Can you at least chew with your mouth closed?

[myswtghst]

On my first call today, I got a gum chewer. I normally don't mind that, as I usually chew gum all day long, but keep my mouth closed and don't chew directly into the phone, because it sounds gross and it's rude.

This tech, however, was chewing what must have been quite the wad, directly into the mic on his phone, which, in turn, meant he was chewing right in my ear. Loudly and wetly. Louder than he was talking, as a matter of fact. I actually got so annoyed that I found a reason to put him on hold while I worked, just so I didn't have to listen to it.

I can deal with people chewing while on the phone, but at least close your mouth and don't chew at me, ya know?

[ContraCorriente]

That's a toughie, because even though they're being completely inconsiderate, if you ask them to stop, suddenly you're the rude one.

[hawkchick11]

Ugh thats my biggest pet peeve, people who chew with their mouths open.

My grandma and dad are so bad, I can't be in the same room with them when they eat.

[reformedwaitress]

I have this horrible problem where your mouth doesn't even have to be open. If I can hear you chewing food it entirely and completely grosses me out. I cannot sit by someone who is eating if I can hear them chewing. If I'm trying to eat and someone is eating so loud I can hear it? I will no longer be hungry and I'll be fighting to keep down anything I have eaten that day.

It does cause problems sometimes but UGH I cannot stand that sound! The sound of someone eating or chewing is the most disgusting thing on the planet to me.

[CancelMyService]

My company tends to have long hold times, especially on big event days and times when there's an outage and everyone calls in. I can understand getting caught with something in your mouth when I answer (it's happened to me before ), but to continue to shovel food in your mouth while we talk is a sign of you not having the most basic respect for the person you're talking to.

And it's always chips, or something designed for maximum crunchiness. Can't it once be marshmellows, just so I don't have to hear the "crunch, crunch, crunch" in my ear?

[AnqeiicDemise]

The most obnoxious person I ever ran into ate with her mouth open all the time.

When I asked her to stop, she quite, I kid you not, said this:

"Oh honey, but I simply cannot eat with my mouth closed. It is physically impossible for me to do so!"

To which I quickly said:

"Then its a miracle you can even speak, as you have to have your mouth closed to pronounce the letter 'M'."


I felt like smacking her several times... she's the type of person that BREATHES through her mouth. Nothing's more annoying than open-mouth chewers than those who breathe with their mouth open because they're too freakin' lazy to inhale through the nose.

[Ms. Pounce]

This entire thread is making me gag.

One of my old roommates not only managed to chew with his mouth open, but added a plethora of interesting sound effects. So he would not just eat or chew a sandwich, he would gasp, gargle, slurp and hum his way through a sandwich.

It got so bad I had to leave the room. Putting headphones on just wasn't enough.

[Seshat]

I felt like smacking her several times... she's the type of person that BREATHES through her mouth. Nothing's more annoying than open-mouth chewers than those who breathe with their mouth open because they're too freakin' lazy to inhale through the nose.

What you don't know and can't tell is if they're blocked up in the nose. I've since moved to a place where I'm not as badly affected, but I used to suffer so badly during allergy season that no antihistamine, decongestant or combination made it possible to breathe through my nose.
It was breathe through the mouth or suffocate. So .. y'know.

[Imogene]

he would gasp, gargle, slurp and hum his way through a sandwich.

I can slurp anything. It's a running joke in my family that I used to slurp my food, when I was younger. Anything and everything.

[Andara Bledin]

Until I hit adolescence it was physically impossible for me to eat with my mouth closed.

Well, unless I wanted to suffer from lack of oxygen to the brain, anyway.

I have really bad sinuses. It's genetic. I had to have regular eat treatments, I couldn't get my head wet, I couldn't have the window open in the car, and I could not breathe through my nose.

I'm quite thankful that it cleared up when I was young. I couldn't imagine how awful it would be to have to keep breathing through my mouth. I still get some nasty sinus infections, and that's bad enough. I learned, quite young, how to eat with my mouth open and make almost no sound. I'm kind of a ninja eater.

But there is no way I would ever eat while on the phone with somone. I will admit to sneaking chips while on hold, but once there is another person on the other end of the line, all chewing stops. I'll swallow what's in my mouth if I can, but if not, it gets stuffed in my cheek until I can deal with it. Let me tell you, it's not easy to speak clearly with a full bite of sandwich stuffed in your cheek. But years of figuring out how to speak without a lisp because of the gum stuck to the roof of my mouth to escape detention in high school have served me well.

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[blas]

Anyone know people that still make "happy eating noises"?

Like little kids go "MMmmm mmmm yum yum!" while eating? Well, that's ok because they are kids, but once you reach a certain age, it's annoying.

I'm a bad gum chewer. I chew with my mouth closed at all times, but I love to blow bubbles, and I LOVE to crack/pop those bubbles. I can crack/pop the same bubble 2-5 times. Sometimes I'll only crack it once, and it's as loud as a gun shot. I do it constantly at work to scare everyone when it gets too quiet.

[Andara Bledin]

Oooh... I'm a bubblegum offender, too.

I loooove to blow bubbles and pop 'em nice and loud.

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[draftermatt]

I'm sorry but people that pop their gum, blow bubbles, chew with their mouth open, disgust me. Chew it and that's it. Food is not a toy.

[Andara Bledin]

I'd say that bubblegum is a toy. It's certainly not food.

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[notthecook]

We have a rep that likes to chew gum like a cow.

He is usually sitting behind me chomping away. It drives me nuts.

More than once, I have turned around and said "L, is that gum good?" He'll reply "yes!".

He just dosen't get it.