Outside-In Without Over-Setting
Choose a menu-correct outside-in utensil correction without crowding the cover.
The first course changed from oysters to soup after the table was set. The menu changed: course one is now soup, not oysters. What should the server correct before guests sit? Remove the oyster forks and set soup spoons as the outside right-side utensil on every affected cover Correct. The first course must be readable at the outside edge, and unused tools should not crowd the formal cover. Leave the oyster forks and add soup spoons wherever there is space near the knives Weaker. That over-sets the cover and breaks the outside-in sequence, so the guest sees two first-course signals.…
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