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!

Well thank you @chocolatesaltyballs22, very informative.

You are no longer a chicken satay on a train (The latest low-blow insult!) due to your helpfulness.

You are most welcome.

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!!)

I was on that stupid 2 carriage 'train' from South Tottenham to Goffs Oak I think it was, in a brand new that day coat. Some woman standing next to me decided to vomit where she stood, missing my arm by about a cm. Luckily it didn't go on me. It was a houndstooth coat and her vomit looked like she'd been drinking cider and blacks 🤮

Leigh halfpenny - exactly! Thats what it reminded me of. If you're adversely pissing someone off with your actions, however innocuous you may think they are, just show a little grace. Rather than 'fuck em all!'

All these vommy folk! Are you on the last train in Glasgae? . I was on one last month out to Gourock, dear God! The pearl clutchers would have fainted! The smell of chippy was the least of the worries. Haahaa! I had Hyena Ho piercing my ear drum in one ear (she was incapable of speech, only shrieking at top decibel) and a fight breaking out in the other next to two teenagers getting jiggy against the window to avoid the fight. There was also a toddler with some annoying video at top volume. Something was leaking out of the toilet in the next carriage honking out the train over the rest of the fumes.

Honestly, get over yourselves!

If you're on the LNER someone else's food is the least of your issues. The train actually leaving the station at all is higher up on the agenda. It's not terribly uncommon to have to stand for three hours. I sat on the floor once when it was nose-in-someone's-armpit full but that's because I am DISCUSTING, and UNBRITISH and GRIM.

@Vulpine I really don't think that @Leighhalfpennysthigh was agreeing you..... You appear to have missed the point somewhat.

OP would says she would ‘literally starve’ if she didn’t eat her Leon on the train. This sounds suspiciously like Gemma Collins on I’m a Celeb a few years ago! Have we outed the GC on here?

This sounds suspiciously like Gemma Collins on I’m a Celeb a few years ago!

literally!

Yuk eating on a train is disgusting!! Do you have any idea how dirty those things are plus having to sit next to someone slurping, chewing next to me is just bleugh. Get some class lady!

So on a LNER journey from London to Edinburgh, say, passengers shouldn't eat anything for over 4 hours? Never mind that there is being food sold at the buffet? Get real, if there is food being provided in the buffet car, or in the snack trolley, people will buy it and then eat it.

Fair enough, some food will smell, but, on a long train journey, there will be passengers who are eating.

Laughing at people taking offence at others eating meals on the train 😂

First class ticket, you get a meal. Buffet car, trolley...

Getting something more palatable from Leon? For the win 🏆

The pearl clutching and outrage in this thread is thoroughly entertaining!

I'm mystified that people are offended by others eating on a train. Get a grip ffs. I'm pregnant so lots of smells make me feel sick so guess what I do? I move, how simple is that?

So on a LNER journey from London to Edinburgh, say, passengers shouldn't eat anything for over 4 hours

I don't mind people eating on trains, wouldn't bother me. But surely it's normal to go more than 4 hours without eating? Eating three meals a day means you go 5-6 hours between. Wouldn't occur to me to 'need' to eat on a 4 hour journey.

@Lockheart why is it anti social? Sorry OP put your food down and socialise with the other passengers right now!

I posted a scenario upthread @brimful which was very common when I was in London for business- May have time for a sandwich at lunch in between meetings. Then finish last meeting at 7, dash across to Kings Cross to make the last direct train home and get to house at 11:30 (assuming no delays 🤞🤞) so eating on the train was only reasonable option. As I said that was commonplace scenario...

But that's assuming there's had a chance to eat before the journey. Someone catching a train early in the morning really might not have time to have breakfast before they leave home. Or they might need to catch a train straight after work.

But fgs, I never realised some people were precious about people eating on a train. It's no different from eating on a flight, is it??

@Brimful Eating three meals a day means you go 5-6 hours between. Wouldn't occur to me to 'need' to eat on a 4 hour journey
It depends on what you are doing before and after the journey. Many of my journeys mean arriving just in time for a meeting without a break so if I do not eat on the train I am not eating for 18 hours.

@myrtleWilson Gosh, I think I'd have to schedule a meeting over dinner!

But honestly wouldn't bother me if someone was eating on a train, I don't see why it's antisocial.

Predictive text once again: meant 'they had' not 'there's had'.

The fact that you are drunk would be enough to get me glaring at you, eating a smelly meal would be the final straw.

No problem with you eating but surely you could be considerate?
I'd probably just accidentally trip and tip your dinner all over you.

Looks like you haven't read the thread! The OP has since clarified that she wasn't drunk. She'd had a couple of drinks, which doesn't normally make someone drunk.

You sound lovely and calm bmbonanza

You'd trip over whilst sitting down? Are you drunk bmbonanza?