Dinner table manners

We are living in a world run by technology and social media seems to have become basically part of us. Tweets, selfies and Facebook updates not forgetting Instagram have basically become the sole avenues for expressing our views, feelings and moods.

Well did you know that social media activities like selfies over dinner or sending a photo of your meal on Instagram is considered inappropriate? Better still, sex is the worst topic that you can ever bring up at a dinner party with friends? Well now you know.

Below is a list of 10 worst things you can do to ruin a dinner party and 10 worst topics to raise over dinner with friends according to an online study.

TOP TEN WORST MANNERISMS AT A DINNER
1. Keep checking your phone (58%)
2. Eat too loudly (39%)
3. Take selfies (38%)
4. Instagram your meal (22%)
5. Be too opinionated (20%)
6. Talk about “me, me, me” (18%)
7. Eat with your fingers (18%)
8. Dip your spoon back in the food after using it (15%)
9. Drink from a can (8%)
10. Beating everyone to second helpings (6%)

TEN WORST DINNER PARTY TOPICS
1. Sex (54%)
2. Politics (35%)
3. Reality TV (31%)
4. Dieting (27%)
5. Your children’s achievements (24%)
6. Money (22%)
7. Divorce (20%)
8. Work (19%)
9. Pets (12%)
10. Single life (5%)