- North Shore News

C14 - Sunday, February 12, 1984

- over you. oes to: “greet,

_though, may-earn you shop-

worn merchandise and
‘» watered drinks. Even if

you’ve bought nothing, you
sof the —-don't -slip_ quietly or ]

by. AME ‘With the very best intentions, we.

often commit-social errors simply because: Euro- -
pean courtesy, is: ‘somewhat different from ours. ..

bye”. unless you want the
’ shopkeeper taking inventory
to find out what you swiped.
ding ap. <All.
> gentlemen stand when
anyone enters a room unless.
* it’s a small child. All women
stand for older women which
_can lead to some tricky com-
‘ plications. It ‘can be the
height of ‘bad. manners to
' stand for a lady younger than
‘yourself - you'll be grateful
to See anyone over 90 and

cal ee countries. Any
italian:hotel «clerk. is.. well...

back of a'fork while skewer-
ing meat: with the tines ‘isn’t
so bright, either.
Europeans eat with far
more gusto than we do and
often use their fingers and
pieces of bread to trap tid-
~ bits.
1 don’t know any: ‘Italians’
who spin spaghetti with a

strand that lingers. Just keep .
- chewing and it.-will all come
sions of he/she is any sort of. ‘together in. the efid. Keep a
a relative of a friend. Women * napkin handy. The chopping
kiss men and each other = up of spaghetti. and noodles
‘mostly on alternate cheeks.. with a fork ‘and knife is
“. frowned. upon. . 2
cheeks. If you see two men.’ The mixing of oil’ and
kissing on the lips you may vinegar for salad is an art.
assume they are either close — ‘Some Europeans use the
s: st relatives or have another sort’ bowl of a soup spoon for
troduction’ to other men:

of relationship. this. Others simply sprinkle -
Often,:‘women too. Euro- 3.

peans shake hands constant-
ly, wot only upon introduc-
tion but on every subsequent
encounter. In some coun-
tries, notably Denmark, you

always‘: shake: hands on in-

tions. It is considered terribly then salt and Pepper.

rude to enter a shop without Octopus is another’
wishing the staff ‘‘Good- challenge. There dre’ few
day.”"If you wish to browse, things more awkward than
the greeting won’t necessarily .. : . small, whole octopuses to cut

N= cell

and other salata- always oil first, then vinegar, ahs

BE sateen skewer the ‘whole
thing on a fork and begin
biting off tentacles one at a
time. Others may pop the
whole beast in the mouth. If

you’re.. squeamish, have:

another glass of wine. .

North Americans tend to
eat less than Europeans,
especially at lunch. The

European-makes- 2 big-social —

occasion out of a restaurant:
lunch and it’s apt to take
several hours to complete.
They don’t want to be Tushed —
so slow down.

6. Seating in private cars.

Women usually sit in the _

back seat, men up front. The’.
only time the average Euro-
pean wife gets to sit up front
is if she is the only passenger |
or is the matriarch of the
clan. Men are rarely seen. as

4

women.

It is acceptable, i in most of
Europe, to use any sort of
threatening gesture to other
drivers. Loud use of concise

_ expletives is expected.

Most. European car horns

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