Victoria's+Pet+Peeve

When did eating with your mouth open become a common thing to see at lunchtime?

When I was in second grade, at my little table, everyeone politely shut their mouths as they were eating. Now, all I see is people talking while munching or leaving the hole under their mouths wide open as they snack on their cookies. Usually, I just grit my teeth and just grudgingly look away, but there are always times that my patience has expired. To try and avoid a rude remark from the person, I try and be polite by having a casual conversation and just subtely slipping that they might want to wait until they are done chewing to state their thoughts. Do they ever take my advice? Of course not!

There are the odd situations one encounters with this issue such as the time I saw a girl chewing popcorn with her mouth open at the movies. I seriously watched her for a full six minutes before the movie came on, and I couldn't even hear my friends talking to me when they sa right next to me! Kernels flew everywhere and everyone in the theater had to cover their ears. I was like "are you kidding me?!" So, I very nicely suggested that she might want to be considerate of everyone else and decide to shut her mouth. Her reply?

"You might want to mind your own buisness," Miss Snooty answered storming off. Confrontations like this aren't often because I try to avoid the "what are you looking at" remark. Even so, I drop hints to see if they will get the message-they don't.

Honestly, is it really that dificult of a task to chew so that I can't see the contents of your mouth? It is just repulsive to see the mashed up food inside a mouth. There is no reason for me to see whar you are snacking on after it has passed your lips. There is a point where you have to draw the line, except this I hopefully cannot see.

By the way, the pet peeve essay I read was Joanne's!!