dining etiquette
When you arrive at the banquet place, take off your coat and hat in the cloakroom first, and then go to the host's welcome room to greet the host. If you have a gift, you should give it to your host in time.
1) Seating and catering.
At this time, you should obey the master's arrangement. If the neighbors are old people or women, you should take the initiative to help them sit down.
When picking up food, don't put too much on your plate. If you encounter food that you can't eat or don't like, don't refuse when the waiter serves or the host advises you. Put a small amount on the plate and thank you in time.
Don't look embarrassed about those bad dishes.
Don't make any noise while eating. Shut up and chew, fishbone, bone, hard shell, etc. Don't spit directly. Take it out with chopsticks (spit on the fork when eating western food) and put it on the bone plate, not on the table. Small items such as used toothpicks should also be put in the last plate.
2) talk.
Both the host and the guest should actively participate in the conversation of the deskmate, especially the neighbors. You can't just talk to acquaintances or just two people. If you don't know your neighbor. You can introduce yourself first.
3) Toast.
Don't cross your glasses when toasting. When the host and guests speak and propose a toast, others should stop going in and out, stop talking and pay attention to listening. When clinking glasses, look directly at each other to show sincerity.
Seating arrangement:
How to arrange seats is a great knowledge for guests, especially at some large banquets such as the annual meeting of dealers. If you don't pay attention to some small details, it will be a joke, but it will hurt the original good customer relationship!
There are two arrangements, one is the popular seating method; The other is "local seating etiquette" which is popular in some areas.
The more popular seating arrangement method is:
For large-scale banquets, the number of tables depends on the distance from the main table, with the right high and the left low.
If the number of people is small, the salesman mainly determines the position of himself and the guest of honor first, and the others are mainly random (or sorted according to the position of the guests). The guest of honor is usually arranged in the main seat.
If the salesman's leader dines with the customer, the salesman should arrange the guest of honor and his leader to sit at the guest table, and other guests, such as the customer's wife or right-hand man, sit next to the customer. The salesman sits in the position of serving food himself, so he can easily turn the dish over to the host and guest when serving food.
At the same table, ranking depends on the distance from the host's seat. The guest of honor sits on the host's right and the guest of honor sits on the host's left. The second seat on the right of the host is the third, the fourth on the left, and so on.
Matters needing attention
1. In business meetings, you should always remember to use your full name, and at the same time, you can't ignore how to introduce others. This is a kind of respect for others.
2. Standing can make people feel your existence without being ignored by others. If you can't get up suddenly, please make a forward gesture and send a signal to the other party that you will stand up.
Try to say "thank you" only once or twice in business conversation. Too much thanks will dilute the effect, and at the same time make people feel that your aura is weak and helpless.
When writing an email to the person you want to thank, don't list them together, but write an email to everyone you want to thank, remember to send it in time.
Don't pull an empty chair away just because no one is sitting. It's also disrespectful.
6. Crossing your legs in business situations can be distracting and even make people think, regardless of gender. Medically speaking, this posture is also harmful to your blood vessels.
In the meeting, if you are pointing out the main points of a plan, please point your index finger there, which will make you look more confident and convincing.
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