When you go out to eat, do you place your napkin in your lap?

Question

or do you just sit it on the table

Answer 1

Depends. Fast food joints, nah. But those "fine-dining" places, yes.

Answer 2

If it's a paper napking, it can stay on the table. A cloth napkin goes on your lap for the duration of the meal. At the end of dinner, when everyone is done with food and drinks, you can fold it and put it back on the table.

Answer 3

I put the napkin in my lap so food won't drop! Who sits on the table???

Answer 4

Always have it on my lap... SometI'mes, if im at lunch wearing a suit, I tuck it into a pocket... Leaving a napkin on the table is poor etiquette.

Answer 5

That depends on the restaurant. If we're talking fast food, no. If it's a normal, sit down restaurant, usually. Definately if there is a tablecloth. And if the napkins provided are cloth, always.

Answer 6

of course. and if it is a place that serves paper napkins. one goes on the lap and i keep a few extras around just to used for my fingers and face.

Answer 7

Lap

Answer 8

Napkin goes in your lap and it does not matter which side you put it on.

Answer 9

depends..if its a single paper napkin, ill just put it on the table..if its cloth, ill drape it across my lap..or if im eating something messy, ill try and tuck it in my shirt collar

Answer 10

Yes, I do - and not just when I go OUT to eat. I do it at home. I also only use one hand to dine, placing my left hand in my lap during my meal. I do not eat with my fingers, either. It's called manners!

Answer 11

Depends on where I'm at...if I'm somewhere where I'm likely to drop something on myself, then I'll put it in my lap, but I usually just leave it on the table.