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Alison Cheperdak

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Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

Your napkin would go on your chair if you were getting up and you intend to come back. And ideally, in this situation, we have an arm to our chair. So then I would put it on the arm of my chair because it's slightly more sanitary than where you actually sit. But if not, I would put it on the seat of the chair. And then when you're done, I would put my napkin to the left.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

Your napkin would go on your chair if you were getting up and you intend to come back. And ideally, in this situation, we have an arm to our chair. So then I would put it on the arm of my chair because it's slightly more sanitary than where you actually sit. But if not, I would put it on the seat of the chair. And then when you're done, I would put my napkin to the left.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

And you don't need to fold it. Let's say you are at a restaurant where they have a really lovely fold. You don't need to recreate that fold. Just put it to the left of your place. Okay, the left.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

And you don't need to fold it. Let's say you are at a restaurant where they have a really lovely fold. You don't need to recreate that fold. Just put it to the left of your place. Okay, the left.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

And you don't need to fold it. Let's say you are at a restaurant where they have a really lovely fold. You don't need to recreate that fold. Just put it to the left of your place. Okay, the left.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

No, and when you think about that, someone needs to clean the napkin eventually. But that also brings up a good point about... If you're ever hosting something, you never want to use anything that's so precious that you're not able to enjoy yourself while your guests are going to feel on edge.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

No, and when you think about that, someone needs to clean the napkin eventually. But that also brings up a good point about... If you're ever hosting something, you never want to use anything that's so precious that you're not able to enjoy yourself while your guests are going to feel on edge.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

No, and when you think about that, someone needs to clean the napkin eventually. But that also brings up a good point about... If you're ever hosting something, you never want to use anything that's so precious that you're not able to enjoy yourself while your guests are going to feel on edge.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

You never serve yourself first, so that's good.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

You never serve yourself first, so that's good.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

You never serve yourself first, so that's good.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

it's a generous posture to just always offer other people so like even if that's water like let's say there's a pitcher of water that's right in front of me i would offer it to the person on my left first and then if they would like some i would pour it for them okay and then i would pour myself and then in the u.s we pass to the right and so you would go along like that and you always want to take one portion even if there's a lot there take one portion for yourself and then once everybody else

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

it's a generous posture to just always offer other people so like even if that's water like let's say there's a pitcher of water that's right in front of me i would offer it to the person on my left first and then if they would like some i would pour it for them okay and then i would pour myself and then in the u.s we pass to the right and so you would go along like that and you always want to take one portion even if there's a lot there take one portion for yourself and then once everybody else

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

it's a generous posture to just always offer other people so like even if that's water like let's say there's a pitcher of water that's right in front of me i would offer it to the person on my left first and then if they would like some i would pour it for them okay and then i would pour myself and then in the u.s we pass to the right and so you would go along like that and you always want to take one portion even if there's a lot there take one portion for yourself and then once everybody else

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

If you're on a date, only I think if they were to your left. So if you're seated right beside each other. But not straight, not across. Oh, if it was just the two of you, actually I would. If you were going to, I think it's very nice. I don't think there's a right or a wrong there. And also, if you're ever the host, you serve your guests before you serve yourself or your family.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

If you're on a date, only I think if they were to your left. So if you're seated right beside each other. But not straight, not across. Oh, if it was just the two of you, actually I would. If you were going to, I think it's very nice. I don't think there's a right or a wrong there. And also, if you're ever the host, you serve your guests before you serve yourself or your family.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

If you're on a date, only I think if they were to your left. So if you're seated right beside each other. But not straight, not across. Oh, if it was just the two of you, actually I would. If you were going to, I think it's very nice. I don't think there's a right or a wrong there. And also, if you're ever the host, you serve your guests before you serve yourself or your family.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

Right, yes. So if someone is right-handed, we would put the handle of the tea cup or the coffee cup is on the right-hand side. So if we imagine this is like a clock and we have 12 o'clock at the top, it would be three o'clock. Here is where we put the handle.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

Right, yes. So if someone is right-handed, we would put the handle of the tea cup or the coffee cup is on the right-hand side. So if we imagine this is like a clock and we have 12 o'clock at the top, it would be three o'clock. Here is where we put the handle.

Excuse My Grandma
Excuse My Grandma's Guide to Etiquette

Right, yes. So if someone is right-handed, we would put the handle of the tea cup or the coffee cup is on the right-hand side. So if we imagine this is like a clock and we have 12 o'clock at the top, it would be three o'clock. Here is where we put the handle.