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Crisps for breakfast on the train!

105 replies

chocolatesaltyballs22 · 28/01/2020 07:56

WIBU to throw something very heavy at the man loudly eating crisps for breakfast before 8am on the train? (In the quiet coach, as well! 😡) This is after having polished off a Maccy D's breakfast.

BTW for those of you who remember 'Leon chicken satay-gate', I ate my Starbucks porridge in Starbucks before I got on the train so as not to displease the MN population! 😂

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Nanny0gg · 28/01/2020 10:46

Noisy, smelly eating in public should be banned. Unless there is a restaurant/buffet car (do they still have those?)

kateandme · 28/01/2020 10:48

my dad once got told off for gulping his coffee too loudly.no word of a lie.and my dad does not do well at hiding his emotions that slowwwwly fall down his face when he is pissed and shocked.

wink1970 · 28/01/2020 10:57

I loathe public crisp eaters full stop - all that finger licking that usually follows!

BTW my most recent quiet coach (London - Birmingham) announcement said ' unnecessary noise including conversation' which I highly approved of!

Eckhart · 28/01/2020 11:01

@Flippetydip To be honest I'm hard pushed to understand how anybody can say no to a greyhound for anything!

Eckhart · 28/01/2020 11:02

@UniversalAunt 'Strong coffee and a fag'. Brilliant!

IntermittentParps · 28/01/2020 11:25

I don't even smoke, but I want to try strong coffee & a fag crisps Grin

'Dunky boiled egg' reminds me of a recent 'Crisps on the Radio' segment on 6Music's Radcliffe & Maconie show. They tasted fried egg flavour crisps and said they tasted like a burp. Grin

icannotremember · 28/01/2020 11:29

Come travel up to two hours a day on the 192 between Stockport and Manchester and then you will have lots and lots of interesting smells, noises and interactions to be miffed about :)

I love where I live and I love the 192 but even I sometimes could do without it!

Kuponut · 28/01/2020 11:39

I'd take Crisp-Muncher McGee over the twit I had who had bagged a table for his laptop and was melodramatically sighing and eye rolling and huffing and puffing that I'd dared to sit on the same table (diagonally opposite him so I wasn't even impacting his laptop screen incline) as he was obviously doing some Very Important Work.

Commuter time train so he was never going to get a full table to himself.

I'd also take it over the stag do who decided to try to conga down to first class on a crammed rush hour intercity recently dressed as semi-naked Santas. Or the twit who couldn't be arsed to go to the end of the train for bike storage so rammed his through all the people standing in the vestibule at the end to put it in the toilet...

I fucking hate commuting (no alternative - only uni in my local area who does my course).

BennytheBall · 28/01/2020 11:48

I go into London for work about once a month. I always come home thinking, ‘how do people do this daily?’

So many people have NO manners on the train and tube. Eating, farting, applying makeup, speaking on the phone, having the fucking phone on loud speaker!, feet on seats, BO, litter.... I had one large woman wedge herself into the seat next to me and then start knitting! So not only were we touching more than was pleasant, I was then rhythmically jolted by her elbow with every stitch.

WhentheRabbitsWentWild · 28/01/2020 11:49

FFS

How do some of you get through Life ? Hmm

Juliette20 · 28/01/2020 11:55

Noise cancelling headphones are your friend on a train.

Though commuter trains are fairly quiet. A contrast to the ones after 9.30am loaded with garrulous pensioners. Absolutely deafening.

rosesandcashmere · 28/01/2020 11:57

@UniversalAunt sign me up for strong coffee and fag breakfast crisps please

fishonabicycle · 28/01/2020 12:06

I hate people eating on the train (unless it's me with some M-S fruity fingers - silent and not smelly).

fishonabicycle · 28/01/2020 12:07

Although crisps would be one of the less objectionable food items.

joystir59 · 28/01/2020 12:12

Breakfast crisp flavours-
Porridge and banana
Scrambled eggs
Buttered toast
Belvita Biscuit

Cambionome · 28/01/2020 13:46

Ok I take the point about people being allowed to eat but why can't they eat quietly? Why crunch loudly with their mouths open?? Confused

rosesandcashmere · 28/01/2020 14:54

Exactly this @Cambionome!

chocolatesaltyballs22 · 28/01/2020 15:09

Never fear fellow MNers, I managed to bag a first class upgrade on my way back. So at least if people are munching it'll be on Waitrose crisps at the very least!

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Eckhart · 28/01/2020 15:32

Porridge crisps.. Argh... You can't do 2 carbs like that... It's like a baked potato filled with rice!

joystir59 · 28/01/2020 16:32

Porridge flavoured crisps!

stripeypillowcase · 28/01/2020 17:01

porridge with crisps instead of granola for crunch.
I will soooooooo be trying that os the train tomorrow

chocolatesaltyballs22 · 28/01/2020 17:15

Yuck yuck yuck to the porridge with crisps in it! Although someone needs to get Walkers to make coffee & fag crisps though, has a nice ring to it...

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Zippyx · 28/01/2020 17:34

Wear earphones.

YABU.

stuffedpeppers · 28/01/2020 21:43

And now it is supper and I can have my
McCoys Curry chips
Another pack of vege crisps for my 5 a day
Some nice crispy rice cakes
And those new fangled fruit crisps

Balanced totally pissing off commuter crisp supper!!

stuffedpeppers · 28/01/2020 21:45

Oh and my ultimate favourite
scampi fries with cheese moments

Will plan those for tomorrow with a stare or prawn cocktail snaps!!

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