24. Reaching across the table
No matter how famished you are, reaching across a table to grab something during a meal is always a serious etiquette blunder. “If it’s far enough away that you have to stand to reach it, you shouldn’t do so and you should ask instead,” says Thomas. And, she explains, if you’re the one passing food, you should pass it to your right.
So, why is reaching across a table such an etiquette error? “Because your personal space is being invaded by the reacher,” Thomas says. “It’s also a germ situation: My hand and my arm are now invading the space in which you’re consuming food.”
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