in being cross at the girl on the very crowded commuter-stuffed bus who decided to peel and eat a satsuma?

[MadameDefarge]

Two reasons I am pissed off at this. One is, I do think that eating something very odiferous in a confined public space is anti-social....there is no escape from it...(even healthy foods)

second, and I do know this shouldn't really come into it, but its an hour long bus journey for ds who has dyspraxia, and he has trouble with travel sickness AND is a supertaster....literally throws up in the presence of oranges being peeled and eaten. She was sitting right opposite him.

I saw how he was trying to control himself, but it was clear he wasn't going to make it. So I manage to get him off the bus, for him to throw up all overhimself, and poor wee lad has to walk 25 mins in the freezing cold without his top layer....

Possibly IABU.

soupD, that reminds me of the Secret Policemans Ball sketch...arrested for wearing a loud shirt in a built up area....

was there any possibility you could have swapped seats? i do feel for your son, i really do, what a horrible condition, i've never heard of it! is it just satsumas then? or citrus fruits? or more?

but, tbh, thats the price you pay for travelling on public transport im afraid. especially an hour long journey, i dont hesitate to whip my tuna sarnie out

It amazes me how many people think that they can dictate how others behave, simply because they regard it as offensive.

Whatever happened to tolerance?

(this isn't directed at the OP and her unfortunately sensitive child, but some of other loons on this thread)

was going to say same as Riven - our buses (first) have a no eating rule on them. You risk being chucked off for eating.

it's just good manners imo

I think Johnny Boden should be arrested on that basis

Yes they do Riven! I can handle the odd crisp outrage, and maybe a chocolate bar offense, but proper smelly grub of any description irks me...

Just today the fact she did not abide by rules made for the comfort of all passengers resulted in my ds having a really rubbish start to his day.

Well I don't think yabu. (I am a grumpy old woman though...)

It's horrible to eat anything smelly in public - who's to say what smells nice to some people may smell horrid to others.

And didn't her mother ever teach her that it is Not Good Manners to eat outside

yabu

Sorry your ds was sick though .

or sadly in most cases SEA, lack thereof

Glad it's not just me pollyanna, I can just about nibble outside in the street if I am famished (still feel horrid doing it) On public transport? Never.

ah, SoupD, if only the world were organised so sensibly!

I travel on London buses a lot and there is not a 'You Must Not Eat' rule, it's more a 'Please Do Not Eat Smelly / Offensive Food' rule. They put it up on the posters. She probably thought she was ok eating a satsuma - as others have said, it's not like it was a smelly burger!

Maybe its just a generational thing, consideration for others and abiding by rules created for the comfort of all...

YABU - you cannot control the behaviour of others and the world does not revolve around your son's intolerances.

Britfish...it seems to be all fruit...but its citrus fruit that makes him cry...its like it hurts him.

Luckily he likes vegetables and apple juice, so we manage to get 5 a day in somehow.

Always remember seeing him during fruit snack time in reception, cowering in a corner crying his eyes out...

Eating raw onions or garlic might be antisocial because it can be quite an offensive smell. Eating oranges isn't because it is generally considered a nice one. Or at least not actively unpleasant. I don't suppose for a moment she considered that anyone would have a problem with it.

but skihorse, surely the world should revolve around following benign rules for the comfort of all? Who gets to decide that their pleasure overrides accepted social norms embodied in a rule? Do you get fed up at listening to the spillout of someones ipod or somesuch for hours on end on a train in a quiet carriage? its the same principle.

However I will admit to be of the generation that was brought up not to eat in the street. I thought it was a silly rule and flouted it Now I just object to litter, spitting and eating noisily or with your mouth open - all of which I object to anywhere else too.

It's hard to see your LO like that isn't it MrsD? For ds3 its people angry

I hadhypermeesis when PG and with ds1 (the worst) it could be triggered by such random things as gold shoes, the smell of lynx, terracotta trousers (even now 10 years on the last thoughht amde me really queasy). I don't remember getting annoyed at people with these things but very, very much so at the condition (which did put me in hospital so heck, it deserved it).

Your poor LO, but I don't think woman was to blame. For all we know she could be pg with cravings, or just trying to resist a nice doughnut.

Orm, it is still a strong smell. what if a pregnant girl had been forced off the bus and was late for work because the smell made her sick,simply because someone decided that because it didn't bother her it couldn't possibly bother others.

Its thoughtless and inconsiderate.

FWIW, she seemed perfectly nice, and If I could have seen what was happening, and could have asked her not to make that first peel, I am sure she would have stopped...

She was eating an orange FFS, how is eating an orange on a bus over riding a 'social norm'??

If she was chuffing on a crack pipe, smoking a reefer or swigging buckfast then yes, I could see your point.

But really, FFFS you are being totally unreasonable.

low energy, what part of "do not eat or drink" on a bus does not compute?

That means everything. Especially smelly stuff. Just because you like it does not mean everyone does.