Lunch Manners in the work place

Professional should behave properly, at the work place to gain respect and appreciation from others. Behaving appropriate way, marks credit in the growth of career and thus, professional should learn to be responsible and wise in the office. 

Together lunch in the workplace is the basic manners, where, it helps to build up the tie among the employees. Being professional one should follow proper lunch etiquette in the work place to out stand from the others. Thus below is the lunch manners at the work place.

  

• Be careful before packing for office lunch anything
• Smelly food is not recommended at the work place.
• Pack the lunch properly with aluminium foil in airtight containers.
• One should learn to Label the food.
• Write individual name on anything that put in the fridge.
• Don’t prefer to eat at the work station or desk.
• In emergency case, eat properly at the desk.
• Always prefer to eat in the break room or office canteen.
• Take lunch only during the assigned hours.
• Avoid keeping others waiting during lunch hours.
• Do not forget to wash hand before eating.
• Do not start eating early before everyone’s food arrives on the table.
• It’s a good gesture to invite boss as well.
• Never eat with hands especially in office. Always use spoon and fork
• Learn to share food among the fellow workers.
• Any rotten fruits to work should be avoided.
• Should not loudly smack lips or burp
• Do not make noise while eating.
• Should not talk about work at the lunch table.
• Never talking or laugh with one’s mouth full
• Use spoon and not hand while picking anyone else’s food.
• One should not put the fingers in mouth while eating.
• One should not pick or touch nose while eating.
• Avoid attending phone calls during lunch hours unless it is an emergency.
• Staring at someone else’s plate is completely unprofessional.
• Finish your food properly.
• Wash and keep the used plates, spoon and fork at the right place.
• Never get up from the table until everyone has finished eating.
• Avoid burping loudly.
• Clean teeth with tooth pick only in the rest room.
• Make the habit of cleaning mouth with mouth cleaner after eating.  

Remember to follow, the above mentioned tips, Next time while having lunch at the work place.