To think that the woman next to me on the train is judging me...

[chocolatesaltyballs22]

....for eating my dinner! (Leon chicken satay box, not very stinky). She keeps side-eyeing me every time I take a mouthful. Am also a tweny by it tipsy after post off-site drinks. It's been a looooong day ( up v early for train to London then full day of meetings).
She's going to be even more enraged when I get the mince pie dessert out in a minute!

Even my own chewing pisses me off so much I have to drown it out with music or tv.

Oh @flyingspaghettimonster my face can't decide between guffawing at your wordsmithing or keening for your condition!

@BerwickLad HEART Mitchell & Webb. And yes, probably. Irreverent people are Not Naice.

I too would be extremely unhappy with you, OP. I think that’s really grim, rude, anti-social behaviour. I would be judging you like mad and would conclude that you’d been poorly raised having no consideration for your fellow passengers.
What’s wrong with a sandwich (which isn’t going to stink the carriage up)?
Or eat before embarking.
Just grim.

I know it's childish but I'd probably be tempted to throw in a cheeky slurp just for good measure (as long as there weren't too many other people who could hear). 😆

I'm middle management at my organisation but, due to having a HGV license, I often volunteer to transport trucks to the other sites when I need to go over there - quite enjoy it tbh. I'm definitely not imagining the judgy looks I get from some besuited commuters when wearing my high vis behind the wheel of a truck.

The other day, I was driving a 32t skip wagon through some roadworks and had to get out to move some barriers as the builders hadn't left enough space to get though. It caused quite the traffic jam for a few mins and I'm a little ashamed to say I found it hard not to smirk at the vinegar faced gent behind me who kept beeping his horn (gave him a cheery wave before I drove off).

Flights are slightly different as meals are served at a set time usually, so everyone is eating. You’re not usually sitting squashed in against someone either and you can put your screens up.

I take it you don’t fly economy? . You’re more squished on a plane than on an LNER train and I don’t know what the screens are you talk of. I’ve never been able to screen myself off from my neighbour on a plane.

Still - everyone is esting the same food

Few questions:

How did the OP accidentally say she was tipsy because she didn't have her glasses on? (It is possible I misinterpreted this one!!)

What's a LEON like? Not in UK but quite interest to know - sounds appealing (if you ignore the vomiting people nearby).

Do people frequently vomit over other people on trains? (Or possibly it's those who claim they'd vomit over someone eating don't get on public transport!!)

When eating on a train when obnoxiously eating obnoxious food is it law you remove your shoes?

Are all train journeys in the UK under 30mins. I've assumed this as apparently no one needs to eat on a train as humans should be able to survive 30 mins without food!!! On the Aberdeen to Penzance the outside must be a blur!!!

All quite fascinating these train rules - I get a tram daily which usually so packed no one eats (can't get your hand to your mouth!!)

Also (unrelated train question) anyone think Burger King and Macdonalds have a universal smell. It's the same whatever thd item and not too appealing?

First job of the day: email to my boss. 'I'm v sorry boss but I can no longer travel to business meetings in London because the good people of MN do not approve of me having my dinner on the train home and expect me to starve between lunch @1pm and getting home after 10pm.'

Have a word with yourselves you uptight bastards.

Oh, oh!! and what are these screens one can but up on planes?

No one is saying you cannot eat on long journeys. Just choose something less smelly. I would never sit at my desk at work and eat a McDonald’s or a fish sandwich either. It’s just consideration for others.

You could have left the pub earlier and got food before getting on the train?

Ooh @chocolatesaltyballs22 you do sound delightful- is that the hangover kicking in

@chocolatesaltyballs22 I think a PP is right - a lot of people commenting probably rarely do this sort of travel for their jobs. My typical day of meetings in London (or Birmingham or Manchester) is a train from the deep south west at around 6am or 6:30 (so breakfast at 5:30 or I cook eggs and eat on the train). Then all day, with awful meeting coffee & biscuits, and soggy sandwiches for lunch (I really don't like sandwiches - I never eat them by choice). Then a dash for the train on the rush hour Tube at 5 or 6pm with maybe 15/20 minutes at Paddington to get something to eat on the train. (I find with the new GWR trains, I get motion sickness if I don't eat). Into my front door at 10pm if the train isn't held up somewhere. If it's Manchester, I won't be home till 11pm or midnight.

This is the reality of work travel for those of us who do long-distance and don't live in London.

Personally, I'd rather the transient smell of hamburger than the incessant chatter, phone calls, bad headphones (or children with no headphones) of the noise of other passengers.

Uptight bastards?

Dolarabelle - you eat eggs on the train? And you dont like sandwiches even though you can literally put any food in them?

I ate McDonalds on a train once (years before I went vegan). The lady opposite me was giving me some filthy looks. I apologised and explained that it was the only chance I would get to eat that day and she said that she was just jealous because she was on a diet .

I find hot food smells on the train a bit grim but I commute on GWR; it's a fact of life. I only travel 30 minutes on it, but other people people are going back to Swansea / Exeter / Penzance etc, they need to eat!
I don't love people having vacuous loud conversations with their small children about their day either, but again, if they are travelling over bedtime and missing it, I understand.
I do agree some of the most disapproving posters probably drive 20 minutes to a local job and don't have much experience of travelling a lot for work.

@chocolatesaltyballs22 ‘uptight bastards’ vs do you have a hangover. Are you a dish it out but can’t take it merchant?

@GirlRaisedInTheSouth so funny - did you offer her some fries?

Oh, oh!! and what are these screens one can but up on planes?

LOL - plane screens. Possibly the most ridiculous comment ever!

Remember, 'polite' sandwiches only!

Have a word with yourselves you uptight bastards

As expected OP.

If your food is so inoffensive hows about you eat it in your meetings?

they need to eat!

Not on MN they don't! Or they can eat only sandwiches. Someone who might have misophonia outweighs the needs of anyone else who might be diabetic and need to eat, or have some other condition, and it has to be a sandwich. Or it's rude, anti-social and ill-mannered.

If your food is so inoffensive hows about you eat it in your meetings?

Because she might have to speak or use a computer to present something, or type ?