How do you tell someone they eat loudly?

ChemOC

A friend of mine eats his food very loudly. You can hear everything! How do you tell them without being rude?

FlutterinBantam

Puree everything.

Ickle Magoo

Wear headphones or put a radio on...

OutlawPete

Say ..

"Jaysus, you eat really loudly" .. half laughing when your saying it.

aDeener

please dont masticate in front of me, go to another room for that because i neither want to see you nor hear you

Fizman

ChemOC wrote: »

A friend of mine eats his food very loudly. You can hear everything! How do you tell them without being rude?

You say

" I don't mean to be rude, but you eat very loudly".

DubArk

You look them in the eye and say, Are you aware that you eat very loudly?!!

If they're a friend they wont mind you been honest....:)

If they do... then drop them and sit elsewhere.

Gone Drinking

Email them a link to this thread

Midnight_EG

Close your mouth when you eat....simple.

Vegeta

If it's that loud, shouting

ChemOC

Honesty it would seem is the best approach!

Wrecks my head at work.. Learn to eat goddamnit.

speedboatchase

If they're eating loudly with their mouths open then you HAVE to say it, you have to say it, bloody children

Turtwig

Assuming it's someone you know,

Subtly is the key.

"Are you sure everything is ok?"
"Yeah why?" (Or something to that extent)
"It's just that you're eating loudly which could be a sign of stress."

AnonoBoy

Tell them you're going to have a treasure hunt.

Leave a series of clues around the house and have them solve them one at a time (this will lighten their mood for the unpleasant home truth to follow). After having them work their little brain furiously to solve all the clues they will find the prize at the end of the hunt - a DVD.

"What could be on this DVD?" they will wonder, thinking most likely that is a television programme that they have been wanting to watch that you have recorded for them being the good friend that you are. Excited, they'll invite their whole family around to share in this wonderful gift.

"Oh what a good friend ChemOC is!" they will think as they sit down with a nice cup of tea to enjoy this televisual feast.

In goes the DVD and imagine their surprise when it turns out to be a short film with every person that they know talking to the camera about how loudly they eat.

That should sort it out as they'll never want to see you again let alone eat lunch with you.

Lux23

What's the point telling them? Its not something you can change really, seem people just eat like that.

KamiKazi

Tell he/she they sound like this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmHrFxVPfpc

yawn

stab them in the eye with your fork?





someone had to post an ah reply

Abi

ChemOC wrote: »

A friend of mine eats his food very loudly. You can hear everything!

Tell him to shut the fuck up

How do you tell them without being rude?

You would have to go and complicate things, wouldn't you?

g5fd6ow0hseima

ChemOC wrote: »

A friend of mine eats his food very loudly. You can hear everything! How do you tell them without being rude?

you say: 'jesus, you eat awful ****in loudly'....

simple as!

TheZohanS

I wouldn't tell them that they eat loudly, no point as it might leave them scratching their head wondering how they can eat more quietly.
Take the other posters advice and tell them to shut their mouth when they eat, be straight up.

CreepingDeath

Record it on your phone and use it as their ringtone.

corkcomp

ChemOC wrote: »

A friend of mine eats his food very loudly. You can hear everything! How do you tell them without being rude?

either tell them straight that they eat loudly or if you dont want to do that, learn to live with it :rolleyes: I know a guy who can be heard in another room while eating corn flakes or anything crunchy

ejmaztec

Lux23 wrote: »

What's the point telling them? Its not something you can change really, seem people just eat like that.

Do you know the OP?:eek:

ya-ba-da-ba-doo

Say it subtly..

Something like :

You: Hey johnny! Could you pass the salt?

Johnnny: OK friend, here you go.


You: Thanks Johnny! Oh and by the way, shut the fuck up when you're eating, you horse.

me-skywalker

Yea you cant not say it.. its all about how you say it to him/her.. jsut say it jokingly then be bit more serious the time after that, if needed...

But if their mouth isnt open then there just enjoying it and you just have to put up with it since its only a few misn of your life you'll have to put up with it.

brummytom

Something subtle, but so they get the message

SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU LARDARSE!!

should probably do.

ChemOC

Their mouth is wide open just to qualify. So it definitely can be fixed! With the correct words!

Captain_Generic

"Mate, no offence, but it sounds like you're gargling cock"

brummytom

ChemOC wrote: »

Their mouth is wide open just to qualify. So it definitely can be fixed! With the correct words!

Gaffer tape round their head

Fizman

ChemOC wrote: »

Their mouth is wide open just to qualify. So it definitely can be fixed! With the correct words!

Throw a fork at his face. Don't actually say anything though. Just sit there after you have thrown it. I would like to know what the atmosphere in the room is like then. See if it bothers him. He may be puzzled. Keep me posted.

Evolute

If you know them and its just you and them in the room just come out and say it to them.
Eh dude you know your a noisy beggar when your eating? Close your mouth man

Problem solved.
Obviously you know them well enough to not pussyfoot about it just be blunt

Abi

ChemOC wrote: »

Their mouth is wide open just to qualify. So it definitely can be fixed! With the correct words!

"Well if I'd known you were going to eat like that, I'd have asked for your food to be brought in a trough"

Ann22

I really and truly can't bear people eating with their mouths open. It drives me mental!

My oh's mate eats like a pig...he wolfs his food down, mouth open, chomping and slurping. I burst out laughing the first time I heard him, thinking he was messing but he and his wife looked at me quizzically as to why I was laughing but to my horror I realised he was genuinely eating like that! His wife is lovely, a total lady, very beautiful too, how the fcuk does she endure it?!

My son hums when he eats and you can hear him swallowing from miles away. At least when it's a family member you can say 'ffs! Will you eat like a Christian!' (that's what we were told)....it's awkward when it's a mate...:o:(

corkcomp

Abigayle wrote: »

You would have to go and complicate things, wouldn't you?

LOL, my thoughts exactly, I had my reply all ready to type until I saw that polite bit

stovelid

Watch them eating wordlessly and then just say, "can I throw a few bags of rubbish in there while you're at it?"

How do you tell someone they eat loudly?

Alphabet soup, obviously

beng128

ChemOC wrote: »

Their mouth is wide open just to qualify. So it definitely can be fixed! With the correct words!

I have a mate who's the exact same but we're 16 so its imposible to tel him without sound like his mother.

joto

A friend of mine eats his food very loudly. You can hear everything! How do you tell them without being rude?

Did you stop to think that maybe you would be displaying a lack of sensitivity to your friend by telling him? You think he's being rude but you can't tell him without being rude...or offending him and causing unnecessary pain and distress.

We have to put up with a lot of things in this life. Someone eating loudly beside you is nothing. Leave him alone!

Abi

LOL you say funny things :pac:

ch2008

Have you considered that the problem might not be that they eat loudly but rather that you have grown to hate them?

When you grow to hate someone everything they do begins to annoy you and seem more and more irritatingly obvious. Try not hating them and the eating will seem less loud

Ann22

Yeah when you hate someone, watching them eat has been known to arouse feelings of extreme anger...People I dearly love still annoy me when they eat loudly. Think it's my nerves.

wylo

OutlawPete wrote: »

Say ..

"Jaysus, you eat really loudly" .. half laughing when your saying it.

ah yes the old irish 'try and pretend something is a joke when its really not to avoid confrontation' routine.

I HATE that!!

wylo

joto wrote: »

We have to put up with a lot of things in this life. Someone eating loudly beside you is nothing.

No its not, its really really annoying and disgusting and no adult should have to listen to another adult slurping and putting them off their food.

me-skywalker

wylo wrote: »

joto wrote: »

Did you stop to think that maybe you would be displaying a lack of sensitivity to your friend by telling him? You think he's being rude but you can't tell him without being rude...or offending him and causing unnecessary pain and distress.

We have to put up with a lot of things in this life. Someone eating loudly beside you is nothing. Leave him alone!

No its not, its really really annoying and disgusting and no adult should have to listen to another adult slurping and putting them off their food.

I think if a crazed Nazi came at you with a switchblade you would reconsider how disgusting this person enjoying one of lifes simple pleasure's are!


I take my time eating like I take my time cooking. I like food to be enjoyed for its taste and whatever way someone eats it is irrelevant unless they are physically spittign food at me or have their mouth open.

But if its not open and they're enjoying it. Go eat somewhere else.

me-skywalker

ch2008 wrote: »

Have you considered that the problem might not be that they eat loudly but rather that you have grown to hate them?

When you grow to hate someone everything they do begins to annoy you and seem more and more irritatingly obvious. Try not hating them and the eating will seem less loud

familiarity breeds contempt... my favourite idiom!

sky88

just tell them im told i eat loudly and sisters are always telling me

dambarude

Very obviously turn down your hearing aid when you're eating with them.

Edgedinblue

My housemate does the same, everything she does is loud. i've even tried the whole "oh i hate when people chew with their mouth open and you scrape plates with cutlery" over and over again cause i dont think i could say you eat loudly in a nice manner or without shouting it at her.... needless to say doesnt make a flying difference she'll never change, hopefully your friend will!

dan de man

one of my workmates eats like an animal,my god does he enjoy his food,slurping and nom-ing all over the place,an apple is bad but something softer,like a pear or a peach,my god i have to leave the room,he sucks the flesh from the fruit.its compounded of course by the acoustics in our canteen magnifying every suck and slurp.
ive gotten used to it though,i let it go too far to say anything and now i just stick in earphones.i find it funny seeing others reactions now when hearing the feeding for the first time.:D

Alessandra

Don't tell them let your actions speak for you.
1.Cover your ears. 2.Go to the other room. 3.Frown in their general direction.
4. Fight fire with fire, if they are munching, munch louder until they get the hint.