Comments on: Western table manners Japanese don’t know about

By: ringobabe

ringobabe — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:40:04 +0000

- It’s rude to order a dish that costs much more than your host’s

- It’s rude to order an appetizer if nobody else at the table is ordering one (best to order some for the table).

- If you are only going to get a salad or soup or something cheaper than an ordinary entree, increase your tip to the server appropriately.

and so on.

By: overoften

overoften — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:55:03 +0000

Slightly flawed survey, I think. How can you ask someone to outline what they don’t know? It’s asking someone to be both aware and ignorant at the same time… It would be better to ask Westerners what table manners they feel Japanese don’t know.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:12:15 +0000

I wonder how this guy manages in such situations?

By: Steveｎ

Steveｎ — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 06:16:13 +0000

I think this is a case of zooming in on something too much without a look at the bigger picture. I think it’d be much more interesting to hear about more everyday/everyman situations.

By: mari

mari — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:33:00 +0000

…how is “choosing from the menu” a matter of etiquette? =_=

By: Nin

Nin — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:06:39 +0000

I practically know NONE of these myself.