Place settings usually include a small plate on the upper left hand side – your “bread-and-butter” plate. As the name suggests, this is where you place your bread or rolls and your serving of butter. Consider this plate, also, as the place to collect any miscellaneous items that accumulate as you eat, such as creamer cups, sugar wrappers, and olive pits. Never try to hide these things under your plate! The goal when dining is to leave the tablecloth as spotless at the end of the meal as it was at the start.
Executive Etiquette Tip – Dining
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