IF YOU WERE AT A SOCIETY DINNER GATHERING. YOU HAD A LARGE THING IN YOUR NOSE BIG ENOUGH TO CONSTRICT BREATHING AND MAKING YOUR EYES WATER. A PRONOUNCED WHISTLING NOISE FROM YOUR NOSE IS BECOMING ALMOST NOTICEABLE TO OTHERS.YOU DIDN'T HAVE A HANKY AND YOU WERE UNABLE TO LEAVE THE TABLE. WHAT COULD YOU DO TO AVOID EMBARRASSMENT.
2006-12-14 13:17:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Me, at a society dinner and NO cloth napkins? i would immediately flag down someone from the wait staff and complain that our table did not have napkins...i would then...USE IT! hang everyone else. if "image" mattered that much to me I'd be a much more shallow individual!
2006-12-14 13:29:15 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My Goodness! I can't imagine this predicament! Unless you're chained to your chair, I cannot see what would disallow you from leaving the table. It's a body function requirement, for Pete's sake!! Excuse yourself and go to the restroom!! You're either being quite silly or you're very young and shouldn't be at a society dinner to begin with! LOL
2006-12-15 08:16:50 · answer #2 · answered by Rembrandt11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can always excuse yourself from the table. However, if necessary, it is permissable to quietly blow your nose on the serviette, put it in your pocket and ask the wait staff for another one. Always return the cleaned, pressed serviette to the hostess with an apology.
2006-12-14 21:21:55 · answer #3 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Leave the table immediately and fresh up in the rest room and return.
2006-12-14 21:18:54 · answer #4 · answered by Rammohan 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would just use the tissues/lap cloth and whether others see it or not, use it to solve my problem. Embarrassment is not in my vocabulary.
2006-12-14 21:26:16 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
um.... you could tell the people at your table that you cant breathe!! Then maybe they would let you go!!
2006-12-14 21:20:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cough, while covering my mouth and then discreetly put my thumb up that nostril and hope that I struck gold.
2006-12-14 21:19:16 · answer #7 · answered by Secrets 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just excuse yourself and go to the bathroom.
2006-12-14 21:18:34 · answer #8 · answered by dolce 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
drop your fork on the floor.....
bend beneath the table.......
pick your nose...
pick up your fork...
no one will suspect a thing.
2006-12-14 21:19:26 · answer #9 · answered by bad_ambassador 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
go under the table and use your socks!
2006-12-14 21:19:06 · answer #10 · answered by Liberty against the NWO 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋