To think mouths should be covered for coughing and sneezing?

[WhoBU]

I'm on a train and so far have had a woman cough on me repeatedly, and a man in front have a sneezing fit. Neither of them are covering their mouths. The windows don't open and the train is busy. AIBU to think this is really grim?

YANBU. People aren't teaching this to their children anymore. When I tell children to cover their mouths (which I think is necessary for yawning too), sometimes they are being told it for the first time aged around 11.

But I don't think you can tell adults off. I would just side-eye them.

Children I wouldn't mind so much, but these are both adults of 30+!

Absolutely, my point is that the good manners are it being taught as children so people are now growing up thinking this is acceptable. Same as thank you cards/letters are dying out, the people not sending them aren't really being rude, IMO, they just haven't been told it's necessary.

Though in the case of sneezing and coughing there are many posters up in GP etc about trying not to spread disease so these people have no excuse.

Sneezing man just ordered a coffee and has a strong Eastern European accent (maybe Czech?). Maybe it's not a cultural norm in other countries?

I don't know, though I can tell you spitting on the ground is not seen as nearly as rude in most Slavic countries, in my experience! Let's hope he doesn't progress to that...

Hell yes. I've been ill for 3 weeks after a small child coughed on me. Proper, signed off worlk antibiotics ill. Which I realise says more about my immune system than anything else, but even so....

I'd also like to add chewing gum with one's mouth open to the unacceptable list. Not germ spreading; still gross.

Coughs and sneezes spread diseases don't forget your handkerchiv - es (or whaTever the WW2 rhyme was!).

Annoys me too - and gum/food eating WhoBU says about

Yanbu.

My dp has to reminded like a toddler though. Makes me feel ill when people just snot everywhere.

YANBU i ask my patients to please cover their mouths instead of coughing in my face when they have a respiratory tract infection... lovely!