Do you think eating on public transport should be allowed ?

[LochNessMonster]

Was on local buses yesterday and the amount of junk left on seats and passageway was terrible. McDonalds boxes, plastic bottles and old bits of food. yuck!

Even a heavy boned mother came on with her wee fat child stuck in its buggy and the kid was eating a Greggs sausage roll. It would make you laugh if it was not so serious.

Whats your view folks!

[ummmm]

Maybe only thin people should eat on public transport then.

[factor-fiction]

It shouldn't be allowed but I don't see how you can enforce it.

[rowanwitch]

Eating on public transport or eating junk food

Most buses round my way have signs aslking passengers not to eat on the bus... but at least it keeps the kids quiet for a bit... its the stupid mothers giving little ones pepsi max or on one occasion RED Bull type drink that worries me.. poor kid will be 'special needs ADHD' by the time it is three

[cathfromsaron]

its the smells and the litter that get me!

but yes, in principle i would prefer ALL people ate healthy food at home!

cath x

[B00]

Not sure about other buses, but ours have signs on saying that eating is "prohibited"

[Gromit]

It isn't allowed on buses and trams.

On trains, which sell food and journy times can be long, being able to eat should and is allowed.

[NOX]

Doesn't really worry me unduly what other people do, including eating on public transport or letting their kids eat junk food. Far more harmful is giving kids a complex about food. No food was banned because of it's type in our house (just anything containing aspartame because that's lethal)- consequently none of the kids got hung up on food and overate or under ate, so they are all a healthy weight. It'd be nice if people took their rubbish with em though.

[Gromit]

Now, playing cr@p music on tinny mobile phones should be puishable by death.

[suechu]

Completely agree Gromit, in fact death's too good for 'em.

[emmie]

I would ban it outright, i hate it when some moron is scoffing a smelly burger and chips, or like the lady who left all the orange peel on the seat. I tried to say something but she got off bus too quick, i don't know why they are so anti social, and would they like it if someone got in their car and left all their detritus behind.

[daffy654]

It's not the eating that bothers me, it's the littering.

[EvianBaby]

Yeah, wouldn't bother me if people are eating or what they are eating as long as they take the rubbish away with them.

[maggiebee]

It's the rubbish that annoys me too.

A new secondary school has been built near my local Asda. A large percentage of pupils seem to prefer Asda to school meals so spend their dosh there at lunchtime.

No problems with that, but they just drop food, paper etc in the carpark as they are walking back to school, despite there being litter bins available. Local gull population are ecstatic and show their appreciation by crapping all over the parked cars!

Asda won't be complaining though; their profits must have risen 100%.

[mccfluff]

I'm not that bothered about people eating but not taking rubbish away is wrong

[McMouse]

I think breast feeding on buses should be encouraged.

[douglas9401]

"heavy boned mother" :)

[joggerjayne]

Of course, it's the rubbish, not the fact of eating.

I only use public transport in London, but I quite often have coffee and a danish on the go if I'm on the Tube.

[madmaggot]

My mum always said that eating in public is 'common'. Mind you, most things that used to be considered bad manners are now seemingly accepted.
The thing about eating on public transport is that they treat the vehicle with the same contempt that they do their own home. Wiping greasy hands on the seats, dropping the wrapper on the floor and even leaving unwanted food on the vehicle!
If they can carry the item onto the bus then surely it's no effort to take the remains with them to deposit in a bin?

[joggerjayne]

Actually, the train counts as public transport, doesn't it.

I nearly always eat when I'm on the train.

[rowanwitch]

Eating on the train doesn't count... you are moving too fast for the calories to stick