- 34 - Wednesday, August 14, 1985 - North Shore News Piastic forks DEAR MISS MANNERS — Recently my family discovered a wonderful fish-and-chip restaurant in a neighboring town. The food and atmosphere are classic English. We have only one com- plaint: The food is served on paper plates with plastic utensils. My father objects to the uselessness of the knife and fork. He feels that the next time we visit the restaurant, we should being our own metal utensils. Is this acceptable? How would one go about doing it? ‘GENTLE READER — Ac- tually, this is not classic English fish-and- (like you, Miss Manners is incapable of writing “ ‘n’ ’') chips ser- vice. The classic way of serv- ing this treat is wrapped in newspaper. However you may feel about digesting the news, it does’ make it easier to get fish to mouth. Miss Manners totally. agrees with your fa- ther that no human being should. be expected to eat anything with plastic uten- sils. Bringing your own flat- ware to a restaurant is not classic behavior, although you might try to pull it off by merrily unpacking your forks. and plates from a wicker. basket, as if you believed the restaurant were - a picnic supplier, rather than a restaurant. . . It would be safer to ask to use the place as a takeout and simply take the food home to your forks. DEAR MISS MANNER -- Our company is planning a very large reception follow- ing its annual meeting. It also holds social events in other parts of the country each year as part of its public-relations program. Our question is about the proper way (to address envelopes for these events. One secretary in our division has spent many days hand- addressing formal invita- tlons. Not only is it extreme- ly boring work and physi- cally exhausting, but it.is a very unproductive way to utilize the human resources of time and talent. We have printed labels we could use, but individually typewritten addresses would also be less time-consuming and more productive. Our question fo you, then, is what is proper in today’s business world for the ad- dressing of formal invita- tions to social events. GENTLE READER -- The business world uses typewritten addresses or labels. The social world uses handwriting. The purpose of business entertaining is to foo! people into thinking tat 2 2 i coops BOUGHT OR SOLD CONSIGNMENT they are being entertained socially and should therefore use their kindly social man- ners, rather than their business sense, in dealing with their entertainers. The question therefore is merely how much work you miss manners n, has a tradition of a fixed number of members. We would like to increase the number of members actually participating, without in- creasing the (otal member- ship. lt has been proposed that by Judith Martin are willing to devote to this effort to confuse your guests. DEAR MISS MANNERS — I} am a member of an old and distinguished club which those members still able to attend meetings, who have not done so in four years, be asked to relinquish their membership. How would you politely phrase such a spoil fish GENTLE READER — Send everyone a long and boring letter, at the end of which you announce a meeting for the purpose of renewing memberships. Several old and distinguished members will respond with indignant let- ters, and show up, purple in the face, demanding to know what you think you are do- ing. Tell them that this was a mere formality, and that of course their memberships are inviolable, However, some members | who have not been there in four years will throw out the letter without reading it to the end, and meeting. Consider that they have been dropped from membership, the letter and meeting having served as notice. 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