[Bearman]

Why is it.............. That the last piece of food on a tray or serving dish is treated like a hand grenade?

The last piece conundrum!!!!

You're at a dinner party, a gathering whether formal or casual and your gracious host has passed around plates of food. There is a plate on the table. On that plate is the last piece of food. You know its delicious. You are salivating. Other guests are salivating. The host is imploring someone have it. No-one dares take that last piece.

But when you do you get the stink eye from your wife........ and a lecture on the way home!!

What is the ettiquitte that requires the last morsel to be treated as if its infested with e-coli??

Why is that...........