In most cases I restrain myself from passing a judgement on obsessive eaters.
In recent weeks though, I have become severely agitated when I go to my classroom which has a sign right on the door reading "NO FOOD OR DRINK" and people insist on bringing their dinner or their snacks in and eating them in front of everyone while people are trying to do their work and socializing while they eat. The classroom should not be treated like their living room.
They almost seem to be testing their limits. The teacher lets them get away with it and the school has ignored the complaint I sent to them.
I find the sound of them chewing their food revolting, offensive and distracting. Sometimes the sound of the food sloshing inside their mouths gives me chills down my spine.
The cafeteria is just right in walking distance, a place where if I see them eating, I refrain from evaluating them.
They also have option to take their food outside, a place where I can easily mind my own business.
Not only do people insist on bringing food into class but also continue to eat for extended periods of time. They go get more food after they finish what they have.
Unless it's a small class with a mutual agreement about food, eating in front of people is disgusting and disrespectful.
You'll be able to listen to lecture in peace, and no one will ever know it was you who turned them in. [\QUOTE]
Except there isn't a lecture. OP said it's a place where people come to study or work on projects/papers.
Except the OP didn't. She said it was a class. With a teacher. I can only assume the teacher teaches, regardless of whether it's a lecture or not. Same concept, just a different sized room.
Wow...the OP obviously has never worked a full-time job and attended school full time. When work gets out at 4 and class starts at 5 and you have an almost hour drive to school, there is no time to eat beforehand unless you do so in the car, which is not really a safe practice and is discouraged by safety advisors. All you can do is eat in class, especially when class doesn't get out until 10 and you happen to be diabetic.
I wouldn't bring food with raw onions, garlic, or curry, but I usually brought something non-stinky to a classroom since the classes were 4 + hours long.
The point is they were eating when I am trying to focus on work that my grade depends on. If it was a term paper, exam or lecture it's all the same thing.
And perhaps you have a strange scent or tap your foot or do something that annoys those students when they are trying to focus on work that their grade depends on. YOU having a problem focusing is YOUR issue. Move to a different part of the room. Learn to focus on your work instead of the world around you. My classmates do things that I find annoying all the time. I have to tune that out because MY pet peeves are MINE. YOUR pet peeves are YOURS. You can't get expect the world to bend over backwards to cater to your needs just like you aren't expected to cater to other's needs.
And? Why does it matter if they go get another snack other than the noise bothers you. Maybe they are still hungry. And someone who is diabetic or hypoglycemic has every right to eat in class. Why should they have to leave?
Because apparently their grades aren't as important. OP seems to expect everyone in the room to cater to his/her pet peeves that cause him/her to be unable to concentrate. Even if that means that those students then miss class time. What about students that find others getting up to leave and enter the room for snacks more distracting than snacking? Now they can't concentrate. I'd rather have a rustling chip bag next to me than someone getting up and leaving then coming back and then leaving and then coming back. That's distracting too. Why is what OP finds distracting and would prefer more important than what I might find distracting and would prefer?
Because apparently their grades aren't as important. OP seems to expect everyone in the room to cater to his/her pet peeves that cause him/her to be unable to concentrate. Even if that means that those students then miss class time. What about students that find others getting up to leave and enter the room for snacks more distracting than snacking? Now they can't concentrate. I'd rather have a rustling chip bag next to me than someone getting up and leaving then coming back and then leaving and then coming back. That's distracting too. Why is what OP finds distracting and would prefer more important than what I might find distracting and would prefer?
I totally agree. And since this isn't a lecture class, why doesn't the OP just being headphones and drown out the noise?
I do agree with some posters who said I should confront them in a polite way. This involves some risk when the teacher is just calmly looking on and when I am outnumbered. When these people come in who act like they own the room they are sending a message that my classwork, my grades and my feelings are a bunch of insignificant hoopla. It makes me ashamed of my school which insists on good conduct. They should also be encouraging people to advocate for themselves since they will be going into healthcare where you will desperatley need skills to protect yourself.
Also, being hypoglycemic or diabetic does not give someone a right to disrupt the class with junk food snacks. When my blood sugar drops, I get up and leave. I do not eat in front of people who are working and who sometimes need to stay at their desks until they complete certain tasks.
Holy dramatic. Hate to break it to you, but in the real world, there are going to be a lot more people doing a lot worse things that you don't like.....and at the end of the day they wont care. Ashamed of your school? Good conduct? Are you seriously saying that eating in the classroom is indicative of poor conduct? Your feelings arent "insignificant hoopla", but seriously, pick your battles.
But you see, fgreen, your scheduling problem should not become your classmates problem. that IS rude.
Wow...the OP obviously has never worked a full-time job and attended school full time. When work gets out at 4 and class starts at 5 and you have an almost hour drive to school, there is no time to eat beforehand unless you do so in the car, which is not really a safe practice and is discouraged by safety advisors. All you can do is eat in class, especially when class doesn't get out until 10 and you happen to be diabetic.
I wouldn't bring food with raw onions, garlic, or curry, but I usually brought something non-stinky to a classroom since the classes were 4 + hours long.
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missmollie, ADN, BSN, RN
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