Dining Etiquette Dinner

Last Tuesday I attended the Dining Etiquette Dinner put on by Career Services. The dinner was a walk through of proper dining etiquette for those who will soon find themselves in a professional setting. Career Services went over basics such as how to properly cut meat, which silverware to use, and how to enter your seat as well as minute details including how to correctly eat a roll, proper topics of conversation, and how to fold your napkin. The presentation was well done and I found it to be informative.


I learned many things from the dinner, one of the most important being that your neck and back will be sore afterwards if you properly dine from the rigorous posture mandated. I also found myself much more self conscious of my actions at the table. This resulted in a somewhat tense and nervous dining experience. Granted I enjoy getting dressed up for the occasion and acting professional, but having to sacrifice a potentially fun outing by focusing entirely on a set of specifications doesn't completely agree with me. Perhaps after enough practice I could learn to enjoy myself more in that kind of environment.