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[–] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

As a typical American with little public transit experience, I'm right there with you. My understanding from people who do use public transit, though, is that eating a meal on the metro is a heresy deserving of immediate and excruciating death.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Its a sensory thing IMO. You're subjecting a captive audience to smells that may linger. Not to mention potentially making a mess for someone else to clean up

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Just going at a rotisserie like Cookie Monster would be rude, but regular riders learn to ignore most things, so I doubt anyone would say anything.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

That mental image, Jesus christ

[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

In general, yeah. But it really depends; if it's a mom and her kid, or if it looks like someone shuttling between multiple jobs and this is the only time they have, then I'd give em a pass.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

Fuck that. It's a slippery slope. I'd argue public spaces like that need to serve their purpose singularly to be effective and useful to the public. It's hard enough to run a transit system, being a mobile cafeteria in addition will only serve to degrade an already precarious service. Not to mention it's incredibly rude to subject your fellow riders to the accompanying crumbs and grease, no matter your own circumstances.