Howdy, TG.
Scott, I may wear $19 Casios but part of my upbringing included proper table manners & the correct use of table utensils.
As a young insurance exec at a prestigious international insurance brokerage in DC off K St. (in between stints as an hourly worker, LOL), I remember being invited to Duke Ziebert's, Mel Krupin's etc. for swanky lunches where other execs ate like animals stabbing at the meat, speaking with mouthfulls of flailing food, slurping bowls with sounds of emptying bedpans, and holding utensils as if they were carving stone.
These were the same people who were meticulous, to the point of fastidiousness, in their attire and manner.
That is why one should never pretend to be something they're not. You will always be discovered.
I can relate, brother.
Years of being taught by my father on how to eat celery and carrots w/o making a sound & with elbows off the table paid off I suppose.
