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!

Breakfast in bed is the BEST.

I love to surprise DD with breakfast in bed! Pot of tea, toast soldiers and soft-boiled egg, bowl of fruit.

@ RougeVinEtFromage weird to single me out when so many other posters say the same thing!

Meh, if you were sitting next to me a bit tipsy and eating your dinner I'd smile at you and say something like that looks good.

I wouldn't dream of imposing the smell of my dinner upon fellow train passengers. I think it's selfish and anti-social, so yes, I'd wait until I got home.

If eating on a Train is ‘grim’ do the same rules apply to flights ? Everybody eats and drinks on flights

Ah this explains the murder then.

Oh, man, I'd be jealous if someone with vin rouge and fromage sat next to me. Mmm.

I find the idea that eating smelly food is “offensive” so unbelievably uptight and anal. It makes me wonder how some of you get through the day with this wide variety of small offences against your olfactory zen...

Roaring drunk eating a curry on a tube is a bit off. Woman eating a Leon takeout... have a word with yourselves

You're on a long distance train. Eating is practically compulsory to help pass the time. That's why there is almost certainly a buffet carriage somewhere on the train with lots of other people buying their dinner.

We all know some people are truly disgusting. I love the fact that it's a badge of honour for some. You get what you can find I guess.

Are you a noisy eater? Is your food strong smelling? Would probably irritate me to be honest if so.

I often get a 7pm train back from London so grab some tea from one of the takeaways at the station, usually hot as you can't really eat a sandwich when you're on expenses for tea. It's usually a burger or something from itsu and occasionally a burrito.

I will eat literally anything you can buy on the high street so won't bat an eyelid if someone wants to eat next to me.

I find Pret a real rip off. When I find it, I pass it up. Not seen a Leon, but I usually bring my own food for long trips.

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 bet some of the posters on here are not so open-minded when sat next to someone who is noisy, smelly, farting or any other common nuisance

I find the idea that eating smelly food is “offensive” so unbelievably uptight and anal. It makes me wonder how some of you get through the day with this wide variety of small offences against your olfactory zen...

Yep- this exactly. Also, sometimes, I find there is a thinly veiled thread of racism that runs through "nasty stinky food" complaints because it often refers to food that isn't super white and English. Not saying thats the case with everyone but often, thats what is implied.

I’d be side eyeing you cos I’d be jealous! I’d have done a stupid “healthy” shop in pret - green juice, carb-free salad and a chia seed pudding - I’d be smelling your satay, mince pie and the delightful whiff of Christmassy alcohol and wishing I was you !

people can smell your bra if you have worn it more than

Reminds me of a thread, something to do with hygiene, & the self-appointed MN Standards Police For The Day hoiked up to inform everyone that "if you don't shower at least once a day I can smell your body."

BODIES! Those quite DISGUSTING flesh cocoons that Nobody Naice admits to even inhabiting!

usually hot as you can't really eat a sandwich when you're on expenses for tea.

What? Why not otherusername?

Not that you shouldn’t get something hot just wondering why expenses makes a difference

Enjoy OP. Some very grumpy people here. Nearly all the food train companies sell is either smelly or noisy. At least yours sounds nice. What are people supposed to do when they will be travelling for hours?

Usually the more expensive the food the better it tastes. A sub-£5 sandwich just doesn't cut it as a meal.

Yes, messolini, but, you're not allowed to use any scented soap, shower gel, shampoo, deodorant, perfume or aftershave because any of these also cause everyone round you to gag, vom, have to move, get an instant migraine, reeks, pongs, doused is perfume.

What are people supposed to do when they will be travelling for hours

god forbid someone could be deprived of food for more than 30 minutes. Passengers would be dead on arrival!

usually hot as you can't really eat a sandwich when you're on expenses for tea.
What? Why not otherusername?

Cos ... REASONS, @SgtFredColon!
Expenses = Someone Else's Money, which obvs the hardworking & diligent company rep is far keener to spend than her own, so puts to good use on a treat the like of which she would not lash out her own cash on quite so freely.

It's The Law.