How do you feel when people cough on you without covering their mouths?

thats disgusting, i cant imagine those people doing that. perhaps ill mannered people who doesnt care about the other people. i will going to get angry of course specially if theres a saliva grrr

It is not good at all. I'm not particularly thinking about Swine Flu either, it is just generally a horrible thing to experience and you never know what germs you might pick up. I steer any from these people if I can when I am on public transport.

I would also feel irritated and disgusted. I'd also tell the man to cover his mouth the next time or else..hehe. It's rude and at the same time unhygienic. With the Swine Flu running rampant nowadays, all people should be careful when they cough.

It is certainly bad manners to cough without covering the mouth, especially at this sensitive time of the swineflu. Coughing being an easy way to spread virus, people suffering from flu are recommended to stay home, as was notised here in my city. But how the absence will be treated remains an open issue. From childhood, parents must teach kids to evade burst of noises in public, to show respect to people.

I think it's friggin disgusting and I would scream on a person who did that to me. eww I hate that!

I will close to him,face to face,and say:"so good,once more please."

I will actually move away or vary where I'm walking to avoid someone who is actively coughing and/or sneezing. I work from home now so I don't often find myself in large groups of people (such as on public transit or in a busy workplace). I have two daughters still in school and that's enough of the "outside world" of germs for me, thanks LOL People are definitely rude and to be coughed on or sneezed on is disgusting. Schools are trying desperately to get the kids to stop spreading stuff - adults need to step up and be more aware too! Our local high school sent home a letter telling parents to make sure their kids understand that, when they cough or sneeze, they should cover their face with their forearm - not just turn their head, etc. They have installed hand sanitizer dispensers all over the school and expect people to use them. These are available in so many places now - not just doctor's offices or hospitals but transit stations, shopping centers and more. In the past, if someone coughed or sneezed on me, I would have given them a disapproving look. Now, with the increased health concerns, I think I'll be more likely to say something to them about it.

I agree that it is very irritating when someone coughs on us. I think that it is a bad habit for one to do so as it may affect and get the others infected from the germs of the coughing. If I were to cough, I would leave the spot for a little distance as I don't want to make the others think that I have a bad habit. Now I have heard so much about the swine flu that it is easily passed on if we cough on someone. So we have to be more considerate of the others' health when we cannot help coughing...Take care, Andrew.

Hello Andrew. I won't feel happy for this if someone does cough on me this way. I met such people once in a while, but I have never said anything for this. I think that it is very bad manners to cough on others without covering their mouths. I will never do so.

It's amazing how many people are walking around who don't have common manners! One of the worst is when you're eating and the person sitting in front of you coughs right in your food?! Excuse me? Were you raised in a barn? Usually, I have no qualms about telling the person of their social blunder. It just totally amazes me to no end how ignorant people are......... Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

That is pretty gross! I get really annoyed when people do that, especially on public transport - it's like they have no respect for the fact they are surrounded by so many other people!

it really irritaes me as you. i consider them as mannerless people. once a person dared to cough without covering is mouth but in the second moment i insulted them in front of public. hahaha.... from then when saw him coughing, he always covered his mouth. nice treatment, is n't it?

I've been sneezed at before and the guy that sneezed on me got a bit of spittle on my jacket. That was disgusting. In my fury, I yelled at him. I'm normally very docile but that just threw me cause the guy had been coughing and sneezing without even covering his mouth. That basically was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

That is really annoying! That really irritates me as well, didnt their parents thought them some manner back when they were kids? Thats one of the first things that we were taught. They should be sensitive with what others might feel. Coughing without covering their mouth is horrible if they know and see little children near or around the area and they do that. First its too risky for children and second they are setting BAD example. That is a very shameful act.

I must say that I feel absolutely great whenever this happens! I can't contain myself over that joy that is being contempled with a stranger's muccus and bacterias. It's probably a gift from above! Ok, now that we're past the humour I'll just say the obvious answer to your question: it blows, of course. Nobody likes it, so why even put it at question.

yeah Andrew, it's irritating and it is plain disgusting. But every person has the right to do whatever he/she wants and we cannot tell them to cover their mouths.. i generally put on my classic 'Disugusted' expression which tells them what they need to know. I remember when i was a kid, how my mother used to nag me about closing my mouth when sneezing and when i am eating. Wonder why their parents never did the same!!

I really hate it when people do that. But my actions depend on the situation. When the person who is coughing is far from me, I just cover my mouth and nose so as not to inhale the germs. When the person who is coughing is near me, I tell him or her to cover his or her mouth.

Hi AndrewFreyne, Ya everyone is afraid of swine flu nowadays...! In these days if anyone coughs on me I'll look at him like a terrorist...! Because they spread the disease, So I can call them as Bio-terrorist...! It's a very bad habit you know...! Even if its just a cold...! It'll spread to others....! They should have the courtesy to close their mouth with napkin....!

i've never encountered such people in my life as of yet. that's a good thing because i'm a nurse and God knows how many viruses i could catch from my patients. coughing on other people is not just rude or irritating it should be downright illegal. you could be catching some disease and swine flu is just one of many.

i feel.. SCARED. coz of the possible diseases that they may transmit to me, and by the time i get sick i'd forgot where i got it. plus its so irritating because those people act as if they don't care what other people would feel or think, and what's annoying is that, if ever you are going to complain, it turns out that you were the bad person, you get into an argument because for them you are not minding your own business. but what i usually do is tell them that i'm not comfortable with them not covering their mouth everytime they cough. but i'll tell them in a subtle manner, where in you lower down your voice and avoid putting that person into shame.:)