Table Ethics session

December 21, 2017
As an undergraduate of Software Engineering degree program, in near future we have to spend a professional life.So we will be able to participate into conferences, clients meetings, top board meetings, professional parties and etc.  So we have to learn on how to sit for a dinner/ lunch, how to behave in a table, how to wear professional dress code for office and parties. In some times it is a puzzle to select suitable dress code for a party.

For this session madam made lot of plans  but finally  we plan to go Srilanka Institute Of Tourism and Hotel Management School  because of the time & money issues. we divide our batch as two teams & i was in the second team our team plan to go on 15th of November.

First we had a session about Dressing & behavioral approaches. He told us how to wish someone in different situations,space between two persons when they talk & speaking manners in group. The next part he talked about life morals and values negative thoughts, don't care attitude always bad for our life, when we post something in social medias we should remind that the this world watching us.
Next, he told about how want to handshake with others in professional meetings.

We learn new things like, how to sit correctly, The outside rule, how to use the given napkin, ways that can tell how was the meal by placing knife and forks in right position.

Seating etiquette
 The guest of honor should sit in the best seat at the table. Usually that is one with the back of the chair to the wall. Once the guest of honor's seat is determined, the host should sit to her left. Other people are then offered seats around the table.

Napkin etiquette
At informal meals, place the napkin in your lap immediately upon seating. During formal occasions, before unfolding the napkin, wait for the hostess to remove her napkin from the table and unfold it in her lap.

1. Place the napkin in your lap upon seating.
2. When leaving the table temporarily, put the napkin on your chair.
3. At the meal's end, fold your napkin and place it to the left of your place setting.

The Table setting

To determine which utensil to use first, follow the "outside-in rule" --- use utensils on the outside first and work your way inward.

Food service etiquette
For dinners where food is served at the table, the dishes should be passed in a counter-clockwise flow. Never reach across the table for anything. Instead, ask that condiments be passed from the person closest to the item. Salt and pepper should be passed together. Always use serving utensils and not your own to lift food from the serving dish.

Passing food etiquette
Pass to the right (if the item is not being passed to a specific person). One diner either holds the dish as the next diner takes some food, or he hands it to the person, who then serves herself. Any heavy or awkward dishes are put on the table with each pass.

Bread passing passing etiquette

1. If the loaf is not cut, cut a few pieces, offer them to the person to your left, and then pass the basket to your right.
2. Do not touch the loaf with your fingers, instead use the clothe in the bread basket as a buffer to steady the bread as you slice it.
3. Place the bread and butter on your butter plate - yours is on your left - then break off a bite sized piece of bread, put a little butter on it, and eat it.

When to start eating
At a small table of only two to four people, wait until everyone else has been served before starting to eat. At a formal or business meal, you should either wait until everyone is served to start or begin when the host asks you to.

The next session is our lunch.They prepared special menu for us, our table waiter introduce her self and tell about our menu.

So the facts we learnt here definitely will be help us  in always to  behave in smart way in the society.