That’s fine, but hold it down. by the handles so it’s knee level. Don’t hang it on your shoulder. If it’s a backpack, take it off and hold it at the level of your knees. It’s better if you sit it on top of your feet of course, but some people are far more precious about dirt than I am, so cool. Otherwise, you are rude and I will look down on you, or at minimum make you uncomfortable when I am squished into your bag.
That was sarcasm.
I read this post out of order, and I thought that you were talking about bathroom blowouts. 
This thread’s gone a bit “precious snowflake.”
No, I find it rude either way. And someone else found it rude to eat on public transport too, which is how it came up. I merely added my own reasons for disliking it even more than I would even if I didn’t care about my clothes. I didn’t do so for support, I did so because it’s a thread about rude things, people found that rude, and I had another reason I find it rude too.
How is fear of clothes being ruined irrational? Didn’t you see the part where I said I hate having to wear shitty, disgusting clothes because they’re all that fit? You go around having to wear clothes that make you suicidal for years without getting protective of what few nice things you have.
You know,Sevencl, you need to learn to sew clothing, and learn how to alter patterns. Seriously. My father learned to sew because he was 5’3", and even if he got his clothes altered, the proportions would still be wrong. The rise on pants would be way too high, back when bellbottoms were in style, if he got pants shortened then all the flare would be cut off, and as for long sleeved dress shirts, it wasn’t enough to just shorten the sleeves, but the placket had to be redone as well. My father learned not just sewing, but tailoring, and could make some very nice things.
So you expect someone to change their habits because of something you worry about despite it never happening?
TBF, there are such labour protections in the UK, where Serencl lives.
However, they’re not all-encompassing: you don’t have the right to sick pay for the first three days and most companies don’t give it to hourly-paid employees, so if someone has a cold they’re not getting paid for it; the employer is allowed to fire you for repeated illness; and of course if you take time off sick you will fail to complete projects, have work build up, look inefficient and possibly miss out on promotions, etc.
Wow, that’s a shitty position to take. Can you see what you’re writing? You’d rather someone else lose their job than you get a cold? (I mean, we are not talking people spreading the plague, here). Do you not understand how incredibly self-centred that is?
Never mind - see I’ve been taken in. Pfft.
Well, duh. Bystanders can just tell that you have a legitimate medical condition and that you are the one considerate eater out of the entire world, therefore it’s completely okay that you are allowed to do what others should not.
< rolls eyes >
This whole bit about not being able to eat what you need to and when, within reason, is ridiculous. By all means, do what you have to to keep yourself safe and don’t worry about those who would judge you for it. Those types of opinions aren’t worth worrying about anyway.
I’m thinking back fondly to a lengthy bus trip from London to Greece I took in my youth. My seat-mate was an elderly Greek woman, travelling with several generations of her family. A loud, friendly group, they were.
At some point, she asked to use my lap to prepare a meal. I said sure. She laid a towel over my lap and proceeded to fix a bunch of sandwiches and antipasto-type snacks for everyone. She and her family shared the food with everyone on our end of the bus. The bus trip was two or three days long so she repeated this several times.
The food was delicious and I made travelling friends and learned some basic Greek and it was a great trip. All that messy humanity. 
I don’t see myself as a very tolerant person, but after reading this thread, perhaps I am. Apart from the knapsack thing, nothing else posted here would bother me at all.
People who let their dogs shit in public spaces or on other peoples’ property without picking it up - I do find that flat-out rude. Modern science to the rescue, though - the offending owners can be identified and charged based on the DNA in their dog’s poop.
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I don’t expect anyone to change their habits. I think they should because as the thread indicates I find it rude, but I expect they won’t. And again, the risk of spilling/otherwise ruining someone’s clothes is only the thing I worry about most - like the others who mentioned it, I don’t appreciate having to smell other peoples’ food or touch a stop button someone who’s been eating greasy fries has used. Public transport is horrid enough as it is without people treating it like their home.
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Hell yes I’d rather someone lose their job than make me or anyone else sick. How the hell do you justify fucking someone over like that just so you get paid? Would it be okay to go up to a stranger and punch them to keep your job? Well being sick is worse than being punched. Being sick is fucking awful and you have no right to risk inflicting it on others for any reason other than because they shared the doctor’s waiting room. Plus, what’s unpleasant but workable for you might be fucking lethal to someone else.
And again, even assuming you do prioritise peoples’ wages over people’s HEALTH, what about the people who catch your illness on public transport or your workplace and become too sick to work themselvex?
The buses around here forbid open food and drink, so you’d be safe from splashing, squirting fountain sandwiches.
As for the “realistic concern” about someone losing their job if they call in sick, didn’t you once claim to live in the U.K.? Here in the U.S., that IS indeed a realistic concern. In some states, there’s no law that says your employer has to allow you to take a sick day. And even if you have sick days offered – they can still fire you, and unless you want to take them to court, there’s not much you can do about it.
Welcome to Corporate America, sweetie. So next time, throw a plastic tarp over your head, get a flu shot and wear a mask if you’re that fucking delicate.
No, I get that. I’m not saying you can’t lose your job for taking time off sick; that’s been explained in this thread well enough. What I’m saying is: it’s not a valid reason to risk making other people sick. Risking spreading your shit to other people who don’t deserve it is rude and I will look down on you for it. Hell, it’s worse than rude.
Is anyone going to address the issue that coming into work because you’ll lose your job otherwise, might make OTHER people sick - maybe too sick to come into work, thus getting them fired?
Even if you’re the opposite of me and think someone’s job is more important than everyone else’s health (including at-risk people for whom catching your cold might cause much worse shit than some sniffles), how do you justify the risk of losing other people their jobs?
EDIT: also I haven’t been on a bus in years but I’m pretty sure they have no food/drink stickers on the windows. I’m not certain, someone from Glasgow correct me if not. I know cabs do.
Nice imagery. That’s the one affectation of young punk kids trying to seem all tough that I hate. I enjoy calling them out on it, too. “Hey, you sick or something?” Doesn’t matter to them.
But here’s the deal with people from – where was that old guy from? Glasgow? And people from freaking London too.
Get used to it – every single piece of single single major city train is covered within a film of the most disgusting matter you can imagine. Complaining about somebody’s greasy hands getting on that oh-so-clean pole or chair is like a smoker complaining about getting cancer while walking miles next to a busy street.
Not worth it. So, keep safe, wash your hands frequently, avoid touching your face, eyes, mouth, or whatever you people touch in public. But just remember – a major transportation designed for the public use is absolutely disgusting in every way, whether it musses your odd-sized fancy dresses or whether you just think it might.
It is an open sewer, every bit of it, so just admit it and move on. Even stupid-ass music from brain-dead kids – just ignore it, and accept that is part of the cost of choosing to live in a city.
You haven’t been on a bus in years and you’re bitching about how people conduct themselves on buses?
Yeesh. :rolleyes:
I don’t have to be there to consider something rude.
I’m with you on most of those things, in most cases, but this one? Really, damp hair? Bite me.
There are only so many hours in a day, I work out at 5 am, rush home to get ready for work, take a shower, take the dog out, and get to the light rail station while there’s still parking. So if people are offended if my hair is still damp too bad. Geez seriously? How does that hurt?
My needs no other care than brushing out after the shower and it styles perfectly on its own, no curling needed. I’ve never done the blow dryer, it makes my hair too fly away and it’s much better for your hair to air dry.
I have a new way to deal with this and it works perfectly, especially now that I’m a helpless, homely, fat, old granny.
I find a young strapping male to stand behind (who also happens to be blocking access to baggage claim), and then when I see my bag I say some version of “pardon me sweetie, would you grab my bag there? I can’t seem to get through to it”.
Works like a charm EVERY time. Would probably work for pretty young women too.
You do know that everyone who needs to use the stall may not necessarily be in a wheelchair or appear to the naked eyes to be a person who “needs” the handicap stall right?
I understand how frustrating it would be to someone who does have to use them, but as a person who has severe pain and balance issues and for whom it’s much less painful to use a handicap stall (especially with stupid bathroom stalls whose doors open INWARD, and that’s pit thread right there), attitudes like yours frustrate me.
Not to hijack and not JUST about HC stalls, but you (collective you) do NOT know just by looking at a person if they’re “perfectly fine”.
God DAMN it had just died down. Why would you kick that hornet’s nest again? WHY?
I fully expected someone to come with such a response. Someone with “severe pain and balance issues” is not going to appear the same as someone fit, healthy and with no issues. It may not be as black and white as being in a wheelchair, sure but I know it when I see it. Like I said, if I even have an inkling of doubt, I keep my mouth shut. And, in the handful of times I have been mistaken in the thirteen years of using a wheelchair, those people were very understanding and took my question in good graces. Why wouldn’t they? They deal with and experience the exact same issues as I (and others) do. I am not confrontational, I am courteous and polite.