No food for you!

I was *just* thinking of this recently and thought of this blog. I was on the 12 on a packed commute home, and the rider next to me was eating a burrito. The smell was what was irritating me. The entire bus smelled of this meal, and she was definitely getting stares because of it.

This seems like society in general needs to adjust. we have this me-me mentality where so much of our public is so self-centered and doesn’t think about their actions on their common man/woman. Smoking in the shelter, butts in the street, loud music on your ipod. We’re not asking people to stop doing these activities in their own little bubbles, we’re asking people to think and use common sense.

Another story, somewhat related. I was on vacation a few weeks ago down in Newport, and was at the rogue brewery enjoying a noontime beer. My GF calls me from the aquarium and we’re chatting, when the bartendress asks me (quite politely,) to not use my cell in the bar area.

I was mortified. I usually am very respectful of bars/restaurants that request this, but for the life of me there were no signs telling me not to use a cell. Trust me I looked.

Perhaps this is an education thing. Because when the woman above was eating her burrito, I actually looked around where the poems are for a sign that said she couldn’t eat/drink, and there were none. Perhaps this was her first ride? perhaps she just ignores all the rules because she doesn’t bother to read them? Perhaps we need signed affidavit’s from people before riding the bus?

But yeah, people suck. Thankfully they don’t suck enough for me to commute by car.

I think they should allow eating on board, with the obvious implied rule that making a mess is not appreciated. Super smelly foods are also obviously not considerate. The problem is that no matter what there will always be oblivious, inconsiderate people. The rules don’t make them go away.

So let people eat their non-obnoxious food. It doesn’t harm anything.

Also, a thought about smelly food: most of the smells I encounter on Trimet are emanating from people’s bodies. I’d much rather smell food than that.

“It doesn’t harm anything.” I beg to differ. It creates big messes, including spills and splotches, it ends with garbage left behind, it stinks … Allowing eating of foot on public transit would be a disaster. Yes, some people do it now. But most do not and thank goodness for it. Eat it when you get home, fercryinoutloud.

Another thing I commonly see - someone will be eating a candy bar or something on the MAX and, when done, will literally just fling their candy wrapper on the ground.

I don’t understand it..

It’s sad that people can’t hold their trash till they get off and then deposit it into a trash can. It’s disgusting that people toss their used sunflower seeds everywhere instead of holding on to them. Is it really too much to ask? People can be so selfish and lazy.

Is there any kind of choking hazard, you think? Maybe that’s why it’s a rule…