Business Lunch
QUICK CHECK ANSWERS:
1.  a) Formal lunch that is also a business meeting.  
  b) To talk to your supervisors, to meet new 
people, to talk to a customer, to see how you 
handle ourself during the dining situation.
2.  a) Manners or rules of social customs).  
  b) You care enough to learn the correct way to 
do things, and that you pay attention to details.
3.  Employees who know how to act during meet -
ings and during business luncheons.
4.  Watch business men and women around you 
when you are eating.
5.  In the lobby.
6.  Wait until everyone has arrived.
7.  a) Ask, "What do you recommend?"  
	 b)	It	is	difficult	to	answer	job-related	questions	 while	under	the	influence	of	alcohol.
  c) Foods that are messy to eat.
8.  Wait for everyone at the table to be served.
9.  a) Slow down your eating.  
	 b)	 Ask	questions	to	slow	the	person's	pace	of	
eating.  
  c) Tell me about the history of the company (or 
What are the future goals of the company?)
10.  a) As soon as everyone has been seated.  
  b) Wait for the server to present it to you or fol -
low the cue (action) from your host.  
  c) Keep the napkin folded in half with the 
crease toward you.
11.  a) Stays on your lap until everyone at the table 
has	finished.		
  b) Place it to the right of your plate.
12.  Cup you hand in front of the lemon as you 
squeeze	it	into	your	glass.
13.  To the right.
14.	 Tear	off	a	bite-sized	piece,	butter	it,	lay	down	 the knife, eat the piece.
15.  Watch what the employer is doing for clues you 
may follow.
16.  Student’s opinion	
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