To be a bit put off by people "cheers"-ing their food?

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Like, they'll share an sandwich and say "cheers/bon appetit" like you do with a wine glass, and touch the food together?

It's weird, and when the food touches its 🤢

I agree, very annoying along with high fiving everything.

I wasn't very clear, I didn't specifically mean you were strange just that the concept is to me

I don't understand though where the germs would be coming from if the food hasn't been eaten

Never heard of this but YANBU, it's gross. And what if someone has something minging like a tuna sandwich?

unless with a child!
i used to do this with my toddlers

@AllThatFancyPaintsAsFair Ahh well, I think for my part I was just mitigating any potential complaints about it being a bit germy by pointing out that with a child, life is an endless game of plague-dodging. I get that it probably seems a bit weird to an external observer.

If they are sharing something like a sandwich the food has already touched on the plate anyway. It was part of the same piece of bread.

You also have people amiling at empty plates in stock photos.

Basically No one irl does this🙄 And if you meet that one in a million, just don't look

Is it someone you were eating with or someone else who happens to be in the same pub?

It wouldn't bother me. It doesn't matter if the food touches before anyones taken a bite as surely the germs would only be whatever's already on your food?

You've just reminded me of one of my favourite videos 😂

I’ve never seen it but not surprised it happens. It’s weird. Makes me wonder though how it came about to do it with drinks?

Do they cheer their food after they've taken a bite or before?

Before.

So you might have both bought hotdogs from a fair... And before eating you cheers the dogs and they touch and then you chow down.

www.farmersalmanac.com/why-do-we-say-cheers-30416

They doooooo!

I SAW IT.

It a bit late to 'not look' after they've done it, isn't it... It's lasts a moment. It's not like you can look away from something that isn't happening...

It's a cross contamination nightmare.

Tbf they were all cuddly in the heater anyway

@00100001 Cheers for that info