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[quote=Anonymous]Am surprised a bit by the responses.  It seems very unprofessional for a teacher to snack during class.  If she misses lunch and has to eat it discreetly at her desk as the teacher PP mentioned, that's okay.  It's better if the teacher could ask the class to excuse her because she was unable to eat lunch on time.  If the snacking is needed for a medical condition, she should tell the class that, again asking for their indulgence.

I attend plenty of bag lunch meetings at work.  But they are all internal and the assumption is that those not eating lunch have already eaten.  Snacking with external parties present would never happen unless coffee and cookies, say, were made available for all.  I almost always have a mid-afternoon snack; I have people coming into my office all day long and if I really need my snack I ask permission of whomever is there.  I usually have extras on hand that I offer them should they wish to join.

I once went to a meeting with one of the top people in our organization in his office.  At one point in the meeting, he got up, grabbed a bag of Pepperidge Farm cookies from a closet and proceeded to eat about five of them without offering any to the four or so staff people present.  Everyone thought it was inexcusably rude.  We all decided he was odd and had no social graces.  He did not last long.

That said, all I would have said to my child is that is very odd, I wonder if she has a medical condition that requires her to snack all day.  Inwardly, I would wince at the poor example of manners the teacher was modeling.  If I had a good relationship with the principal, I might something to her in a vague, nonjudgmental way.

The fact is it is rude to snack in front of people without offering them something.

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