Do you find it annoying when you can hear poeple eating?

@Bellapop (1279)
July 1, 2010 5:42am CST
I don't know why but sometimes I find it especially annoying when I can hear people eating, not just the people who eat loudly, but even when it's dead quiet and all you hear is gently chewing sounds...and I just get all agitated - am I just weird?
5 responses
malihat
@malihat (216)
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1 Jul 10
I get really annoyed when people chew loudly, and especially when they slurp because I think it indicates a poor upbringing and awful table manners.
Bellapop
@Bellapop (1279)
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1 Jul 10
I understand where you're coming from, I was actually brought up in a poor environment and don't exactly have perfect upbringing, but I do eat quietly...some people can't help eating the way they do as they simply just ate the way everyone else around them did and didn't know that eating loudly was disrepectful...but you do still get people who had a priviledged upbringing, gone to private schools etc, and eat in a funny way... :)
malihat
@malihat (216)
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31 Jul 10
Yeah, and a lot of people find it hard to change their eating habits because they've been eating a certain way for a very long time and it's difficult to change that.
ddaguno
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
1 Jul 10
It only anoys me when they chew loudly. I get more hungry rather that annoyed.
ddaguno
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
1 Jul 10
...than annoyed
Bellapop
@Bellapop (1279)
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1 Jul 10
Feeling hungry? I wish I could feel that way too :)
rainmark
@rainmark (4302)
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1 Jul 10
Hi Bellapop, good day. To me, it depends on my mood. When i have headache or moody i maybe find it annoying and irritating. But i do try to relax and calm down myself.
Bellapop
@Bellapop (1279)
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1 Jul 10
I'm feeling really tired today, so maybe it's that. I was just on the phone right now and someone beside me was eating somebread, and being on hold on the phone, all I could hear was a chewing and I just felt really agitated...
o0jopak0o
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
1 Jul 10
well i dont mind if the spoons hit the plates and such but i hate loud chewing. well i really just distance my self to them.
Bellapop
@Bellapop (1279)
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16 Aug 10
I actually mind when the waiters just dump the plate in front of you and start thumping down the cups and cutlery, I thought it was just me who found it annoying.
Rosie
@rosie230 (1704)
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1 Jul 10
No your not weird, actually I find myself moaning at people for eating to loud in my house. I don't know why they have to do it, whether it is some kind of habit or whether they just don't know they are doing it who knows! I know that I don't, but it winds me up so bad, that I end up saying something like "Don't smack your chops when you eating!" and stuff like that. It can put me right off my food. Anyway.. your not alone with this!
Bellapop
@Bellapop (1279)
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15 Aug 10
I thought I was just being a snob or fussy or something... :)