Etiquette Expert William Hanson Addresses Common Manners Questions on Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

Etiquette expert William Hanson joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about proper manners and polite behavior. Why is “no elbows on the table” a rule? Is there a proper way to stir tea? Or cut a piece of cheese from a charcuterie board? Who decides what proper table etiquette is? Why should we even care about etiquette in the first place? Etiquette expert William Hanson answers these questions and many more on Etiquette Support.

Director: Anna O'Donohue
Director of Photography: James Fox
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: William Hanson
Waitress: Isabel Fraser
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Isabel Fraser
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Talent Booker: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Stephen Ley
Sound Mixer: Mark Cheffins
Production Assistant: Jack Haynes
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael; JC Scruggs
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell

0:00 Etiquette Time
0:15 Why no elbows on the table?
0:51 The proper way to stir tea
1:14 Cheese for charcuterie
1:50 How do you eat your peas?
2:22 Cheers?
2:44 Why does etiquette matter?
3:12 Coded silverware
4:00 Mind if I interrupt?
4:25 Sending back opened wine
4:51 Burgers
5:14 Difference between US/Britain
6:04 Proper spaghetiquette
6:42 The ultimate no-no
7:02 Fashionably late, oui?
7:57 The great reclining seat debate
8:40 Exit the conversation
9:05 Check please!
9:34 Your majesty
10:00 Offer your seat if you like
10:27 Hold the door!
10:58 Unwanted house guests

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