Results: Bad Table Manners
Published on 04/25/2016
I was brought up to have excellent table manners and they are engrained in me. However, it seems many of the people I know either were not taught good table manners or they no longer use them. What do you think?
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1.
1.
Is your mealtime disturbed when you dine with people who have poor table manners? Yes
45%
845 votes
No
28%
527 votes
Undecided
14%
253 votes
Not Applicable
13%
248 votes
2.
2.
I have trouble enjoying my meal when I'm dining with people that have awful table manners. Please check off the habits you find intolerable. Cradling the dinner plate with one hand
11%
205 votes
Constantly spinning the dinner plate to reach a certain food
13%
245 votes
Holding on to the plate with one's hand and thumb up to push food onto the fork
15%
278 votes
Chewing with mouth open
58%
1082 votes
Sucking one's teeth
38%
709 votes
Slurping soup
43%
799 votes
Using a moist finger to pick up crumbs from plate
21%
396 votes
Elbows on the table
15%
283 votes
Hunching over the plate
16%
307 votes
Napkin left untouched or balled up by the plate
12%
221 votes
Picking food from between one's teeth at the table
38%
714 votes
Licking a knife or fork before putting it down
26%
495 votes
Holding a fork like a shovel with knuckles up and tines up
18%
346 votes
Talking with a mouthful
49%
919 votes
Purposely mixing food items into a mush
10%
193 votes
Blowing one's nose at the table
40%
748 votes
Double dipping
30%
557 votes
Holding on to a baked potato while eating it
9%
167 votes
Eating a pork chop by holding it in one's hand
14%
265 votes
Using the back of the hand to wipe one's chin
29%
547 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
49 votes
Not Applicable
20%
377 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.06% | 6 | |
| taking dentures out and licking them | 0.01% | 1 |
| hat on at the table | 0.01% | 1 |
| not realizing there's food in their beard | 0.01% | 1 |
| belching at the table | 0.01% | 1 |
| Lifting your bowl up to your mouth and drinking your soup. | 0.01% | 1 |
| SCRAPING OFF THE SERVING UTENSILS WITH USED SILVERWARE | 0.01% | 1 |
| cell phones at table | 0.01% | 1 |
| sucking up in their nose do to allergy or something problems, so grose | 0.01% | 1 |
| loud chewing | 0.01% | 1 |
| texting! | 0.01% | 1 |
| Masturbating at the table | 0.01% | 1 |
| Scraping teeth on fork...ugh! | 0.01% | 1 |
| Licking their fingers | 0.01% | 1 |
| none bother me | 0.01% | 1 |
| eating fast | 0.01% | 1 |
| Eating a ton and then complaining about how full they are while I am still trying to enjoy my meal. | 0.01% | 1 |
| chomping | 0.01% | 1 |
| Making noises while eating | 0.01% | 1 |
| grabbing stuff off my plate | 0.01% | 1 |
| talking with their mouth full | 0.01% | 1 |
| Kids goofinh around | 0.01% | 1 |
| The don't care | 0.01% | 1 |
| Usine the cell phone, tablet, ipad, etc... | 0.01% | 1 |
| talking on cell phone or texting!! | 0.01% | 1 |
| all of the above | 0.01% | 1 |
| crunching very loudly. | 0.01% | 1 |
| Scraping your fork on the plate to get the last bit of gravy etc off. There's more in the kitchen Scarlett! | 0.01% | 1 |
| Talking texting on phone | 0.01% | 1 |
| all aqbove | 0.01% | 1 |
| cell phone/texting | 0.01% | 1 |
| STUFFING TOO MUCH FOOD AT ONE TIME | 0.01% | 1 |
| sitting cross lrged while feet not on the floor | 0.01% | 1 |
| all of them | 0.01% | 1 |
| No matters whatsoever | 0.01% | 1 |
| burping on purpose at the table | 0.01% | 1 |
| knife and fork grinding on the dinner plate | 0.01% | 1 |
| men not removing cap/hat at the table. | 0.01% | 1 |
| WIPING HANDS ON CLOTHES INSTEAD OF A NAPKIN | 0.01% | 1 |
| Scrape the fork on their teeth when eating | 0.01% | 1 |
| being on a cell phone while trying to have dinner | 0.01% | 1 |
| none | 0.01% | 1 |
| passing gas | 0.01% | 1 |
| burping and farting | 0.01% | 1 |
3.
3.
Do you ever complain about someone's table manners when they are eating? Yes
25%
473 votes
No
51%
963 votes
Undecided
8%
155 votes
Not Applicable
15%
282 votes
4.
4.
If you consider yourself to have excellent table manners, do you eat differently when you are alone? Yes
20%
374 votes
No
48%
901 votes
Undecided
11%
212 votes
Not Applicable
21%
386 votes
5.
5.
Do you do some of the things in the above list that you wouldn't tolerate from another person? Yes
19%
364 votes
No
51%
947 votes
Undecided
12%
225 votes
Not Applicable
18%
337 votes
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