Having bad table manners makes you a less-liked person.

Alright, thank you for the debate topic. Lets begin. On your arguments. "I am against this topic of debate, because I have a friend who doesn't have the best table manners, but he/she is one of the more popular kids in school. He/she does many sports, has many friends, and is liked by his/her teachers as well as fellow classmates." >>While your friend may be a happy exception to this phenomenon I feel the more likely scenario to be that your friend has good things about him/her that outweigh the bad ones (such as bad table manners). Notice your resolution states "makes you a less-liked person". These 2 sentences in no way proves that your friend is/is not a more or less liked person because of their table manners. It simply attests to the idea that your friend is well liked. Could your friend me more well liked if they had better table manners? I would argue yes but will get there later. "Also, if a person has bad table manners, you cannot judge them; "don't judge a book by its cover"." >>You offer me a moral imperative that I personally agree with. However a lot of people do not follow this rule. There are many many people out there who are more than willing to "judge a book by its cover" and will do so given the opportunity. This decreases the chance for your friend to be well liked by such people which proves your resolution false. Your friend will be less-liked by such people. Having bad table manners will make a person less-liked by people who "judge a book by its cover". "I believe that if someone doesn't have good table manners, that could be a result of not realizing what they are doing, or if their parents never told them how not to eat at the table." >>Yes I agree. Table manners personally do not bother me unless someone is being amazingly obnoxious to the point where I can't hear myself think because they are eating with their mouth open. Notice however that this point does not further your case in anyway. "Many people might not like how the person is eating, but it certainly doesn't make them a bad person or less-liked person." >>This is your conclusion, thus I present my conclusion. A person with bad table manners will be judged by some (not all) and through those people they will become less-liked. Also these people have the potential to gossip to their friends which will spread a negative image about said person. This negative image will impede them from becoming liked a negative stereotype has formed against them. An impediment such as this will result in a person being less liked than they could potentially be. Thus making them a "less-liked person". My second point is as follows. People with bad table manners will naturally not be invited to dinner parties or if they are invited to dinner parties will probably not be re-invited multiple times. Should they be re-invited over and over because their personality happens to be flawless this will still result in the people who do not talk to them or get to experience their great personality to judge their table eating manners. However more than likely a person with atrocious table manners will not be re-invited to the party. This will result in the person meeting less people than they possibly could have which will decrease the potential for overall like. The decreased potential for overall like will make the person a less-liked person than they could have potentially been. My third, and irrelevant point goes against you saying, "a bad person". I would like to point out that we are not arguing about whether the person is bad or not. However I would also like to say that some people, who are bad, use table manners to exemplify the fact. Thus I affirm your resolution.