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Dining at a fancy restaurant can be intimidating because of all the subtle unsaid rules that are meant to be followed. While a lot of dining etiquette is a form of courtesy, some rules are meant to ...

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Etiquette — good manners — is a code of behavior, a set of (highly variable) rules governing how we should behave, theoretically at least, in order to bring the least offense to our fellow citizens.