1. To receive senior dinner invitation, what should I do?
Western on the invitation RSVP is French "please reply" meaning; First of all, please check their schedule, can the party words according to the invitation letter is the contact information for the host or sponsor reply, if attend the also want to reply and thank them for their invitation. Must reply reason is master to do budget and seating. Attend to carry invitation letter, it is in order to avoid Gate Crashers (pretend to be invited person), like the United States President barack Obama at the White House last time at the dinner will have a pair of Gate Crashers by exposure.
2. I what to wear to dinner?
Many people worry that the wear too grand and environmental water, also afraid of wear too ugly was looked at will. So first of all to see above invitation specified Dress Code (Dress Code), such as don't understand can call the host or restaurant for more detailed information. Dress code would rather conservative, better disrespect.
3. What time arrived at the party more appropriate?
According to the current international standard terms, are invited, you don't come early, but also do not want too late. Social situation usually Fashionably Late, than on the invitation is specified time Late to 15 minutes are acceptable. If I invite others, must arrive early to entertain preparation.
(4) to party a the first thing to do?
With the host or organizers invite your people say "hello". If the host are available, you can greet the catch up; But big occasions master usually very busy, then simply say hello to the representative. Don't directly to the bar or snack area take food and drink and then sat in a corner of the comfortable enjoy delicious food, in the international social situation of popular way is to stand and greet strangers and chat. Lady also should go to the bathroom to repair a makeup or see appearance, this is also some like to stay at home party person is in the home design make up (Powder room) reasons.
5. The whole party in addition to the master, does not have the people I know, how to do? How to don't be airing on one side?
General western-style formal dinner sit down before dinner there will be a cocktail hour, this is a good chance to make friends, but for many scruples or character shy to active open man is a disaster. A small doohickey can please master is introduced, and then began to chat up; If the host was too busy to bother inconvenience words, so choose two or three people chat of that kind of combination, stood in their side, and keep smiling, and the other party have eye contact communication, plug speak one or two because someone mentioned what caused your feeling of words, so that a person with good manners will invite you to join a conversation, know each other.
6. The table flowers, all kinds of glass, size plate, different shape knife and fork spoon and make me dazzling, don't know where to begin, how no surprised signals through the whole process of dinner?
More at ordinary times to practice and elegant and decent western etiquette, such as napkin put, eat bread way, order skills, some wine skills, etc. When you drink soup don't make any noise, don't put the bread plate when the bone plate, know the order of the knife and fork usage, glass cup don't use wrong, really do not have experience before, you will slow others half racket, observe what others do and do it. Remember not to have dinner in the process of the phone or make a phone call, it had to have dinner in the process of the move in a bathroom or make a phone call, be sure to follow the man by the small voice say "hello" "I'm sorry", and then the move.
7. The party is over, how do I let host and know to deepen the impression to me?
Before the end of the activity with other participants say hello say goodbye, and thank master, cannot as the food delicious and left the feel can pack home; The second day email or card thanks again for the master's invitation, can consider to send small gifts or flowers, can also forward one day activities know write a short mail, to deepen our impression, and relationship building. The European tradition if foreigners were invited to dinner at the home, can bring high quality wine, but that is not recommended because the hostess flowers, no time to go to the flower arrangement, more polite way is to wait until the next day the hostess free, to send a flower, so the hostess will not in the party the day helter skelter.
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