WHY is it considered rude to eat in the street?

[policywonk]

Following on from another thread... I've never understood the thinking behind this (in fact, I'd never heard it at all until I was in my twenties).

Is it a middle class thing? Is it because street food is considered to be the preserve of the poor (I know this is the case in some developing countries)?

I can understand why it's inconsiderate to eat strong-smelling foods in enclosed spaces, but other than that I'm bemused by this one.

I'm passionate about steakbakes Dp and pot noodles

Oh no pw! The worst usage...

lol halfcut..

you need a decent meal in you..

i eat with my eyes...

It is very offputting. I recently came across a whole lot of school children (grammar school)and they were all eating or drinking. For the first time I thought that my old school were right for having an absolute ban on it in uniform.

Aw, why does that qualify for the sad face?

indigestion

I thought better of you.

Dunno why it riles me as much as it does. An inverted snobbery thing

The main question I have is why do people worry about these things?

well quite, hf.

There are many worse things that people can do in the street, most of them in contact with others...

FM, I suspect you're thinking that I use it against 'chavs' (sorry, hate that word), whereas in fact I tend to use it against the filthy rich (or those who brag about being filthy rich).

Because you dont want lots of people getting indigestion on the street - it doesn't look good when out shopping or boots

Is it ok to suck a rennie for indigestion in the street ?

No. I wouldn't have you down as a 'chav' basher at all. I do know what you mean, but I still don't like it, sorry.

But now I feel I'm being horrible. So I shall stop

OK, fair enough

halfcut, are you and dp sitting on the sofa next to each other with your laptops?

No it is ine to suck rennie in the street as long as she doesn't mind

No PW ??????

Sorry , thought you said you were DP's no. 2, which I took to mean 'other half'

I'll get my coat...

an absolute ban on eatn g in uniform?

I was referring to her post ......
1)..i'm a pig and can't wait to get home

or

2)..i'm staving and can only afford cheap junk food which i have to ram down my throat asap

have I pulled lol

durr. Sorry

Thinking about it, I'm sure dp has said that if she caught her DH posting on here, she'd leave him (or something like that)

Ignore me, I have an over-active imagination.

A abn on eating in uniform would be great for a diet - just keep the uniform on at all times.

when i was teenager there was no greater pleasure than eating fish and chips out of the paper on the way home from wherever we had been.So i must of been really common.

It's another example of whining twats being unable to mind their own business, really, isn;t it? 'Waaah, I don;t like to see other people eating on the street, it upsets my delicate sensibilities...'
Well stay indoors then. You don't own the street and other people are under no obligation to give a toss about your opinions.

It is working class social climbers who impose these ridiculous social rules!'Real'people of any class couldn't give 2 hoots nwhat others eat and where!It is the sort of thing that would mortify Hyacinth Bouquet