Why do people eat on the phone

[Anonymous]

It's gross. Stop it.

[Anonymous]

Not sure about anyone else, but I do it to gross you out specifically

[Anonymous]

Probably hungry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure about anyone else, but I do it to gross you out specifically

I have misophonia and eating/gum chewing def trigger sounds for me. Probably the major one. DH grew up in a very affluent family yet he, his sister, and mother have atrocious table habits.

In the before times (no cell phone/email), I had a friend who would call to chat. Then eat. And eat and eat and eat with her mouth open or slurp soup. I would try as hard as I could to hang with it, then I would beg off that I would have to do something. She was never happy with that, but I couldn't handle listening to her at all.

[Anonymous]

My sister does this. Drives me nuts. She also calls when she has nothing to say and expects me to just sit on the phone with her while she goes about her day. I’m not a fan.

[Anonymous]

I will say I think some people just have poor time management. Occasionally there might be a day so busy you need to eat while talking to someone. But I work with a woman who often answers the phone when she clearly has food in her mouth. I don't get it. Like I can hear her chewing and mumbling because her mouth is full. Just call me back when you're done!

[Anonymous]

This is half a step above me starting a thread with the title "Why does my nose itch?"

[Anonymous]

The gross things people do on the daily out in public makes you want to stay in away from everyone.

[Anonymous]

Because you called them during their breakfast or lunch.

[Anonymous]

Do you ever share a meal with people? You have to watch/hear them eat then. How is it any different?

[Anonymous]

Because you’re either boring or you talk too much.

[Anonymous]

I hate this. The phone amplifies the sounds, the crackle of paper, the clang of silverware, not to mention the actual chewing. Listening to someone eat on the phone is very different than sharing a meal.

Stop grossing people out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate this. The phone amplifies the sounds, the crackle of paper, the clang of silverware, not to mention the actual chewing. Listening to someone eat on the phone is very different than sharing a meal.

Stop grossing people out.

If you call me in the middle of my meal I will continue to eat. If you don't like it say goodbye and hang up. It's not that complicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate this. The phone amplifies the sounds, the crackle of paper, the clang of silverware, not to mention the actual chewing. Listening to someone eat on the phone is very different than sharing a meal.

Stop grossing people out.

If you call me in the middle of my meal I will continue to eat. If you don't like it say goodbye and hang up. It's not that complicated.

Why don’t you simply finish your meal, and then call back? Or text and say, “I just sat down to lunch, can I call you back in 20 minutes?” It’s not that complicated.

Back in the day, if the phone rang during dinner, we didn’t answer it. People left a message on the machine and we called back. It’s basic civility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because you called them during their breakfast or lunch.

They called me.