Don't Take The Spit

Hi ya wolfie34 How long have you been thinking about starting this discussion? I don't know of anyone who specifically spits when they talk but it has happened to me and I did wait until they looked away before wiping it off, I didn't want to embarrass them!!

I am glad I have never done that and I don't know how I would react if someone did it to me. If someone accidentally spit a drop I might ignore it but if it happened a second time I know I will get annoyed and I might hand them a tissue and tell them to suck on that for a while.

I'm sure that most people that have spit when talking, don't do it by habit. I think most of the time it is a one time accident. I know I have accidently spit whilst talking and I don't do it very often, but have at times. It can happen to anybody. When someone I am talking to spits while they are talking, they usually excuse themselves by saying they are sorry. Most of the people I know would know when it happens and they wouldn't just ignore it and not say something. So I haven't had to have been the first to mention it if it happens to me. And if I am the spitter I know when it happens and I apologize for it. But I guess there are some people that do it by habit and don't acknowledge it and excuse them selves. I haven't come across anyone in my 51 years but I suppose there are some. I don't know what I would do if it happened other than to say something to them about being polite and excusing themselves. Alrighty then, talk to you later my friend, Have a good mylotting day, Chris

Oh, it's horrible when that happens! I always wait until the person has gone before wiping it away - unless it's a close family member, in which case you can say, 'Eew - I want the news, not the weather!' One of our good family friends has another horrible habit - standing SO close to you that you actually lose your balance trying to move away a bit! It's hard when you're standing close to a wall and he's practically pressing himself up against you, leaving you nowhere to go. Yuck!

Hey wolfie! And Happy New Year to you my friend! I hate people that spit when they took! I avoid them like the plague! That is so gross! I do have a funny story about my girlfriend spitting while we were having lunch though! Me and my two girlfriends were having lunch at a Chinese Buffet. We were talking and my friend Linda said something funny and my girlfriend Debbie who is always laughing at everything was talking a drink of soda. Now she is in her 40's with 2 teenage girls. She started to laugh and spit out her soda right at me, since I was the unlucky one sitting directly across from her! The we all started laughing, of course. Except that I had to wipe the soda off of myself which didn't really make me too happy! We should have known better than to say anything while Debbie was eating or drinking!

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I can't tell you how many times I have been spit on. Yuck. I usually just turn and wipe it away then take a step back. If it is someone I know personally we joke about it.

The one who spits on me usually apologizes right away, takes out his tissue or his handkerchief and says "I'm so sorry" and attempts to wipe it off, at which I say it does not matter. But if someone did not apologize, I would take out my tissue or handkerchief and wipe the spot, therefore practically forcing them to say "I'm sorry." Oh and a look inclined to make them look guilty does not hurt either.

Hi Wolfie, my sweet, If someone spit on me while talking to me i would grab a Kleenex or tissue and wipe it off. I would not be worried how they felt I would be worried how i felt. I have never spit on anyone that I know about but one time while i was squirting lemon in my tea it squirted in my friend seye. That was embarrassing and I felt really bad for her. Hugs Wolfie :)

Hi Wolfie. I don't like to talk to someone that spits when the talk. If I do have to do so I wipe away the spit in a not be be noticed sort of way. I think the person spitting might not be aware of what the they doing. The person receiving the spit might be disgusted. The spit might be a one off accident whilst talking that could be forgotten about. When I was in Fiji in a market I saw a sign and it said 'No spitting and keep moving' so that was really funny.

I can't think of any funny or horror stories at the moment. I know I have probably done that at one time or another and yes I have been accidently spit on by someone talking. I just automatically wipe it off just the same way as if some rain started getting on me. It don't make me feel bad if someone accidently spits on me but if it happens that I am the one who does it then I feel embarrassed.

hehehe what a topic.well i had that experience too wolfie but if i dont very close to him or her i just ignore its like nothings happen but if we are close to each other and it did happen the spit while laughing i just said sorry and we laugh again.

Yes i do and it really makes me mad,i have said t please step when you are talking to me,why well because you are spitting on me while you talk.Well that did not work so i said pleas cover your mouth when talking no matter who you are talking to.I dont spit on me for some reason fines it funny,and told one day it want be so funny if some body smacks you or spits on you.Well i dont if she is still doing it i dont have any thing to with her that is so nasty,it makes e sick just thinking about it.I think spitting is nasty period.

I once went to a play (broadway, no less) where the actors kept spitting as they said their lines. I was in the first row but I was off to the sides. So they didn't spit on me. The leading man kept doing it, and it was spitting into the first row so much that some of the people there were holding their programs up over their heads! No lie. I heard people commenting on it during the intermission. It was really gross. It was an awesome play though. I wonder if the actor was aware he was doing it? Two of the actors did it but the lead one most of all. There was a lot of shouting in the play, I guess that is why. I guess the actor didn't notice that people were holding up their programs because he just kept spitting.

I try not to do that to my students LOL Yep I knew someone who spits while he speaks. And I do stand a bit of a distance from him so that while he speaks he does not spit at me. Yep I would wipe it immediatedly. I hate being spat at even if it is not intentionally. If the person is unaware of it I would bring this behaviour to his attention nicely.

I do know someone who does that lol and I learned stand back the distance lol...not to appear rude but back away when they start talking.....because that is very germy. Sadly, some people with lisps and dental problems do this and cant seem to help it. With flu season too, it can be really bad....ugh!

I was a recipient of several spit especially during lectures since I like to sit at the front. I think it is only natural that when one is too caught up talking, one could accidentally 'shower' someone with spit. LOL! and I also had accidentally showered someone with my spit. Since its embarrassing, I just make a joke and tell the person sorry for the shower. If I am the one who was accidentally showered, then I just wipe it as if its just nothing. yaiks just the same!

Personally I have no qualms about wiping the spit off my face while they are standing right there. I want them to realize that they are spitting. Not to embarrass them, but, just to let them know that they can be a little more careful in the future. If they keep on spitting I'll tell them kindly, but, firmly that they are spitting in my face. They usually apologize and do their best not to spit anymore. I do agree that it is both embarrassing for both the spitter and the spittee(?) LOL! I do my best to avoid people that I know are spitters or if (for whatever reason) I have to talk with them I make sure that I'm standing at a certain distance AND at an angle so that there's the chance they might miss me when they start spitting. It is a very precarious position to be in on either side of the fence. Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

This is such a common occurrence isn't it? I have been accidentally spat on whilst being spoken to in the past and most of the time, I have pretended that I haven't noticed and try to ignore it. If the person who has done it notices and says something I'd probably turn it into a joke and then remove it. I have only done this to someone else by accident maybe 2-3 times that I can remember. I'd say sorry if I had noticed that I had done that.

well it happened to me several times and i cleaned it up before them as i do not care abt their reactions since it was i who got it