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"  How do you deal with people who are late to dinner? This is a really tough issue, because you want to be respectful not only of the friends who are late, but also of the friends who are already at the party. No one wants to wait until 10 o&amp;#039;clock for dinner, and I certainly don&amp;#039;t want to serve a burnt roast! This is what I do: I wait for up to 30 minutes for the latecomers to arrive. If they&amp;#039;re still not there, I quietly rearrange the table setting to remove their plates, glasses, and chairs, and put them aside in case they do arrive. Then we all sit down to dinner. If the friends arrive later, everyone can quickly rearrange themselves to make room \u2014 and then I serve them whatever course we&amp;#039;re eating at the time. This works for everyone. The friends who are at the party have the same good time they expected, and the late guests don&amp;#039;t feel guilty that they&amp;#039;ve ruined your party. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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