Slurpers

dudden22 · #1 06-21-2005, 01:33 PM

I recently moved in with someone who is a slurper. If it was just one thing, like soup, I could handle it. It is everything, coffee, cereal, pizza(don't ask), and don't even get me started on the pasta. It is a very loud slurp, there may as well be a cow at the table. It took everything I had to not stab in the thigh with my fork this morning.

Has anyone ever had a roommate or friend with an annoying habit and how did you tell them about it? I don't want to hurt his feelings, but Christ!!

I may need a klonopin to get through my next meal with him.

DrummerDeanna · #2 06-21-2005, 01:35 PM

that SUCKS!

I know what you mean about annoying habits though...

When I was living with my mom last year ugh..it was awful. I've never in my life known anyone who can eat cereal so loudly. I swear - she must purposely slam her spoon against the bowl - because throughout the cereal eating you hear the clanking CONSTANTLY and it's LOUD!!

Don't even get me started on her with grocery bags......they're loud to begin with but ugh...

strandinthewind · #3 06-21-2005, 01:35 PM

Listen - I am with you on this all of the way

I lived with a sluper who also smacked as he ate. Finally, I had to tell him that both are horrid and never done in public. After that did not work, I ate alone in my room

dudden22 · #4 06-21-2005, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Listen - I am with you on this all of the way

I lived with a sluper who also smacked as he ate. Finally, I had to tell him that both are horrid and never done in public. After that did not work, I ate alone in my room

That may be where I'm headed, I can't take it anymore.

GODDESS6 · #5 06-21-2005, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by dudden22

I recently moved in with someone who is a slurper. If it was just one thing, like soup, I could handle it. It is everything, coffee, cereal, pizza(don't ask), and don't even get me started on the pasta. It is a very loud slurp, there may as well be a cow at the table. It took everything I had to not stab in the thigh with my fork this morning.

Has anyone ever had a roommate or friend with an annoying habit and how did you tell them about it? I don't want to hurt his feelings, but Christ!!

I may need a klonopin to get through my next meal with him.

omg, the fork thing is so funny!!!, my son is a slurper but he is only 6, i'm so hoping to wrk on this!!!~

CreepingDeath · #6 06-21-2005, 02:19 PM

My stepdad (soon to be ex) was so damn annoying when he ate. The thing that drove me nuts though, was chomping on ice. He'd get the biggest glass invented (I swear an Olsen twin could fit in it) and have a field day. And don't even get me started on cereal.

My mom on the other hand is obssesed with good manners, so they would fight constantly. She rarely even goes to restaurants because people get on her nerves so much.

amber · #7 06-21-2005, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dudden22

I recently moved in with someone who is a slurper. If it was just one thing, like soup, I could handle it. It is everything, coffee, cereal, pizza(don't ask), and don't even get me started on the pasta. It is a very loud slurp, there may as well be a cow at the table. It took everything I had to not stab in the thigh with my fork this morning.

Has anyone ever had a roommate or friend with an annoying habit and how did you tell them about it? I don't want to hurt his feelings, but Christ!!

I may need a klonopin to get through my next meal with him.

Dude, you have to tell him. Or else you will stab him. It's one or the other. You know you won't be able to stop yourself if you let it get too bad.

What the heck is wrong with people? When I was growing up, should the slightest noise emanate from my mouth or the food I was eating, I would immediately hear: "QUIT THAT GODDAMN SMACKING, YOU'Re MAKING ME SICK!"
or "DON'T SLURP!!!!!" or "Uh! I'm eating in my room, you're making me sick!"
or "EITHER SPIT THAT GUM OUT OR QUIT CHEWING LIKE A COW!!!"

Man, isn't anyone teaching their kids how to eat normally?

skcin · #8 06-21-2005, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

When I was growing up, should the slightest noise emanate from my mouth or the food I was eating, I would immediately hear: "QUIT THAT GODDAMN SMACKING, YOU'Re MAKING ME SICK!"
or "DON'T SLURP!!!!!" or "Uh! I'm eating in my room, you're making me sick!"
or "EITHER SPIT THAT GUM OUT OR QUIT CHEWING LIKE A COW!!!"

Thank God I wasn't slurping my water when I read this. It would have been all over the monitor.

amber · #9 06-21-2005, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

Thank God I wasn't slurping my water when I read this. It would have been all over the monitor.

Slurping and Spraying! Extra points!

strandinthewind · #10 06-21-2005, 03:56 PM

May I just also add in here that stacking plates at the table is NEVER appropriate. I cannot stand that and think it is gross, esp. when it splatters. When waiters do it at a find dining establishment, I call them on it. I also hate when people actually touch the food they are eating with their fingers (save for hamburgers and the like) as well as when they push the plate away from them when they are done. You are NEVER to touch the plate in a fine dining setting. That is what the waiter is for and the waiter should NEVER stack

I get all hyped up about food

skcin · #11 06-21-2005, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

May I just also add in here that stacking plates at the table is NEVER appropriate. I cannot stand that and think it is gross, esp. when it splatters. When waiters do it at a find dining establishment, I call them on it. I also hate when people actually touch the food they are eating with their fingers (save for hamburgers and the like) as well as when they push the plate away from them when they are done. You are NEVER to touch the plate in a fine dining setting. That is what the waiter is for and the waiter should NEVER stack

I get all hyped up about food

You are soooo gay.

strandinthewind · #12 06-21-2005, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

You are soooo gay.

Sexuality has nothing to do with good table manners

BTW - it is a fittin' when at home to clear the entire table with your left hand while throwing your partner onto the table while ripping their clothing off with the right hand

That is where I draw the line

The Tower · #13 06-21-2005, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

BTW - it is a fittin' when at home to clear the entire table with your left hand while throwing your partner onto the table while ripping their clothing off with the right hand

That is where I draw the line

That sounds like a LOT of fun to me!!!

amber · #14 06-21-2005, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Sexuality has nothing to do with good table manners

BTW - it is a fittin' when at home to clear the entire table with your left hand while throwing your partner onto the table while ripping their clothing off with the right hand

That is where I draw the line

Thank you, Emily Post.

skcin · #15 06-21-2005, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Sexuality has nothing to do with good table manners

BTW - it is a fittin' when at home to clear the entire table with your left hand while throwing your partner onto the table while ripping their clothing off with the right hand

That is where I draw the line

Table manners? Your rules scared me, quite frankly. I am now terrified that Miss Manners (or you) are going to walk in & throw my plate at me after I push it away.

At least we're on the same page as far as the table banging.