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Dutchess_III's avatar

Do you put a napkin in your lap when you're at a resturaunt?

Asked by Dutchess_III (47068points) June 7th, 2022

I do.

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Hawaii_Jake's avatar

I put a napkin in my lap when I’m eating any meal anywhere including a breakfast of only toast. I’ve never thought of it, but perhaps I’m simply a messy eater. I seem to notice there’s always one bit that drops during the meal.

Demosthenes's avatar

Generally if the restaurant provides cloth napkins I will, but otherwise I won’t.

HP's avatar

Where else? Old habits are hard to break. However, I do have a pet peeve about scanty napkins. If the napkin isn’t in my lap, I require one at least large enough to be used as a bib.

janbb's avatar

Yes, in a restaurant – not at home.

Nomore_Tantrums's avatar

No, I’m a slob. I WILL put one on my lap when I’m wolfing a burger down on the way to work, or a breakfast burrito. Those things are messy. But a hungry guy can’t stand on ceremony.

Jeruba's avatar

Yes. Unless I’m in the class of restaurant where the waiter gives the crisp square of cloth a brisk one-handed flip onto my lap. That’s not happening much any more.

KNOWITALL's avatar

Yes, at home, too.

SnipSnip's avatar

Of course. I do it at home as well.

Entropy's avatar

Sometimes. Not always. Nor often.

I’m most likely to spill on myself when I’m at home munching on the couch. I have some shirts with stains right above the belly line where, on a sofa, my torso bends to form a little shelf.

When I am sitting upright and paying attention at a table, I basically never spill.

smudges's avatar

Yes, except those futzy useless little paper squares.

Zaku's avatar

Yes, usually.

Samantha4One's avatar

It’s a good practice to put napkin or handkerchief on your lap when having a meal whether outside or not, because if by mistake something drops, (soup for example), the napkin will protect the clothes from ruining to some extent. And probably no stain either. Some stains are extremely hard to remove even with good detergent. So precaution is better than cure.

flutherother's avatar

No longer at home since my grandfather’s time when he called them serviettes. They were large and made of cloth and served their purpose. The paper napkins you get in restaurants nowadays are useless. They are small and light and too easily slide from your lap onto the floor.

Pied_Pfeffer's avatar

In a restaurant? Always. At home, it depends upon on where I sit. At a table, it is placed in my lap. If eating off of a tray in front of the television, it stays on the tray.

jca2's avatar

Yes. My mother spent a lot of time teaching me table manners, how to switch the knife and fork from hand to hand, how to hold the fork and knife when cutting, etc.

gorillapaws's avatar

Of course. I may be a gorilla, but I’m not a savage!

ImmaKnew's avatar

No. I leave it on the table then grab it when needed.

JLeslie's avatar

Yes, almost always, especially at a full service restaurant. Maybe not always at fast food, but even there I usually do.

Dutchess_III's avatar

I noticed that Rick crumpled his napkin up on the table. IE: he didn’t put in on his lap. Wasn’t sure if I should say something, which is why I took this poll.

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WhyNow's avatar

I have been accused of putting my napkin on other laps. It is true.

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LuckyGuy's avatar

I do. I don’t do it at home. We use a box of tissues as a napkin dispenser. I will put one over my keyboard it I am eating something messy.

All paper products go into an old paper bag so they can be converted into heat in the wood burning stove.

ragingloli's avatar

No. I just hover above the plate so that nothing falls off the table.

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