Mind Your Manners - Italian Etiquette

Meeting People

When meeting population for the first time it is accepted to wait to be introduced. You will ordinarily be introduced to the oldest someone first followed by the women.

Writing Wedding Thank You Cards

The transfer of company cards is a tasteless practice when first meeting someone. Status is prominent in the Italian culture and it is tasteless to list any titles and/or schooling degrees you hold on your company cards.

Mind Your Manners - Italian Etiquette

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Physical Greetings

When greeting someone a handshake accompanied by a "Pleased to meet you" is appropriate. When departing be sure to shake everyone's hand, a general group wave as is often done in the United States is not looked on favorably.

An "air kiss" is an accepted greeting once you have established a association with someone.

Physical Space

Italians stand much closer to one another than Americans do and it is tasteless for men to walk down the street arm and arm and also women to walk down the street arm and arm.

Eye Contact

Intense direct eye feel is common, finding away is a sign of disinterest and/or that you are behaving rude.

Good Topics of Discussion

Food, wine, soccer (the national pastime), politics (if you know what you are talking about), music, philosophy and current events.

Bad Topics of Discussion

Inquiring about private house matters, personal income, stereotypes, World War Ii and Vatican politics. Also the tasteless American inquire "what do you do?" is determined rude and too personal.

Communication Style

Moments of silence are rare in Italy and repeated interruptions signify interest.

Whistling and winking at women is meant as a compliment and is not used in a degrading way. If a woman is curious she will write back the whistlers with eye contact, if she is not she will ignore them.

Italians often gesture with their hands and one does not converse with their hands in their pockets. Italians place great point on maintaining a "Bella Figura" (Beautiful Figure/ Image) and slouching and leaning against things is just not done.

Waiting in Line

Lines do not exist in Italy, do not be surprised if someone just walks up to the counter and is served before you, despite the fact that you were next and have been waiting in "line" for the past 20 minutes.

Walking

The evening "passeggiata" is a tasteless occurrence in Italy. Strolling the streets, finding who is out and catching up with friends is a nightly occurrence in Italy.

Shopping

Customer aid is not as "in your face" as it is in the United States. ordinarily a salesclerk will ignore you until eye feel is made signaling aid is required.

Public Transportation

The easiest way to catch a taxi cab is at a taxi stand.

On communal transportation it is primary for the younger to give up their seats to the older and men to give up their seats to women.

Tipping

The tip is ordinarily already included in the price at a restaurant. A accepted tip for a taxi driver is 10 percent. Bellmen usually receive 1 Euro per bag.

Appropriate Dress

In general Italians dress much more formally than Americans. Italians value "quality" in their clothing and are much more likely to own 2 very nice expensive suits than 6 decent economy suits. Black and muted colors are tasteless in composition with brighter colored accessories.

Italian women tend to wear more makeup than American women and also wear nylons all year round.

Meal Time

Breakfast is ordinarily from 8 to 8:30 Am

A accepted Italian morning meal is coffee (espresso is ordinarily served after dinner) with a croissant or a consolidate of cookies.

Lunch is ordinarily served from 1 to 3 Pm

In the south lunch is the biggest and longest meal of the day, in the North it is often the biggest meal of the day but during the company week it does not last as long as it does on the weekend. A typical lunch includes soup, bread and olive oil, a main meal and/or soup, salad and a desert of fruit. Wine and sparkling mineral water usually accompanies the meal.

Dinner is ordinarily served from 8 to 10 Pm

If the main meal of the day was lunch, then evening meal is often a light affair taken at home. If any way it was not a typical evening meal is quite elaborate. Formal Italian meals consist of: antipasto (such as proscuitto, bruschetta, or fruit), soup, pasta, main dish (usually meat), salad, cheese, desert, fruit and an espresso. Wine is also ordinarily taken with dinner.

Table Manners

The Italians do not switch their knife and fork as population do in the States. The fork remains in the left hand and the knife in the right hand.

Placing your utensils down on your plate signifies to wait staff that you are finished.

When not using your utensils your hands should be kept graphic above the table.

Dishes are passed to the left.

To get a waiters concentration you should make contact, waving your hand or calling out is determined to be rude.

Often times in an informal cafeteria you will be seated at a table with a stranger, if this is the case conversation is not expected.

Who Pays?

In general the someone who does the intelligent also does the paying, although the guest is unbelievable to protest. When a woman is seated at a table with men the men (despite a woman's protest) will all the time pick up the bill.

Punctuality

The added south you go the less point is settled on being on time. For communal events being a half an hour to an hour late is common. When population are late resist the American temptation to invite the reason. Lateness is ordinarily because a someone was involved in obligations that involved superiors, house or old friends (and it would have been rude to cut it short).

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