..how so you place them on the plate to state to the waiter that you've finished eating??
2007-09-30 22:03:58 · 10 answers · asked by what goes around comes around 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
place the knife on the plate with the sharp side facing to the middle of the plate, then place the fork next to the sharp side of the knife with the tines pointed downward onto the plate. The server in a good restaurant will know you have finished and may remove the plate without asking.
The point is to make a signal that the server understands so that there doesn't NEED to be a conversation about whether you are finished or not and interrupt the conversation that you are having with the other guests. Dinner etiquette serves a purpose, to make fun of something because one doesn't understand it, is very ignorant (I'm directing this at other Answerers, not you for your question).
2007-09-30 22:38:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep them in crossed position at the lower end of the plate closer to you with face of the fork downwards.
2007-09-30 22:18:39 · answer #2 · answered by yogeshwargarg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Totally on the plate if you're finished. Resting on the plate with the handle on the table if you are not.
2007-09-30 23:47:45 · answer #3 · answered by Gerald G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you have finished eating, and to let the waiter and others know that you have, place your knife and folk together, with the prongs (tines) on the fork facing upwards, on your plate!!!
2007-09-30 23:35:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
God' s truth, as if it really matters. The old etiquette was to place them together if you'd finished and to put them in an inverted V if you hadn't finished.
These days any half-decent waiter will ask if you've finished.
2007-09-30 22:26:04 · answer #5 · answered by Tom P 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
line them up in the center acros the plate. also, apperntly i have heard but dont know if its true that if you put them as a cross on the plate it means you werent happy with your meal.
2007-09-30 22:07:41 · answer #6 · answered by vee_leef 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i leave my on the plate together on the side i guess.we do that at home at the table anyway
2007-09-30 22:45:16 · answer #7 · answered by shrebee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dose it really matter,only if your going to impress someone if so lay them on your plate.
2007-10-01 07:39:32 · answer #8 · answered by carin 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
simply throw them on the floor
2007-09-30 22:06:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-10-01 03:28:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋