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15 Mar 2012, 4:36 am

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They may not realize you have food in your mouth and from my experience people hold their finger up or point to their mouth when I talk to them. They are letting me know they have food in their mouth so give them a moment for them to finish chewing and then swallow and they will then answer me. They are letting me know they are not ignoring me. So when someone speaks to you as your are eating, look at them and point to your mouth. You don't have to look at their eyes.


Why can't they see me chewing? :scratch:



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15 Mar 2012, 4:40 am

Australien wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
They may not realize you have food in your mouth and from my experience people hold their finger up or point to their mouth when I talk to them. They are letting me know they have food in their mouth so give them a moment for them to finish chewing and then swallow and they will then answer me. They are letting me know they are not ignoring me. So when someone speaks to you as your are eating, look at them and point to your mouth. You don't have to look at their eyes.


Why can't they see me chewing? :scratch:



They don't pay attention.



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15 Mar 2012, 4:43 am

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I also wonder why this rule doesn't apply to chewing gum. Same difference, I'd think.


I have noticed people talking as they chew but their mouths are not full so I learned you can talk with food in your mouth, it just has to not be a lot of food or else people will see it.



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15 Mar 2012, 8:59 am

I wish my dad didn't talk with his mouth full of food. The last thing I wanna see is see-food.


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15 Mar 2012, 11:06 am

Seems to me it's not that hard to SEE that someone is chewing. I don't need a signal of any kind to know that I need to wait for a response because I can see them chewing. Also seems to me that is an intuitive process that if I can manage, so can others.

Let 'em wait. I just look straight at them while chewing. If they act annoyed that my response is taking time, tough. As Bumble said, don't bother talking to me while I'm eating if you don't want to wait for answers.

In situations where others act annoyed because I won't answer right away, I take another bite and make them wait longer. :P

I find it just as rude to act annoyed at my taking time as they might find it for me to speak with my mouth full.

On rare occasions, I've been in the company of others who were so rude about it, I've opened my mouth wide and pointed. :eew:

Here's my favorite peeve: people who ask me a question just as I'm about to take a nice big bite. :evil:


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15 Mar 2012, 1:57 pm

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Nowadays they get their logic from the internet, TV, any media, people around them, parents, friends, ETC

I also hate people who do that. I only talk with my mouth full if it's really important.
I also hate the people who say to chew with your mouth shut and then they always have their mouth wide open when they eat.

:lol: Oh, I know. It makes you feel as if only they are allowed to do that and you are minor for some reason.


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15 Mar 2012, 2:22 pm

I remember in 4th grade, there was a girl in my school who always chewed with her mouth open and kids still accepted her and liked her and were her friend. But I had to be labeled the mean one or rude, etc. and even she had told me in second grade I was rude and stupid (I asked her why she didn't like me) and ironically she was stupid herself because she was also rude and it's rude to chew with your mouth open and people are stupid when they are not aware of themselves. So her chewing with her mouth open was ironic. Plus she coughed without covering her mouth and all her friends seemed to accept that from her and never told her to cover her mouth or close her mouth when she chews.

I admit I used to chew with my mouth open too and also cough without covering my mouth but I had to work hard at remembering to do it and keeping focusing on keeping my mouth closed because it never came natural so I had to turn them into habits.