I try not to do it, but once in a while, slip up. My parents were old school and my Dad especially was strict with table manners. Had to always wash hands before eating. Elbows off the table, napkins on lap. My siblings and I had chores that we took turns doing and one of them was setting the table (another was clearing and doing dishes), with forks, knives, napkins, glasses etc. in the proper places. We didn’t answer the phone, and were told not to have our friends call during dinner time. When we were finished, we had to ask permission to be excused to leave the table.