A serviette is a napkin (Americans). And I refer to when you are at a restaurant or at a dinner party.
2006-12-12 14:56:42 · 16 answers · asked by Dor 2 in Dining Out ➔ Australia ➔ Other - Australia
I took in ettiquette class and here in America it is proper to place it in your lap.
2006-12-12 15:08:15 · answer #1 · answered by AngelU 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the serviettes have holes in them then you botton it to your neck and voila! you look classy.
Now tucking it in your collar creases the collar and if not tucked properly looks awful. You cant tell the waitress to bring you a mirror to check if you look good with a tucked serviette do you?LOL Maitre D' How do I look? Faggotish Monsieur! FaggotishLOL
There is no rule that prohibits you from putting it on your lap and it is my preferred coz of the ease specially in a business meeting when I have to keep on standing up. Now imagine me walking around the hotel with a serviette tucked in my neck coz i forgot. One guest asked me "Is that a new style?" No I am stupid!LOL
2006-12-13 00:36:28 · answer #2 · answered by wolfass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is proper etiquette to leave the serviette in your lap, especially in a flash restaurant. If you're dining at McDonalds, then you could tuck it into your ear and it would be fine.
If you were tuck in into your collar then I would think that you haven't eaten in public before. I always thought that it looked a little bit hillbilly
2006-12-12 23:00:16 · answer #3 · answered by Katie G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Proper etiquette in America says the napkin should be placed on your lap. This is not always the case in other countries.
2006-12-12 23:00:25 · answer #4 · answered by DAQUIRI_1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's more polite to put your napkin in your lap than tuck it in your collar.
2006-12-14 11:58:12 · answer #5 · answered by danielneikirk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In America we put it on our lap. Tucking it into the collar is bad manners.
2006-12-13 01:58:59 · answer #6 · answered by sherockstn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on where you feel you are most likely to spill, the lap or the chest. Personally I feel having it on your lap looks more appropriate.
2006-12-12 23:09:33 · answer #7 · answered by Jason X 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say put it in your lap it is less distracting and out of your way also you wore a nice shirt for a reason don't cover it with a out of place napkin
2006-12-13 01:09:12 · answer #8 · answered by cbearhalla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the collar is TACKY !!
Putting it on your lap IS proper etiquette.
Oh wait.....your from Australia right.....
Who knows what is considered proper there, as we Americans KNOW that y'all don't know how to TIP when in the US.
Sad but TRUE.
2006-12-12 22:59:54 · answer #9 · answered by BigTip$ 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would say in your lap, but hey that's just how I was raised!
2006-12-12 22:58:38 · answer #10 · answered by rebel69mach1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋