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!

I don’t get the hate for eating on trains, do you people never go out to eat?

Of course not @FelicityBeedle. Not with those plebs such as you might find on tube journeys, or at, say, La Gavroche.

I for one will only consent to dine out if Gordon Ramsay or at a pinch Heston Blumethal (NEVER Marco Pierre White, we all know the French have no shame in matters of whiffiness) guarantees that not only will all other customers be turned away frostily at the door, but that my dining companion is removed before the amuse bouche hit the table.

Waiters must be no more than 8 minutes from their last shower, but are forbidden from any SMELLS such as deodorant, perfume, or heavens forfend, clothing that has been worn for more than one hour.

Inbetween courses, the entire restaurant area must be steam cleaned by appropriately showered-&changed- housekeeping staff, & before the bill is presented, I need to see the dry-cleaning receipt for the wallety-thing it is exhibited in. My dining companion may rejoin me as the taxi draws up.

Ah, the JOY of indulging in the carnal delights of fine dining!

shovelling in a giant burger and chips washed down with a beer.

Bingo with that post. Now this is a real MN food thread. Just waiting for the fat shaming to begin for the full house.

I, off to slurp so,e hummus and chomp in some carrots and I might even shovel a whole lettuce leaf in my gob

I used to regularly leave a meeting in London at 4 pm and get home at 9:10 pm. Do you seriously think I should have no food

ahem.. that's what most normal people do?

Only on MN must people eat every 2 hours and absolutely have diner at 5pm or they will just die. literally perish from starvation. Being an MN poster is so tragic
Back in the real world, most 5 year old I know can wait until 6 or 7pm for food, let alone their parents.

Make sure you at least guzzle something to push all that down, Leigh. Make sure, however, you use a plastic straw and slurp it, too.

Just waiting for the fat shaming to begin

I wonder what makes you jump from people constantly eating and in inappropriate circumstances to fat people.... You said it, not me.

Is this real world the one where 7pm is the same as 10pm or are we on the Hogwarts Express now?

Back in the real world, most 5 year old I know can wait until 6 or 7pm for food, let alone their parents.

Is this the same world where - including it in your own post - you quote from the PP stating that she gets home at 9:10pm?

But yeah actually I guess I do always leave my five year old to wait for me until 7pm. And then I puke in their shoes and make them guzzle down a full fat burger with extra hummus. Social services be damned. Only on MN! 👍

Snap, messolini!

messolini9
not sure where you got that the OP is the 5 year old?

I love MN
can't help picturing little 5 year old coming back from their business meeting ... jeez

BerwickLad
yawn.

Gasp, Berwick.
Does this mean we are not - you know - NORMAL people?

(fyi I am taking 'normal' in the post by Pancakes to mean "people who are exactly like me", because .. that IS what 'normal' means, right?)

I often eat on trains because I am often on them at mealtimes. It's fine and normal and acceptable. Even including local trains and tubes. Today I had a 3 course buffet on the northern line. (Well... a tesco meal deal)

I judge anyone who eats on a train

The lady across from me last month had homemade pea and ham soup. It smelled lush!

I judge judgey people.

This crazy thread has rocked my world, messolini.

She thinks you’re drunk and trying to eat it off by eating an obnoxious meal on a train.

House! Food that is obnoxious. Hahaha.

'What would you like to purchase?' buffet car operator to passenger
'I'd like an obnoxious toastie and a side salad of crazy, please.'

Aw, you've reminded me of one of the cutest memories I have of dd. We lived rurally so drove everywhere. Anyway, she was about 4, and had never been on a train, so I thought I'd bring her on a short trip (20 mins) and dh would meet us there. I had TUNA sandwiches (her favourite). I remember her being so serious - taking in everyone else on the train. My heart nearly broke when she said to me 'I'll wait until the train starts moving before I eat'. To her, I suppose, it was very important to get the behaviour right. That we should be moving at least. I hope no-one was upset by her stinky sandwiches and the trip of the year for her. I'll never forget her little serious face, thinking about the best time to eat. Over a decade ago now!

Since, they are probably still bitching about it now.

Aw it was her pure innocence. Trying to get her behaviour right. Little did she know her dm had fucked that up by bringing tuna sandwiches lol.

I'd be wishing you were dead if you sat next to me doing that. Not because of anything you were doing particularly, but because the sound of people eating makes me irrationally furious to the point of wanting to punch them. Even my own chewing pisses me off so much I have to drown it out with music or tv. I would get up and leave the area if I were her.

My daughter has misophonia, and someone eating beside her on public transport is her idea of a nightmare!

In fact, I think it's pretty poor form, especially if hot food.