The First Person to Start Eating
Everyone's food has arrived at the restaurant except one person's. The unlucky diner insists that everyone else should start eating, but nobody wants to be the first to pick up their fork.
Why does such a simple situation become so awkward?
In Episode 301 of Five Star Minute, we explore the invisible social rules that influence our everyday behaviour.
From restaurant etiquette to holding doors and deciding who speaks first, we follow countless unwritten conventions without giving them much thought.
But are we always acting out of genuine consideration, or are we sometimes simply worried about…
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