Eating food on the train.

"Neil Williams" <wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk> wrote in message
news:4681f342.225244093@news....
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:22:37 +0100, Mystery Flyer
> <n2007@mysteryflyer.com> wrote:
>
>>PS In the USA metros in LA and Philly there are signs saying 'no eating'
>>what a good idea!
>
> SWT isn't a metro. Manchester Metrolink also bans eating though it is
> routinely ignored.

Would kinda scupper their revenue stream from buffet cars and carts, too.
And would you want to be banned from eating on the longer SWT journeys to
Weymouth or Exeter?

On Jun 28, 11:22 pm, Mystery Flyer <n...@mysteryflyer.com> wrote:
> MIG wrote:
> > On Jun 26, 11:22 pm, Mystery Flyer <n...@mysteryflyer.com> wrote:
> >> Just another day on SWT.
> >> <rant>
> >> So today both ways in the rush hour I have to sit next to someone eating
> >> some disgusting thing out of a second hand plastic bag. This morning it
> >> was some objectionable darkening banana with some mix of other noisy
> >> stuff which he helpfully placed on the middle seat on top of the metro
> >> paper for everyone to be irritated by. I never new I was so sensitive to
> >> the smell of over ripe bananas or the noise of them being consimed and
> >> indeed the whole pantomime of opening the containers, balancing them on
> >> a bag while reading a book etc etc.
>
> > Are we to assume that food brought on to the train by common people
> > stinks, while food sold on the train to those who can afford it by
> > franchise-holders doesn't stink?
>
> > I think I detect some prejudice here.
>
> Prejudice about what? I didnt raise any class/commonness issues. Im
> pretty common myself. For mr its about people not having enough thought
> for their fellow travellers to avoid subjecting them to the noise and
> smell of their special dish . But I wouldnt have called it prejudice. I
> would have called it 'finding other peoples behaviour disrespectful to
> their fellow travellers'.



Whereas your staring at people and inventing abusive names for them
and discussing them behind their backs shows great respect.

MIG wrote:
> On Jun 28, 11:22 pm, Mystery Flyer <n...@mysteryflyer.com> wrote:
>> MIG wrote:
>>> On Jun 26, 11:22 pm, Mystery Flyer <n...@mysteryflyer.com> wrote:
>>>> Just another day on SWT.
>>>> <rant>
>>>> So today both ways in the rush hour I have to sit next to someone eating
>>>> some disgusting thing out of a second hand plastic bag. This morning it
>>>> was some objectionable darkening banana with some mix of other noisy
>>>> stuff which he helpfully placed on the middle seat on top of the metro
>>>> paper for everyone to be irritated by. I never new I was so sensitive to
>>>> the smell of over ripe bananas or the noise of them being consimed and
>>>> indeed the whole pantomime of opening the containers, balancing them on
>>>> a bag while reading a book etc etc.
>>> Are we to assume that food brought on to the train by common people
>>> stinks, while food sold on the train to those who can afford it by
>>> franchise-holders doesn't stink?
>>> I think I detect some prejudice here.
>> Prejudice about what? I didnt raise any class/commonness issues. Im
>> pretty common myself. For mr its about people not having enough thought
>> for their fellow travellers to avoid subjecting them to the noise and
>> smell of their special dish . But I wouldnt have called it prejudice. I
>> would have called it 'finding other peoples behaviour disrespectful to
>> their fellow travellers'.
>
>
>
> Whereas your staring at people and inventing abusive names for them
> and discussing them behind their backs shows great respect.
>

Any your conclusion that Im staring at people - which I am not - implies
you have your own prejudice I guess.