Interview Dining Etiquette Bussing Your Table Business Dining Etiquette

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Bussing your own table can be more the custom of a fast food environment and may be more in line with the wishes of your dinner companion. Push in your chair until it is six inches away from the table. Reset the salt and pepper holder.

Reestablish the “Centerpiece.” Yes I really believe you can bus your cover.

1. Place the beverage container above the place setting.

2. Pick up the left edge of the placemat in the left hand between the thumb and the index finger.

3. Balance disposable utensils on the wrapper or plate and grasp the plate or wrapper by the thumb of the left hand.

4. Fold the placemat backward over or under the plate or wrapper and grasp it.

5. Use your napkin to crumb the table. Then place the napkin under the placemat along with any trash or empty packet(s.)

6. Grasp each piece with the fingers of the left hand.

7. Next, pick up the beverage container(s) in the right hand. You can carry the container or glass on the palm of the left hand. Avoid stacking a container or glass on a plate.

8. Take the trash to the trash receptacle and deposit it. In other dining rooms, maintain the look of a plate that could accept seconds until you get to the plate rack or garbage can. You can omit bussing the table in favor of leaving a tip. Carry cash for this act, just in case you cannot add a tip to a tab paid with a card.