Eating Takeaway In A Hospital Waiting Room Do You See It As Unreasonable

Wait times in hospitals can be hours or even days. People need to eat. If KFC was the closest place, it makes sense that's what they'd eat.

Got news for you…become an inpatient after the A+Ev visit and you will be greeted with stinky hospital food at 5pm and lunch everyday. Especially when it’s fish. People need to eat.

I don’t think so. Skin infections need treating and can quickly become cellulitis.
The OP has been referred for urgent care by her GP.

It’s a night out for a lot of people.

This is almost identical to a recent thread, including the KFC in hospital waiting room! As I recall, the family who brought in KFC were called CF’s on that thread.

Nope, not when they're solely looking after a person who requires care they can't. Last time I was in A and E was with a loved one who has dementia and would be in danger in that environment without supervision. As luck would have it, I actually had food in my bag. But if I hadn't, your smell preferences rank well below my relative's welfare.

Id say the week in hospital, and a further 2 weeks on a virtual ward, kind of showed I needed to be there. Funnily enough, strokes don't cause appetite suppression.

@yukikata i completely disagree? I cannot abide the stench of smelly crisps and yes I CAN smell them from across the room. There are certain crisps I don’t even allow in my house because DH stinks so badly when he eats them.

This is my opinion and something I am sensitive to. It obviously does not mean that no one should be able to eat a packet of wotsits on a train, just because I think it is gross.

I think you’re being unreasonable for taking up A&E space for an infected ear piercing more than people eating kfc.

@JusteanBiscuits you do that sweetie

They can take their butts out the waiting area and scarf something down quickly. Not sit and indulge in a 3 course stinky meal among people many of which are barely holding on.

OK sweetie. I will be sure to let my consultant know I didn't need to be there and really shouldn't have been hungry after 18 hours in A&E.

Absolutely. I’ve been to a&e w various conditions and infections etc and was never well enough to even think about food after hours and hours of not eating. If you’re really really sick you rarely are in a condition to eat, left alone something greasy and smelly. If you can tolerate kfc etc ask yourself are you sick enough to be in a&e; most likely not

Sandwich vending machine, a banana or take a snack with you?

I can't imagine wanting to eat anything in and A&E department. Revolting place to dine.
I did once witness a crack addict get a blanket out, sit on the floor and count out all his blocks of crack cocaine. That was the same night that I was sat opposite a man who had trapped his penis in his zipper. It just kept my head down and didn't dare look at either of them.

And that some will be there when there's nothing wrong with them personally, but they need to provide care to someone else.

I don't see a issue with eating hot food in a waiting room but yes if it stinks then it's not the best none the less it is what it is and people are their for a reason and do need to eat

You realise people go to A&E for things other than vomiting, right?

Like where? I had to take my son to A&E a few years ago, hospital cafe shuts at 4pm, as did the shop as it was a sunday, neither opened until 10am on the monday.

I’m a type one diabetic and I can’t have meat, dairy, nuts, strawberry or kiwi. Care to tell me where I could have sourced safe food to eat at 4am when I desperately needed some due to having very low blood sugar and my emergency kit was out. The options that were available at my location via deliveroo were mcdonalds and kfc, I can’t have kfc, but I can safely eat mcdonalds chips.

KFC stinks out the entire room. It's not the same as a packet of monster munch. At all.

It’s thoughtless. If you’re well enough to eat, you don’t belong in a&e. If you’re there with someone sick and waiting with them- go outside, eat and come back.
many of the people in a&e are sick enough to be at least nauseous so it’s very selfish to bring in smelly food.
earlier this year I was in a&e with my throwing up kid (I first called our dr and she advised we go to urgent care; urgent care sent us to a&e so didn’t just bring them on a whim). There was a group of people waiting with a man next to us (and taking up a lot of a&e seats while sick people were standing, another selfish a&e feature) who ordered a pizza delivery and ate it. Don’t know how they even had appetite eating right next to a kid throwing up every 2 mins. The pizza stink didn’t improve the puking situation either

I think it's inconsiderate, the same as eating it on a bus or a train or anywhere in close quarters with other people who can't get away from the smell.

People do need to eat but if you can get to a KFC then you can get to somewhere that sells less smelly food - the KFC was a choice.

Exactly. There is no one single suitable, affordable, universally available meal. Sandwiches certainly aren't it, and the people constantly insisting people in A and E ought to be eating them should be mindful of that, rather than lecturing others.

Are people honestly so offended by the smell of fried chicken? A packet of monster munch reeks to high heaven and is likely freely available in the vending machine - get yourself something if it bothers you!

We had to put up notices in our dental surgery waiting room as people were bringing fish and chips/ pies etc in to eat whilst waiting for friends/family appointments and no they didn’t brush before coming in to see me. We had a few kicking off when we sent them , and their food , outside.