If people are still eating, the waitstaff may refrain ... to praise the restaurant for a job well done, align the knife and fork horizontally on the plate, so that the tips of the utensils are ...

Then, without waiting for a response, she’ll stick her fork or spoon into my food and take a piece of it. It nauseates me when I try to eat the rest ... grab your plate, cut her off a piece ...

After eating, we were taught to put our spoon and fork (and knife) together sideways on our plate to signal that we have finished eating. It also looks neater than seeing a spoon and fork left on ...