Letter writer wonders if it’s rude to eat snacks during a day-long meeting?
I’m flying to corporate headquarters for a day-long meeting with stakeholders next week. I just received the itinerary, and lunch, happy hour and dinner will be provided for us.
I went over to a friend’s house for drinks. There were only three of us there. The host had laid out some nibbles, and I brought some homemade crackers as a contribution.The host did not eat any of my crackers until I was about to leave. She tasted one, declared it delicious, then dumped the entire bowl on her platter. The gathering was over and we were all leaving at the same time.
food is brought into someone else’s home, it acquires squatter’s rights and may reasonably be expected to be the property of the homeowner. Solicited goods have murkier rules, as such items usually come in containers that need to be returned.So while your friend’s timing was unfortunate, it was reasonable, in Miss Manners’ estimation, for her to have expected that the crackers were a present and now belonged to her. And apparently only to her.
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