Sorry my dear commuters

n97 mini wrote: »

I always eat me snackboxes on the bus on the the way home. I don't want to put off other passengers with the smell though, so I only eat upstairs as the cigarette smoke disguises everything.

Ah many a snackbox I had from Aprilles in Stillorgan on the last 46A. Dacent times.

People eating crisps, popcorn, or chips are the most annoying. For some reason usually observed downstairs at the back with feet on the seats.

Loads of drivers have them too. I wouldn't worry about the bye law OP , nobody is arsed.

I was stopped from bringing a cup of coffee (with a lid) aboard a bus to Blanchardstown in 2011. The driver was a real rule-bully.

Monday night 930ish 7 home from O'Connell st for about 2 years, always made sure I timed it to made it from DIT to chipper to busstop

You can understand why the law is there, to prevent mess and smells but at the same time it's perfectly reasonable that it's mainly ignored. Not being able to take a coffee on a bus is a bit much IMO, sure you can bring them on planes over here!

The hot drink rule tends to be enforced and is perfectly reasonable, especially on a busy service, where you don't know how many people you would end up burning or splashing. The smell of hot drinks and hot food tend to take over the entire saloon.

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

You can understand why the law is there, to prevent mess and smells but at the same time it's perfectly reasonable that it's mainly ignored. Not being able to take a coffee on a bus is a bit much IMO, sure you can bring them on planes over here!

The plane doesn't brake every few hundred metres, like buses do.

Victor wrote: »

You might rephrase that.

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Apologies. Typo. Selfish twits of course

Wether or not it's legal, allowed, in the by-laws, whatever -- how bad mannered does somebody have to be to subject a load of other people in a poorly ventilated vehicle to one's greasy, smelly food? Common courtesy, people.

Grandeeod wrote: »

That's these days. Not everyone was so stuck up their own ass years ago.

And that is not directed at you, its a general observation because times change and I accept that. However there was a time when nobody gave a damn and you could scoff away.

It was easier to scoff away when (1) there were fewer choices of food and portions were smaller. Commuters might eat a home made sandwich on the bus or train which didn't smell anything like the chemical addled stuff that comes out of today's fast food chains. Chinese and Indian takeaways were a rare treat, not something to be wolfed down on public transport. A visit to the chippers was also a treat.

(2) Buses and trains weren't as jam packed in those days so it wasn't such a big deal if someone was eating a bag of Borzas curry chips on the last bus home. Curry chips from small independent chippers are healthier and don't smell nearly as noxious as curry chips from fast food chains.

(3) Heuston station today is a carb shopping mall as well as a place to catch trains. Years ago (I know I sound like an oulwan) there wasn't such a huge choice of carb laden food at train stations.

(4) People smoked on buses and trains in the past and that would have disguised bad food smells. OK, you can get off a bus or train now without your clothes stinking of smoke but stinking of curry chips or some unspeakable dish that smells like it has been eaten before is nearly worse.

Add to that people eating popcorn on a bus They couldn't just eat a Mars Bar or a packet of Tayhos, no they bring the smelliest bit of food they can and subject us all to it. At least in this weather you can open a window and try and freeze them as penance.

As for hot food. Yuck, leaving the smell alone aside you have greasy fingers all over the seats and railings. How hard is it not to be stuffing your face for the 30 minutes you'll be on a bus?

n97 mini wrote: »

If someone's starving, I'm not going to begrudge them their food. I think people need to live and let live.

Yeah fair enough all for that. But if someone wants to stink out a bus or train with their noxious take away food, I think a bit of due consideration goes a long way as well

n97 mini wrote: »

If there's one good thing about the Maynooth line is that you can have it all (except speed).

Many's the time I've gotten the train home with my burger and chips in tow, along with a decent bottle of craft beer to wash it all down. Tables provided for your eating and drinking pleasure. By the time I'm almost home there's a jacks for a wiz and a quick freshen up.

I always reckoned IE were missing a trick by not selling coffee and bagels on the morning trains, and chips and beer on the evening trains.

Good for you if you can get a table to yourself to eat your fragrant :rolleyes: dinner on the train. And better still if you can make your way past the crowds on the train and the food trolley to get to the jacks to have your wiz. I hope you take your rubbish with and don't litter the train like a lot of people.

You should travel on the Waterford train for a change. You might well have to stand with your fast food dripping grease all over the floor or more than likely, other commuters. If you're lucky enough to get a seat you won't have the table to yourself and you might not get a table, you could end up on one of the Ryanair style seats with fold down tables. That's if you're lucky. You will sit on seats impregnated with the food smells and debris of all the happy eaters who were there before you. You might be shoved into the window or corridor by a supersize passenger who has consumed a lot of fast food on public transport. You might have to eat your food off your lap because your fellow passengers could have children sitting on the table tops on account of the train being so crowded. These children will be boisterous and will most likely shout at you repeatedly "Can I have a chip mister?"

When you get the urge for a wiz you'll have to relieve yourself in your seat (I'm convinced some passengers on the Waterford line actually DO this) because the train will be too crowded for you to get to the jacks. As for freshening up on the train forget it. It would be easier and more hygienic to freshen up in a cattle shed than in the jacks on the Waterford train.

Seriously, do you not think it is a little selfish to eat on a crowded commuter train? If you want your burger, chips and craft beer why not wait until you get home and get them in a local chippers/off licence? You will be supporting local business that way, something that is sadly needed in commuter towns.

Emme wrote: »

Good for you if you can get a table to yourself to eat your fragrant :rolleyes: dinner on the train. And better still if you can make your way past the crowds on the train and the food trolley to get to the jacks to have your wiz. I hope you take your rubbish with and don't litter the train like a lot of people.

You should travel on the Waterford train for a change. You might well have to stand with your fast food dripping grease all over the floor or more than likely, other commuters. If you're lucky enough to get a seat you won't have the table to yourself and you might not get a table, you could end up on one of the Ryanair style seats with fold down tables. That's if you're lucky. You will sit on seats impregnated with the food smells and debris of all the happy eaters who were there before you. You might be shoved into the window or corridor by a supersize passenger who has consumed a lot of fast food on public transport. You might have to eat your food off your lap because your fellow passengers could have children sitting on the table tops on account of the train being so crowded. These children will be boisterous and will most likely shout at you repeatedly "Can I have a chip mister?"

When you get the urge for a wiz you'll have to relieve yourself in your seat (I'm convinced some passengers on the Waterford line actually DO this) because the train will be too crowded for you to get to the jacks. As for freshening up on the train forget it. It would be easier and more hygienic to freshen up in a cattle shed than in the jacks on the Waterford train.

Seriously, do you not think it is a little selfish to eat on a crowded commuter train? If you want your burger, chips and craft beer why not wait until you get home and get them in a local chippers/off licence? You will be supporting local business that way, something that is sadly needed in commuter towns.

Who said anything about crowded? Everywhere is closed after I get off the train at 11.50pm, some of it by law.

You need to call Joe about that Waterford train.

Speaking of which. .

I've just boarded a number 40 on College Green. Stinks of chicken&chips.

Really selfish. There are words I'd like to use to describe the sort of people who don't care about anyone else but I'd definitely get a red card.

So I'll just suffer the trip home and eat good food with a knife and fork at a table when I get in.

I'll enjoy both the food and the feeling of superiority over the bus diners.

hmmm wrote: »

Add to that people eating popcorn on a bus They couldn't just eat a Mars Bar or a packet of Tayhos, no they bring the smelliest bit of food they can and subject us all to it. At least in this weather you can open a window and try and freeze them as penance.

As for hot food. Yuck, leaving the smell alone aside you have greasy fingers all over the seats and railings. How hard is it not to be stuffing your face for the 30 minutes you'll be on a bus?

Since when was popcorn classified as a smelly food.

Grandeeod wrote: »

Popcorn. Crisps. Smelly egg sambos. Takeaway food. How times have changed! There was a time when nobody gave a ****!

That's because the smell of Rothmans and Major covered up the smell of pungent snacks.

Emme wrote: »

That's because the smell of Rothmans and Major covered up the smell of pungent snacks.

And you moaned about the smell of smoke.

I fully expect a ban on farting to be introduced to bye laws such is the expectations of public transport users. Personally, I'd rather sniff a dudes takeaway/fart than put up with a violent drunk/junkie.

There should be a ban on sleeping on the train. I'd take the smell of vinegar for 10 minutes before 3 hours of snoring any day.

What the hell? Popcorn doesn't smell unless you're one of those demons that eats cheesy popcorn (eugh!) If not it's literally air and salt in the bag...

I'd often eat a cereal bar, banana or maybe a sandwich on the bus, usually only if I have the seat to myself though as I don't wanna be chomping next to someone. I dunno if this is stupid or not but, if I have one of those nature valley bars with me, the ones with the peanuts, I always scoff that before I get on or wait, cos I'm terrified I'll end up near someone with an allergy and make them sick. :eek:

I don't even know anyone with an allergy, it's just something that always plagues my mind when I think of opening one on the bus.

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

What the hell? Popcorn doesn't smell unless you're one of those demons that eats cheesy popcorn (eugh!) If not it's literally air and salt in the bag...

Ah to be fair there is a distinct smell off those bags of Manhattan popcorn, and while I don't despise it, I'm not fond of it either. I was only reminded of this thread by someone across from me on the train yesterday evening opening a bag, and I realised it first by the smell, and only then did I look. Therefore there is definitely a smell!