Sandwiches Are Banned, Chaps! Army Commander Tells His Men That Eating With Their Hands Is 'Barbaric' -- Daily Mail
* Email sent to senior officers contained tips on etiquette and manners
* Major General James Cowan also advised officers to use better grammar
* Added the key to a successful marriage was 'never sit next to your spouse'
* Army spokesman said the note had 'light-hearted intentions'
A PRIVATELY-educated Army commander has banned sandwiches from the officers’ mess, saying that ‘a gentleman or lady always uses a knife and fork’.
In a three-page attack on slipping standards, Major General James Cowan told his troops that eating with their hands is ‘barbaric’.
The decorated soldier wrote the memo – addressed to ‘Chaps’ – after being dismayed at the lack of etiquette at a military base.
In an email to junior commanders, he criticised the way his men incorrectly held cutlery, failed to stand when superiors entered the room and were guilty of poor grammar and writing.
Maj Gen Cowan, who has led British forces fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, said: ‘Quite a few officers in the divisional mess seem to be under the impression that they can eat their food with their hands.’ The practice of serving rolls and sandwiches in the mess is to stop.
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My Comment: It's good to know that the upper class are alive and well in the British military.
1 comment:
My father had an Army
post commander order
that those drinking
beer in the officer's
club use glasses because
"gentlemen don't drink
out of bottles." This
had to have been in
the '40s or '50s.
ofs
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