Miss Manners: I Can’t Believe Most People Don’t Know This Basic Element of Table Manners

Miss Manners: I can’t believe most people don’t know this basic element of table manners

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was always taught that one’s bread plate is placed to the left. Whenever I am with a large group at a table at a wedding (or another function), at least one person always takes the bread plate to their right. Their neighbors then follow suit, eventually meeting the side of the table using the left plate, leaving someone without one.

Miss Manners: I was taught that the bread plate is always placed to one’s left. Is that true?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was always taught that one’s bread plate is placed to the left. Whenever I am with a large group at a table at a wedding (or another function), at least one person always takes the bread plate to their right. Their neighbors then follow suit, eventually meeting the side of the table using the left plate, leaving someone without one.

Miss Manners: I’m losing out on bread at weddings due to poor etiquette

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was always taught that one’s bread plate is placed to the left. Whenever I am with a large group at a table at a wedding (or another function), at least one person always takes the bread plate to their right. Their neighbors then follow suit, eventually meeting the side of the table using the left plate, leaving someone without one. I usually just quietly go without bread if I’m the stranded guest, and I don’t really get ups…