To ask if you’d judge someone if they ate breakfast on the bus?

[SaltAirAndTheRust]

I’m obviously not talking a huge meal, or anything like that.

Im starting a new job next week and it means I lose a good hour in the morning. Im not going to have time to do the type of breakfast I do now (scrambled eggs, porridge etc.), so im just planning on taking some fruit and a protein shake on the bus, at least for the first week or so until I’ve learnt the ropes in terms of the commute.

Would you judge someone for doing that?

YABU - yes it’s grotty and you should just slam the protein shake before work

YANBU - don’t really care

No, finger food is fine. Sandwich would be fine, for example, but no stinky food like curry or fish.

Our buses specifically ban alcohol and hot food. Other food and drinks are allowed.

💯 you can do this. If I’m running late, it’s toast in the car.

Bananas stink 🤢

Fruit can be a bit smelly or a whole apple annoyingly crunchy. Grapes or blueberries would be pretty inoffensive. I don't think anyone could have a problem with a protein shake you drink through a straw or a spout.

You will be fine people will be too busy judging others for watching loud. videos on their phones to be worrying about you eating a bannana on the bus

No, all food smells. Even rice cakes which people think don’t, apparently.

Do they i mean they have a smell but hardly stink, unless they are over ripe.

All fucked up shit people do on London buses .... I wouldn't even notice.

Yeah they do

and people have different smell ability - things that bother me are imperceptible to DH

so it’s better to go as inoffensive as possible

The bus company in my area doesnt allow eating or drinking except water on their buses, so maybe check that out first

In Japan, you dont speak on public transport...and it's marvellous.
In Singapore...no eating or drinking on public transport...and it's marvellous.
I wish westerners would take note and behave the same way.
So, yes, I would judge you. But i suspect you wouldn't care, really.
The best I hope for is not to be stabbed, and for the train to run.

I definitely wouldn't judge that but I do judge people that eat chicken and chips on the bus like yesterday 🤢

Thinking about whether I would have my breakfast on the bus ... if I was judged for it then so what? It would be by people I didn't know and wouldn't be likely to see again. So it wouldn't bother me in the slightest. Obviously I would try not to make a mess.

Many bus stations have convenience shops or stalls that sell food and drink.
Why would I be able to buy a sandwich meal deal at the bus station if eating on the bus was forbidden??

I would find that revolting. Find another way to fix this.

God. You're actually being serious I think 🤣

Thankfully most people aren't this uptight.

How much time would you really save by taking the shake and fruit onto the bus vs having them at home before you leave? Hardly seems worth it to me.

Well I dont know cos it hasn’t happened yet and i wont see it! But Im imagining OP has a bag, the Tupperware lid to stow somewhere, the bus moving, might not be a lot of space. Might be a juggle thats all.

I wouldn’t care, or probably even notice

I really wouldn't worry about it.

Citrus smells on a bus are a lot nicer than general bus smells!

Protein shake and fruit fine (although I hate the smell of bananas - I know that's a me thing and most people don't mind them). I was once seated next to someone who peeled and ate a couple of hard boiled eggs on the train. That was rank.

Good luck with the new job x