A question for everyone to think about?

Question

when you are eating out with others (friends, family, etc), do you begin eating when your food arrives or do you wait for everyone to start at the same time? Why? Is it rude to begin eating before everyone else? Are you going to race to see who finishes first, so better give them a sporty chance?

Answer 1

I don't eat with others, so I eat when I get the food



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Answer 2

The proper etiquette is to wait until everyone has been served before you begin dining. When it's a large group (more than 6 people), you can begin eating once most of the people have been served. It's done so that everyone is eating and finishing at about the same time. That way, you're not just staring at other people while they eat or having them stare at you while you eat.

Answer 3

I try to wait until their food arrives so that we may eat together. It is considered rude to eat while the other person is watching and waiting for their food. If there was an error in the order and you both know that it will take a while, the other person should tell you to go ahead. If they don't, I think it would be perfectly fine to say, do you mind if I start eating? But I don't know that Emily Post would agree.

Answer 4

I was always taught that if in a small group, 5-7 people, wait until everyone gets their food before eating. The exception is if being served soup, then you can eat as soon as it is served. When in a large crowd you can begin because your food may get cold while waiting for everyone else to be served.

Answer 5

i wait for everyone else to get their food. it is rude to eat in front of someone and not wait for them. generally all of our food comes out at the same time but i have been a few places where it does not. i always wait.

Answer 6

I wait for everyone to start eating. It's the way I was raised. I was taught that it was rude to start eating before everyone else.

Answer 7

I say its a pretty crappy restaurant if all the food isn't delivered at the same time but if you do get your food first simply ask can i start now or would you like me to wait. I always let people start eating there food right away other wise it will get cold yuck!

Answer 8

I like to wait until everyone gets their food, I even do that at home. I guess that is just the way that I was raised. I don't think that it is rude if someone doesn't wait, I just like to

Answer 9

I usually wait until everyone has their food, even when with family. Usually someone will tell you to go ahead, don't wait. Then it's okay to start eating.

Answer 10

I wait for everyone, most of the time, unless its like fast food and i will eat a fry before they get their food

Answer 11

I just dig in right when the food comes. I don't care about waiting for others.

I'm always the last to finish eating, though, and that doesn't really matter to me. I enjoy my food.

Answer 12

In my culture, it is rude to start a meal without waiting for elders to start first and in family gatherings it is most likely that we have to wait til everyone has seated before we begin.



With friends of similar age however its tuck in! I'm not going to sit there smelling my food!? Food is to be eaten not to be stared at!

Answer 13

nahhh..I eat when they bring me my food...I dont want to wait for everyone else..lo.l...bye then my food may be cold and not taste soo good!

i dont find it rude to begin before everyone else!

Eat while it's hot or warm...We usually order together so our food is always there at the same time!



have a good day

Answer 14

when im with my family i eat when the food arrives becuase they're just my family. But when we have guests i wait for them because it gives a sense of respect.

Answer 15

i always wait for everyone to get their food, because it IS rude to start eating while others are still waiting.

Answer 16

i always wait for the other people to get their food before i dig in. i think it's rude if you receive your food before them and start eating right in front of your friends or family. it's called "manners".

Answer 17

It's good manners to wait. UNLESS-like happened the other night at a retirement dinner, the host said to begin because we had 32 people.

Answer 18

I like to wait for everyone's food to arrive because if you finish early then it rushes the other people to eat their food fast which could cause problems like indigestion: heartburn, acid reflux...

Answer 19

Wait for everyone, its rude to start eating before everyone else.



My grandma hit me once, never did it again.

Answer 20

Usually all our food comes at the same time. But if it didn't for some reason, I would wait but they usually tell me to go ahead and don't wait for them.

Answer 21

If I'm with family or with someone I'm dating, I'll wait. But when I'm out with a group of military coworkers, we all just eat when we get our food.

Answer 22

I eat when my food comes. The only time I would wait is if I were at a formal business dinner.

Answer 23

I learned from Foster's home for imaginary friends that it's considered rude to eat before other people, but if they take forever, go ahead.

Answer 24

I wait because in my culture it is rude to eat before others are served.

Answer 25

II know is rude if you don't wait for others. But if I'm starving and with my friends I just start first.

Answer 26

i wait till' everyone else starts to eat

cuz it IS rude to begin eating before everyone else

i don't know why

Answer 27

I don't wait, but if someone's order is taking extra long I will stop or give them some of my food.

Answer 28

emily post says when two at the table have their food they may begin.... thoug it would be nice to wait until everyone is served if there aren't a bizzillion people

Answer 29

I generally wait until everyone has food in front of them.



It just strikes me as the polite thing to do.

Answer 30

I wait until everybdy has their food because I think it's rude to eat by yourself in front of other people when they don't have their food yet.

Answer 31

You should eat when you get the food, but only if others have their food.

Answer 32

I wait. It's rude to just start gobbling as soon as the plate is set down.

Answer 33

Etiquette, says to wait till everyone is served before starting.So I do to be polite.

Answer 34

well, sometimes i say a blessing first and if that's the case, then everyone starts after the blessing... I have a great blessing too, it's the family blessing...

"Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest,

Let this food, by thee be blessed, Amen"

:-)

Answer 35

no i will wait for everyone else because it's rude in my culture and it's much better to eath everyon else. and no way am racing

Answer 36

I don't care when I am eating with known people, but when some new person is there I will be well mannered.



So it all depends with whom you are eating.

Answer 37

Why wait, most restaurants have slow service any way, and if you wait any longer, the food just gets colder.

Answer 38

I usually wait out of common courtesy. If I am starving - then I ask for permission.

Answer 39

We wait for the food, we pray and then we eat.

Answer 40

you wait till everybody or most people are eating. this is because you will look stupid and feel awkward if you finsh first and people are still eating

Answer 41

I always wait, that way they don't sit there and watch me eat.

Answer 42

it's always polite to wait for other people's food. that way they don't have to sit there, deathly hungry, watching you obviously enjoy your own meal. it's just a random politeness thing.

Answer 43

I eat before everyone else.I never considered it rude.

Answer 44

I wait for everyone - it is common sense manners.

Answer 45

I always wait until everyone has been served then give thanks and blessing to the meal, then we eat.

Answer 46

i believe you are supposed to wait untill all meals are served, but that was fine for the fifties and before, now its first come first stuffed !!!

Answer 47

The adults wait until all are served.

The kids just dive right in. :)

Answer 48

I just start eating.

Answer 49

um i eat when im darn good and ready if they dont like it they can kiss my booty

Answer 50

no, ill just eat casually

Answer 51

i wait. its polite.

Answer 52

that's a good point

Answer 53

hmmmm...(thinking)



haven't thought of that before!

Answer 54

i usually wait idk why i just do it automatically i never thought of that