On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:44:30 AM UTC-6, Nancy2 wrote:
> On Apr 16, 11:16*am, James Silverton >
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> > On 4/16/2013 11:33 AM, Kalmia wrote:> On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:17:06 AM UTC-4, Metspitzer wrote:
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> > >> I was taught not too put my elbows on the table in a restaurant. Since
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> > >> it is a very comfortable position, I ignore my manners. *When that
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> > >> happens, I always look around and find, at least, half of the room
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> > >> doing the same.
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> > > So, you share the room with other boors. *Big deal.
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> > Just what is wrong with elbows on the table? It's a perfectly natural
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> > position especially for an after dinner discussion.
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> > Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
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> > Extraneous "not" in Reply To.
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> We weren't allowed to put elbows on the table either at home or out in
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> a restaurant. I believe at the time, it was considered uncouth or
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> uneducated in the finer aspects of acceptable public manners, so to
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> speak. I'm talking 40s/early 50s. I still think it's rude. For one
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> thing, if the table is at all crowded, an elbow on the table tends to
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> get in the way of the tablemates to your right and left.
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Frankly it is something that I never worry about...it all depends on how the
table/chair/booth arrangement is set up. Some booths have a a fairly high table
and tight fit...others provide more room. What Emily Post wrote a hundred
years ago means nothing to me. If I want to rest my elbows...so be it...
who gives a red rat's ass anyway?
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