Thursday, January 28, 2010

New Semester=New Opportunites!

Article – What Your Children 5 and Up Should Know about Table Manners (for Thanksgiving)
Tackling Table Manners
Tips for Your Team
If business meals were like football, would your team be ready for
The Big Game? This year, improve your company’s image and strengthen sales by tackling table manners. Here are ten errors to avoid:
                        1. Delay of Game: Arrive early for your business meal, whether you
                        are the host or guest. Do not order alcohol while you are waiting.

                        2. False Start: Wait for the host to tell you where to sit. Place your napkin on your lap when your host does and begin eating after your host. Order first, then talk business.

                        3. Illegal Procedure: Napkins are not for blowing your nose or spitting out unwanted objects. Blot your lips with your napkin between food and drink. Remove unwanted objects with thumb and index finger, cupped fingers or discreetly moving the object from your mouth to the fork or spoon.

                        4. Pass Interference: When someone asks for the salt or pepper, you may not intercept and use it for yourself. The same goes for shared dishes, which are passed to the right (counterclockwise). Salt and pepper are passed together, one in each hand.

                        5. Illegal Use of Hands: Do not reach for items beyond your grasp. Say “please pass the…” and “thank you” when it arrives.

                        6. Illegal Motion: Keep your elbows in. No elbows on the table except between courses when there is no food on the table.

                        7. Unnecessary Roughness: Be kind to the cook, especially when dining in someone’s home. Do not say you do not like something. Let the host/hostess know when you do. (This is delicious!)

                        8. Technical Foul: Do not lose patience with the wait staff – kill them with kindness. Try not to send anything back, unless it is so undercooked it is crawling off the plate.

                        9. Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Do not talk or take a drink with food in your mouth. Do not use a toothpick or chew ice. No grooming at the table – do not use a comb, nail clippers or apply lipstick.

                        10. Fumble: If you spill something on another person, such as a glass of wine, apologize and offer to
                        reimburse him or her for the cleaning expenses.

When the meal is over, do not stack the dishes or push them away. Leave your napkin slightly crumpled to the left of your place setting.
Touchdown!
Have a winning season with etiquette training from the Culture and Manners Institute. Copyright © Culture and Manners Institute




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Etiquette Tip of the Week:
“There is one story that, when I tell it in a university setting, I can see the whites around the eyes of the students. 

A woman approached me after a talk in Oklahoma and said, "I am the receptionist in my office.  The hiring manager has asked me to keep an eye on the job candidates in the waiting room and report back to him which ones are talking on their cell phones, checking messages or texting.  Those are the candidates we do not hire. 

Avoid using your cell phone or text messaging while sitting in the waiting room before an interview or even a sales call (which is in itself, an interview).  Take out a notebook and study your notes (for surely you have done your research on this company -- their leadership, mission statement, sales figures, etc.)  Go over the answers to tricky questions in your head.  Even if you usually review notes on your phone or PDA, use something else so you don't appear to be checking messages.  Leave the impression that you are focused on the business at hand and not distracted by other things in your life.

As you know, it’s polite to give credit where credit is due. Thus these tips are from www.cultureandmanners.com
Events for the Week:
1/27
EMR

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2/9
Career Mentor Orientation

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2/11
Public Service and Nonprofit Career Day

2:30-4:45 221 YCGU
2/23
COSMC-KC Interview Day

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Health Professions Career Day

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Quote from the Office:
“Dance for me little puppets…DANCE!!” - Manny