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Etiquette change?

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janeainsworth Mon 23-Mar-15 15:10:08

Can't say I've noticed!
Do you mean mid-meal, mid-mouthful or at the end of a meal?
I always thought that placing your cutlery in the six o'clock position signified to any passing waiter that you had finished and were happy for your plate to be cleared away.

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petallus Mon 23-Mar-15 15:02:39

I've no idea what we are supposed to do with our cutlery.

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Jane10 Mon 23-Mar-15 14:45:52

I am always rather taken aback these days at the number of people who tend to drape their cutlery off their plates with only the tips on the plate and the rest lying across the table at an angle. I really don't remember ever seeing this done when I was young. Is it a "yoof" culture thing? a creeping Americanism? Does it only go on up here in Scotland? What's going on? I have to say it looks awful to me but then I'm an old fogey.

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