to feed my child a sandwich off the tube floor

[JollyGiraffe]

I was on the tube earlier and a family with 2 children (aged around 7-9) were sitting next to me.

Mum got out a bag of sandwiches (ham and cheese) and gave one to the younger child, who was messing around and being silly and dropped the sandwich on the floor.

Oh well, no harm done, mum has a whole bag of sandwiches to replace it with! Or so I thought....

Mum picked up the sandwich, put the 2 halves back together and handed it back to the child who started eating it

I know I'm strict about hygiene, but surely this is disgusting...or totally normal? Who knows what's been on that tube floor...

FYI, the sandwich landed filling side down and was there for about 7 seconds, if that helps you decide.

Yuck!

it's a bit gross but won't do any harm.

She may not have been able to provide anything else OP.

Some people are very poor.

No way would I have given that to a kid. They once took samples from the seats and even found semen. FROM THE SEATS!!!! 🤢

Euw!

Well in some families it's the 3 second rule, in some it's the 5 second rule I've even heard the ten second rule.

However that's in places that are not over populated and cleaned regularly home and even pushing it work or school.

Never ever outside, who knows what the feet have trod in. And er never on public transport jeez yuck

That's gross.

And I eat sesame seeds that I find in the couch.

OK that is truly gross.

Which line? Northern, possibly Picadilly I'd say no. They're really manky.

W&C, sure. Victoria - probably.

Haha, the kid will be OK.

I would (and do) do this in my own home and probably in someone else's home that I knew was clean like my parents or ILs. Toddler DS frequently launches food on floors which gets put back on her plate. I don't have outdoor shoes on in my home though.

But not on a tube. Yuck yuck yuck!

That's fucking disgusting. THE TUBE?!?

Eewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

That's just fucking vile

Zebra it was indeed the Piccadilly line!

They were on their way to the theatre and a restaurant for dinner, so not sure they were too strapped for cash! And mum's bag of sandwiches was far too big to be shared between a family of 4!

That is disgusting and could cause the child to get sick. I watched a documentary a couple months ago and the guy put the tube train into a massive vaccume and it sucked all the dirt out and he showed all the bins full of dust dirt human skin hair etc.

It is grim. Really really grim. But surely she must have had good reason to do that. I am glad I’m not her

The five second rule relates to a relatively clean kitchen floor in your own kitchen . The fucking Tube?? I feel I need a shower after just travelling on the bloody thing, ever mind eating off the floor.

One tube line is not distinctly less germy than another, Zebra.

Grim. I live in London and used to get about 7 or 8 colds / other bugs a year (admittedly I have a pretty crap immune system).
For about the last 18 months I've been religious about washing my hands really well as soon as possible after getting off the tube and I've cut my sickness rate down to about 1/2 of what it was. Those trains are teeming with all sorts of bacteria and viruses.

greyhound, I think it was just a lighthearted comment. The newer lines do often seem cleaner (newer trains). I don't think it's a judgement on people living on those lines (I hope not anyway)

Zebra it was indeed the Piccadilly line!

Ha. Then she's a scummer.

Ooh it definitely is lama. Compare the filthy Piccadilly with the much more acceptable jubilee.

Ewwww the tube is really minging there is no way that’s okay.

Not a chance, I don't even let my poor kids have a toy back if they drop it on the train until I've wiped it
If it fell on the floor in a forest etc then I wouldn't care

Yanbu. It's a 3 second rule and applies only to chocolate.