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.
We don't have that rule in class only in our lab. We are encouraged to bring healthy snacks to eat to keep our blood sugar steady and focused in class. If we aren't hungry and desperately waiting for a break to eat, we learn more efficiently. Efficiency is the name of the game in nursing school. Work smarter not harder
As an aside note. We're in clinicals this month and my clinical partner and I filled up the nurses' snack cupboard as a thank you. They were awesome to us.
As an aside note. We're in clinicals this month and my clinical partner and I filled up the nurses' snack cupboard as a thank you. They were awesome to us.
That was an awesome idea! I'd love to have a snack cupboard. Especially when I forget my lunch and Murphy's Law sees to it that I have no money in my wallet to hit the vending machines. (I work nights)
Ah, another poster that flees from the scene when everyone essentially disagrees with what you say. As people have mentioned, theory classes are typically 4-5 hours long with few breaks. Got a problem with people eating food? Choose a different major where people don't have to multitask.
I find it to be highly rude and offensive, especially when there are rules specifically against it. The classroom is a place of learning. It's not your personal kitchen or restaurant. People did not pay money to listen to you cling, clang, crunch, smack, chew, etc. if you 'just have to eat in the classroom', you better have a medical condition. As heartless as this sounds, it's not my problem that you work 900 hours a week raising 20 kids you adopted from Zimbabwe and this is the only time you can eat. That's a deficiency of your scheduling. Your problem, not mine. Don't make it mine.
Also, foods can give off noxious odors (shocker: you may not view your delightful sauerkraut as being noxious, but other people do). This can be distracting in and off itself, but it may also trigger allergic reactions in certain individuals. Not wanting people to eat in a classroom is drastically different than if you have a patient where you're not learning new information (at least the same breadth and depth). Here's another surprise, I have no issues with patients eating or any bodily fluids or excretions! I only have issues with people eating when I'm trying to learn! Fancy that!
Lol. I'm quoting this for posterity sake. How utterly ridiculous and immature. I will go ahead and assume right now you will probably never participate in a group project or study session that lasts for several hours.
Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
Ah, another poster that flees from the scene when everyone essentially disagrees with what you say. As people have mentioned, theory classes are typically 4-5 hours long with few breaks. Got a problem with people eating food? Choose a different major where people don't have to multitask.
Lol. I'm quoting this for posterity sake. How utterly ridiculous and immature. I will go ahead and assume right now you will probably never participate in a group project or study session that lasts for several hours.
I think you need to consider that it was only yesterday that this poster posted and that nurses AND students work and work shift work.
I think that people need to be respectful of others and because some people find smells offensive the people need to recognize this as well and moderate what they eat as to not offend others when involved in a group.
I find your post both rude AND condescending. Have several seats.
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For this reason, there are no identifying details on this post and I will work hard to keep private details out.
This post is intended to offer some insights into the minds of others and to offer some guidance for good etiquette. I do know I'm not the only one who becomes offended by people eating in places where they shouldn't.
I honestly could not concentrate with the distraction of this group of people who were treating their classmates like they didn't exist and insinuating by their behavior that anything is more important than the needs of people who are studying.
Remember there is power in numbers and their power can be destructive.
This made me feel helpless.
Our school has a cafeteria two seconds away where they could have eaten, talked and studied all at once.
Someone might be able to learn from this post how their behavior makes other people feel instead of feeling victimized. When other people's noise is distracting me from my work and hurting my grade this is my business.
I could have just chosen to confront this group of people who were acting like they own the classroom since a classroom should be shared equally by everyone in it and not become private territory for a private group of friends.
Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
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We don't have that rule in class only in our lab. We are encouraged to bring healthy snacks to eat to keep our blood sugar steady and focused in class. If we aren't hungry and desperately waiting for a break to eat, we learn more efficiently. Efficiency is the name of the game in nursing school. Work smarter not harder
The difference here is that there is a mutual agreement about what people can tolerate.
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We don't have that rule in class only in our lab. We are encouraged to bring healthy snacks to eat to keep our blood sugar steady and focused in class. If we aren't hungry and desperately waiting for a break to eat, we learn more efficiently. Efficiency is the name of the game in nursing school. Work smarter not harder