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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I can't speak to how much this is taught in GLOs these days, but I am struck by the irony of the brother instructing the pledge on manners in front of other people at a banquet. Not at all polite.
And am I understanding correctly that the brother was instructing the pledge to cut numerous pieces of meat at a time? Or was he instructing him not to do this? If the former, then the brother needs a few lessons himself before offering lessons to a pledge.
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So true. Part of etiquette is NOT pointing out people's etiquette failings to their faces. Teaching manners should be done BEFORE a banquet, not during. Also, one piece of food should be cut from the whole at a time, the knife put down then the piece raised to the mouth with the fork, then the fork placed on the plate while the piece is eaten. I don't always follow those rules, but if I was going to instruct someone, I'd do it right. Same rules for buttering bread. Never butter a whole roll at one time. Bite sized pieces at a time should be buttered. AOII didn't teach etiquette. I took a class in college.
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