On 19/05/2013 8:35 PM, jmcquown wrote:
When I replied I was thinking about people at nearby tables, not the
> person I was dining *with*. Now THAT would annoy me.
>
> I don't care how anyone holds their flatware. I never seen adults grip
> forks or spoons in their fists like little kids do, which referred to.


I had a co-worker who did it. Since we were working on the road and on
expense accounts, we ate in restaurants almost every day and often got
together for meals. To be perfectly honest, I don't remember how most
of the others held their forks but I was always slightly shocked to see
a grown man holding forks and spoons in his fist.