Talk:Silver service

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[edit] Etiquette in different countries

I think whether serving/collecting occurs at the left or right might differ between countries. This should be reflected in article. --Username132 (talk) 19:38, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

The logic between serving/collecting at different sides is as follows:

• When serving, one holds the platter of food on the left arm and serves using utensils in the right hand. The food needs to be at table level to be served, so if one served from the right, the right arm would have to be extended over the platter in order to put food on the guest's plate - this is very awkward (speaking from experience, having done it by accident once!)
• When collecting, the plates are held on the left arm and collected with the right, but this time the stack of plates should be kept far from the table. Reaching around someone with the right arm is slightly less awkward from their right hand side than from their left.

It's certainly possible that it's done differently in different countries - for etiquette reasons, perhaps - but the side ordering is not as arbitrary as it might initially seem. Cammy 00:11, 5 November 2007 (UTC)