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Egg Sandwiches on National Expresss Coach

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DoItAfraid · 12/09/2025 13:17

I’m on a national express coach to London Victoria and there is a large group travelling together who seem to think that it is hilarious that they have brought egg sandwiches onboard to eat on the journey.

They are going on and on about it so they are fully aware that egg sandwiches are smelly - they seem to think it’s very funny.

It’s a long journey in a confined space. Why would anyone do this?

Dont get me started on the loud phone calls, videos on speaker etc.

AIBU?

YABU: people are free to do whatever they want; they have paid for their tickets. Your HRT might need checking as you are grumpy.

YANBU: people are really inconsiderate these days.

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FrenchandSaunders · 12/09/2025 13:33

Homemade then you've got a point ... if they're bought then they don't usually smell, not sure why.

Mugfills · 12/09/2025 13:31

I have occasionally ended up with a smelly lunch, in a situation where it would have been best avoided because I hadn't thought about where I would be eating it when I bought it, but very odd indeed to be making a big thing of it.

BellaPommefritio · 12/09/2025 13:29

'On the National Express, when you smell egg and cress, it can make you hurl....!'

TragicMuse · 12/09/2025 13:28

Get a grip, It’s just a sandwich.

Runningismyhappyplace50 · 12/09/2025 13:26

YANBU- just no and I enjoy an egg sandwich.

PennySweeet · 12/09/2025 13:24

I'm going to say YABU

But this is because I live in London and people eating pungent food on their journey is just a daily occurrence.

Eggs and fish do smell very strong but so do curries and heavily garlic based lunches, that hit you in the face as soon as your fellow passengers remove the Tupperware lids 🤣

It's not something I can get fussed about by my friend gets travel sick and it really turns her stomach sometimes.

DisplayPurposesOnly · 12/09/2025 13:22

I don't have an issue with egg sandwiches. I'd consider shoving their videos on speaker down their throats for dessert though.

Roundaboot · 12/09/2025 13:22

YANBU and I feel your pain. I was on the bus coming home from work yesterday and a girl sitting behind me was eating a Taco Bell which literally smelt like farts. If I'd have asked her to put it away until she got home she'd have probably looked at me like I had two heads, or called me Karen!

CanOfMangoTango · 12/09/2025 13:21

Agree with you. Very selfish.

I really like egg mayo and tuna mayo but I wouldn't eat it in a confined space with others.

I deliberately took a boring ham sandwich on my recent coach journey.

TheChosenTwo · 12/09/2025 13:21

I’m not voting either way. It’s widely considered an antisocial food for public eating due to the smell but I couldn’t get het up about someone eating them near me because I enjoy them myself. I wouldn’t eat them in close confines to someone else though. But most food has a smell doesn’t it? I really hate the smell of bananas but accept some people will eat them near me at some point.

loud phone calls are inconsiderate but I travel everywhere with headphones so I don’t have to hear anyone else!

NoelFurlong · 12/09/2025 13:20

Arseholes. I hope they all get salmonella.

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