McDonald’s in a hospital waiting room

[Schuyler]

AIBU to think I don’t care how hungry you are, you don’t eat McDonald’s in a hospital waiting room? There are 2 adults eating it, so surely one can pop out and then they swap.

P.S. do you think I can ask for a chip?

You won't starve to death by going a few hours without food, you can get afterwards.

See my post above - we were told by the consultant that DD1 could suffer brain damage and death within a few hours at any time; and hunger was the number one trigger to set off this chain of events! A meal half an hour late used to result in a 999 call!

Classic mumsnet reactions.

Me: commutes every day past smog, sweaty tubes, stale urine streets, overflowing bins, fast food restaurants and lives to tell the tale.

Mumsnet: someone 30 feet away from me put mature cheddar on a jacket potato and I instantly vomited.

Spent 11 hours in A&E not that long ago with elderly relative with dementia and suspected sepsis. Had I not rushed out and followed the ambulance, meaning I forgot purse, credit cards etc, would have eaten in the waiting room as I wouldn’t have not wanted to be there.

Never judge a person until you’ve walked in their shoes.

Me: commutes every day past smog, sweaty tubes, stale urine streets, overflowing bins, fast food restaurants and lives to tell the tale.

You might sit down for an hour next to a stale urine porch and overflowing bing, I don't - it can't take me more than 10 seconds (and I am being large) to walk away from that.

So not sure how you can compare that with a waiting room. in a hospital.

If someone brings a McDonald in the office, I'd send them away before they had time to swallow that first chip!

I’ve had patients bring it into the 20weeks scan and eat it while watching the anomaly scan... the reason we’ve now banned food in the scan rooms is mainly because of the amount of people bring a McDonalds in with them. And yes I am being 100% serious. Not only does it make the room smell (and for pregnant women being scanned after the McDonald people.. this can make them feel nauseous) and people don’t bother to clear up after themselves. We’re not here to pick your discarded gherkins and fries off the floor and toddlers eating quavers etc during scans is another... just grrrrr

Honestly I wouldn't worry about this.

Much more important things to waste my energy on that what people eat in public.

Eating a McDs in a hospital waiting room or in a hospital bed is equally disgusting. It’s rude and totally inconsiderate to others.

People on MN care about the weirdest things. When I am in a hospital waiting room I more worried about my chronic health condition than what other people are eating or doing.

No way I’d eat in the waiting corridor at my doctors. It’s filthy. On the plus side you just rock up, no appointment necessary and only tend to wait 15 minutes max.

But my old doctors in England had a cafe in the waiting area. No MaccDs but toasties, tea cakes and coffee. Was great.

People banging on about a and e for hours unplanned - you read that this was a planned outpatients appointment right?

Completely different circumstances, and just inconsiderate to others to take food in with you.

They knew when the appointment was and roughly how long they would be for. It’s not an unplanned visit to an emergency room or labour ward

@MiniMum97

I spend far too much time worrying my organ failure will leave my children without a mother. It doesn’t mean I don’t ever make petty complaints. You’re not better than me because occasionally, I have minor and somewhat lighthearted gripes.

I can't help thinking that if someone had been eating anything other than a McDonalds, the responses would be different.

MN is weird like that though. There's a thing about McDonald's that tends to send posters into a bit of a tailspin.

@Pukkatea

Classic mumsnet, so many don’t read the thread. Firstly, I was clear that it was partly tongue in cheek. Secondly, a squashed waiting area in a hospital (with unwell and worried people) is not comparable to public transport.

See my post above - we were told by the consultant that DD1 could suffer brain damage and death within a few hours at any time; and hunger was the number one trigger to set off this chain of events! A meal half an hour late used to result in a 999 call!

Hardly anyone suffers from this. And if you did, you would keep food on you at all times, not feel the need to pop into McDonald's before your appointment and sit there eating it while waiting.

@Schuyler where did I say I was better than you? Massive overreaction to my comment.

I don't like McDonald's... But I really don't think I would mind.

@NeckPainChairSearch

Fast food does have a smell and in some contexts, it’s delicious. I like McDonald’s and other fast food. If it were a freshly cooked piece of salmon, I think I’d have noted it also.

When I was waiting to go down for surgery in the women's hospital a man and his 8 year old son visiting brought kebabs in

@MiniMum97

You said people cared about weird things and went on to say you worry about your health when in hospital appts. I sat there for over an hour, do you think I didn’t notice anything or anyone? I don’t sit with my eyes closed and ears covered. I average around 3 appointments per month. I’m not going to sit there and contemplate my health the whole time.

It was a minor gripe. Seriously, it’s no reflection on my thoughts about my health or my life. Even people with much more serious problems than mine probably have petty thoughts.

@Schuyler ok chill out. As I said massive overreaction.

@MiniMum97I I am chilled, that’s the point. I was having a first world, irrelevant whinge and I am BU. It’s ok, I can take it. I have thick skin. It was a petty problem and I probably wouldn’t even be thinking about it if it weren’t for this thread, which I kinda regret.

On the other hand, I should thank those people because it’s Maccy D for us for dinner tomorrow!

OP, I can't stand the stuff, to be honest. It doesn't half incite inexplicably strong feelings on either side though, that was my point.

On the other hand.... despite my previous post..

Some people do NOT have plenty of notice of outpatient appointments, some of us have conditions that mean we can be chucked into an outpatient clinic with half an hours notice and sit there for bloody hours not knowing when you will get out or indeed IF you will get out.

In which case, eat when you can!

I loathe McDs and loathe even more the people who leave their takeaway packaging and leftovers in the A&E waiting room instead of binning it.

Is it just me who thought this was going to be about a branch of McDonald's located in a hospital waiting room?