modern Manners: Tools to Take You to the Top https://www.amazon.co.uk/Modern-Manners-Dorothea-Johnson/dp/0770434088 image

As for theory vs. practice ... re-reading the "rules" might be helpful. 📝