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03-16-2009, 07:50 AM
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Biggest No-Nos on a first date
Going on a date tonight?
Well, make sure that you don't treat the waiter at the restaurant badly, for a new study has found that clicking fingers at a maître d' is the biggest first date faux pas. A poll of 3,000 people found 63 percent of people could not bear to see the waiter being treated badly. The rude, attention-grabbing gesture pipped drowning a dish in salt before even tasting it and getting drunk at the table to land the first spot. Other inappropriate acts which will insure the first date is the only date were - licking the plate clean, burping, and picking teeth with fingers, the study conducted by Internet market research company www.onepoll.com found. "There are basic rules of etiquette which should be adhered to when eating out -- and they're not hard to remember. The majority of respondents only expect basic good manners from their dining companions -- so burping, coughing, breaking wind and obscenities are definitely off the menu," The Telegraph quoted a rep, as saying. Around 46 percent of the participants did not like watching someone nearby licking the knife instead of using their fork. 38 percent said someone slurping soup was not on. Top 10 first date faux pas: 1. Clicking fingers at the waiter 2. Adding salt to the meal before tasting it 3. Getting drunk 4. Licking the plate clean 5. Burping 6. Picking teeth with fingers 7. Licking the knife 8. Slurping soup 9. Talking about sex or bodily functions 10. Not leaving a tip
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03-16-2009, 07:57 AM
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i add salt and pepper to vegetables ... just a little - never had any complaints if sex didnt come up - then i was with the wrong person anyway
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03-16-2009, 08:41 AM
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Those rules don't apply to the kind of woman I date.
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03-16-2009, 09:51 AM
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Some of us would rather not date anyway.
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03-16-2009, 10:13 AM
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I don't see what the big deal is about putting salt on your dish before tasting it. My default I have a stuffed up nose, I constantly have either a cold or allergies. So I automaticaly out salt on my plate because otherwise I can't taste anything. Regardless, I don't see that as bad manners, because everyone has slightly different tastes.
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03-16-2009, 10:15 AM
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My first dates were never a meal out anyway.
Always a movie followed by a few drinks in a pub. I insisted they chose the film (being gentlemanly) and then could see what sort of cinema etiquette they had. You can learn alot about someones personality by how they are in cinemas. The drinks afterwards were so I could learn whether I had a chance or not! ;)
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03-16-2009, 10:18 AM
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Manners are important. And as a former waiter, I can say without doubt that anyone who snaps thier fingers at a waiter is an asshole and doesn't deserve a second date.
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