I was always taught that it was rude to talk with your mouth full of food. I thought that this was simply because it was just gross.
Today I discovered another reason why it is rude to talk with your mouth full.
As I stood, coffee in hand, in conversation with a woman I do not know very well... crumbs of the muffin she was eating, as she talked animatedly about her summer vacation, flew out of her mouth and... into my coffee cup.
I did not know what to say. She didn't notice what she had done.
I didn't say anything.
I certainly did not finish my coffee.
A few years ago, after running a 10 k road race I was walking along the road with a yogurt in one hand and a spoon in the other. A seagull flew overhead and pooped on my spoon. I did not finish my yogurt.
On a rare evening out with my husband I ordered tea in a "wanna-be trendy" restaurant that wasn't quite making it. When I pointed out the food encrusted on my tea cup and suggested to the waitress that perhaps it hadn't been rinsed before being put through the industrial strength dishwasher, she responded, "Actually we don't have a dishwasher here. The servers take turns doing dishes by hand
...and the lighting back there is really bad!" That restaurant is no longer in business.
More recently I was busy sorting papers when a friend who had just finished his lunch called my name. When I looked over at him he opened his sandwich filled mouth and said "MWAHAAHA".
It doesn't matter how many poopy diapers I change. This will always seem grosser.
