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popcorn
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A restaurant manners question
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May 14 01:41 UTC 1994 |
Is it rude to blow your nose in the napkin at a restaurant?
Should you bring along your own tissues? Or is it okay to use
the cloth napkins?
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kentn
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response 1 of 29:
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May 14 03:26 UTC 1994 |
How extended an episode are we considering here?
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popcorn
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response 2 of 29:
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May 14 11:32 UTC 1994 |
A couple of quick dabs, repeated several times over the process of eating
food that was somewhat hot. No snot-flying nose-honking involved.
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katie
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response 3 of 29:
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May 14 16:00 UTC 1994 |
I certainly wouldn't blow my nose in a cloth napkin, at a restaurant or
anywhere. I even have trouble with old men carrying handkerchiefs. It is
truly disgusting to me to think of putting snot back in my pocket.
I don't see anything wrong with using a paper napkin as a Kleenex(tm) at
the table, but I've heard that it is inappropriate. I guess it depends on
where you are and who you're with.
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gracel
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response 4 of 29:
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May 15 19:10 UTC 1994 |
If anyone will be using it as a napkin thereafter, the practice is
unsanitary; if the napkin is about to be discarded & the nose-blowing
is discreet, it merely seems inelegant.
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popcorn
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response 5 of 29:
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May 15 20:15 UTC 1994 |
Hm. I'd assume that all used cloth napkins are laundered thoroughly
before being issued to someone else.
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katie
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response 6 of 29:
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May 17 16:25 UTC 1994 |
It's still gross.
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headdoc
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response 7 of 29:
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May 19 00:34 UTC 1994 |
I think dabbing the bottom of your nose as you dab at your lips is not
objectionable. But Blowing your nose at a table. . .Ugh. Also think of
the waitperson who has to clear the table. Would any of us like to handle
a napkin someone else had blown their nose in??
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headdoc
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response 8 of 29:
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May 25 00:50 UTC 1994 |
I had dinner in Sweet Lorraines last Saturday night and I thought of this
item and started to laugh. Mentioned it to my husband who stopped midbite
and groaned. The idea of eating and watching someone blow their nose into
a napkin got us both hysterical. Thanks (I think) for the laugh popcorn.
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katie
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response 9 of 29:
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May 25 01:54 UTC 1994 |
I ate at Sweet Lorraines last week. I don't know why this place gets so
many raves. The food was mediocre and expensive.
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chelsea
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response 10 of 29:
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May 25 12:41 UTC 1994 |
Ack, what did you order? I've been there four times now and each and
every meal was simply wonderful.
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popcorn
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response 11 of 29:
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May 26 02:03 UTC 1994 |
Exactly ditto, except I think I've been there around 6 times.
Rob got a meal he didn't like once; he said it was too sweet.
I once asked the waiter to propose marriage to the dessert chef
for me, but he said he thought she was already married. :S
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headdoc
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response 12 of 29:
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May 27 23:37 UTC 1994 |
What if she had said yes, Valerie? You can get in all kinds of trouble
proposing to people you haven't met. I sent back a plate of ribs there because
they were too spicy hot for me to eat. But they have a veggie French Riveria
sandwhich I just love. Also eating outside in the spring in great.
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jdg
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response 13 of 29:
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May 28 01:15 UTC 1994 |
re 11: Lorraine started her business as a patisserie.
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arabella
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response 14 of 29:
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May 29 17:47 UTC 1994 |
I think blowing one's nose at the table is far preferable
to letting it drip drip drip all over if one is feeling
particularly drippy at the time.
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popcorn
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response 15 of 29:
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May 29 21:04 UTC 1994 |
But, the consensus seems to be that one should carry tissues
for this purpose.
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headdoc
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response 16 of 29:
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Jun 1 00:58 UTC 1994 |
Or wear long sleeved shirts :-).
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arabella
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response 17 of 29:
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Jun 12 08:58 UTC 1994 |
I usually try to keep a pack of tissues in my purse, but if
I was in desperate straits (nose-wise) I wouldn't hesitate to
use a paper napkin.
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mta
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response 18 of 29:
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Jun 12 20:05 UTC 1994 |
If you must use a paper napkin, it would be polite to then put it in
your pocket to dispose of on your own ... and ask for a new one if
you haven't finished eating.
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headdoc
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response 19 of 29:
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Jun 23 15:24 UTC 1994 |
Out of courtesy for the waitperson.
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mdw
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response 20 of 29:
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Jun 30 08:27 UTC 1994 |
It's been *years* since I was a bus boy at a fancy resturant.
Nevertheless, from what I can remember, worrying about nose drippings
was not a large part of the job. Of somewhat greater concern was
getting chocolate, or butter, over one's fingers. And even more nasty,
and rather common, was the possibility of encountering cigarette ash
somewhere stupid.
Personally, I'd suggest bringing tissues - it's just as likely you'll
need them sometimes before or after the meal as during. Perhaps more
likely unless you plan *very* long and leisurely meals.
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popcorn
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response 21 of 29:
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Jun 30 12:46 UTC 1994 |
Dunno... food seems to make my nose run....
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denise
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response 22 of 29:
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Aug 14 00:50 UTC 2007 |
Ok, another question about manners. What do you do when you go to
someone's house for a meal [or even just for snacks or whatever] and
you don't like what they're serving? Granted, in many cases, we can
take a bit or two of the item [and then eat more of the other stuff
that you do like, then say you're full, if asked about the item you
didn't finish]. But what about food that you just can't make yourself
even taste? For example, I don't like seafood at all. Never have,
never will; I've tried it in many various forms, cooked in a variety of
different ways, so its not like I haven't tried. There may be a kind
or two that I can force down a bite or two; other kinds, no way [some I
can't even stand the odor]. Like tuna, there's no way you can get me to
even taste it [and the smell gags me]. There are a few other things
that I just can't/won't eat, either. Is there a tactful way of getting
around it? Maybe just say that you're allergic? [in a way, its true;
some things will make me gag and/or throw up!] Or maybe discreetly ask
what they're serving ahead of time and then eat before you go so that
you're not very hungry? Or offer to bring another dish and eat that
instead of what you don't like?
[Speaking of which, my housemate's parents are in town and he just fixed
a tuna-steak dinner for them. He invited me to dine with them, but
fortunately for me, I had just finished eating when they got home from
their outing for the day... Though now the whole house smells of fish!
Thus, I'm keeping the doors to my 2 rooms shut tight to keep as much
odor out as I possibley can... Though I can't really complain; its his
house and he's rarely even home and cooks dinner at home even less.]
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keesan
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response 23 of 29:
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Aug 14 02:41 UTC 2007 |
It would not be stretching the truth much to say you are allergic to fish.
Many people are so allergic they have serious reactions to it.
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denise
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response 24 of 29:
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Aug 14 06:08 UTC 2007 |
Sounds like a good response to me!
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