It occurred to me a few days ago while out eating lunch in seattle that some people have the most awful table manners. I will have to expand in a later entry on other types of manners because I have seen and heard it all these days.
Those days of being poked or stabbed in the arm with a fork at the dinner table for chewing with my out open or putting my elbows on the table really paid off for me. I too can eat and drink like a normal human being and not be brutally embarrassed.
The more I think about this topic I remember an instance that happened not too long ago. I was out at an upscale restaurant with some people. It was definitely one of those places that you really had to be on your best behavior. And those past years of being nagged to be your "best" truly starts to talk to you.
Anyways, as we are sitting down *** is slouched down in the chair as if he was going for a drive in his ride. As he is doing this he is chewing obnoxiously on his gum and shaking the ice around in his water glass. At one point, the waiter asks *** if he is going to order something. (This happens a few more times during the course of the evening.) *** responds by saying, "No man I'm good." And then continues to go smackdown on the gum in his mouth. At one point SR asks him to spit the gum out of his mouth. In the back of my mind, I was cheering for her because it was getting to be ridiculous. The food soon arrives and my $30 dish starts to melt in my mouth slowly because I truly wanted to savor my halibut. During the course of this meal small tidbits of conversations were occurring between me, *****, and *******. *** would give his two sense once in the blue moon. While this was going down, *** was leaning over her plate and going at it with the meal. It was as if *** was belly up at the local trough getting the fill of slop as fast as she could before it was taken away. At one moment I look over and there was food on her plate and then minutes later it was gone. I shake my head in disbelief and wonder why I am so disgusted with these manners being displayed in front of me. After I had left that night I started to objectively think about what had happened earlier at dinner. There were a few things that I had put into consideration and just decided to obviously let it go.
So a few weeks later after this experience, I started to get even more annoyed about people's table manners in general. I have been constantly teaching my little **** and **** these things because it needs to be enforced for them. They are young enough that things can be turned around. I was out for lunch a few days ago in Seattle and I look over at a table and this 12 year old girl is eating as if she was bellied up at the trough. My glance then goes to her mother and her table manners where actually pretty good. I don't understand why this little girl wasn't taught those manners. Her mom must think that it's not ness.. to instill those things into her daughter.
I know watching this little girl eat like an animal was rude too but it was one of those moments where I started to look around and check out other people's eating habits. It made me realize that not a lot of people were ever taught table etiquette. Those times like a few weeks ago makes me want to speak my mind. But of course it would be rash and rude of me to do so..................................
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