I am fed up with the mixed odor on the bus!

I am fed up with the mixed odor on the bus!
May 8, 2013 01:36
CHERRY07 Points: Join Date: Mar 23, 2008 Status: offline	I am too poor to buy a car. As a result, I need to take public bus to my work unit. This morning, I smelled a kind of offensive odor when I got on the bus. I turned left and saw a boy eating steamed stuffed buns filled with leek fillings. He mustn't have felt that everybody on the bus was offened. Then I walked to the rear part of the bus and stood there. Suddenly, a smelly odor attacked my nostrils. Someone around me farted. Oh my god! I immediately put my left hand over my nose. I was thinking what he ate in the morning. Well, I know that the guy who farted didn't do it deliberately. He must be embarrassed. But how did the eater eat on the bus?

May 8, 2013 01:36

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I am too poor to buy a car. As a result, I need to take public bus to my work unit. This morning, I smelled a kind of offensive odor when I got on the bus. I turned left and saw a boy eating steamed stuffed buns filled with leek fillings. He mustn't have felt that everybody on the bus was offened.

Then I walked to the rear part of the bus and stood there. Suddenly, a smelly odor attacked my nostrils. Someone around me farted. Oh my god! I immediately put my left hand over my nose. I was thinking what he ate in the morning.

Well, I know that the guy who farted didn't do it deliberately. He must be embarrassed. But how did the eater eat on the bus?

May 12, 2013 18:52	#1
WANHU Points: Join Date: Feb 20, 2007 Status: Offline	Sometimes people think it is not wrong to eat on bus as people are allowed to eat on train and plane. How to educate others not to offend other people with their (smelly) food? Wan

May 12, 2013 21:42

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Originally Posted by WANHU

Sometimes people think it is not wrong to eat on bus as people are allowed to eat on train and plane. How to educate others not to offend other people with their (smelly) food?
Wan

Food on the plane is offered by the airlines. The passengers have a small table where they can put on their food. So other passengers are seldom affected.

The passengers on the train usually are on long journey. So they have no choice but to eat on the train.

The passengers on the public buses needn't stay on the bus for hours. During the peak hours, there are too many passengers on the bus. If you eat food, other passengers will be offended.

I bow to those passengers who hold the handrail with one hand and eat with the other hand. How could they do that? Are they so hungry that they have to eat on the bus?

May 14, 2013 08:47

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There are people who brought their own food although it is against the rules of most airlines, especially on low cost flights like AirAsia where food and drinks need to be purchased. It's a matter of attitude which is not easy to change.

Like what you observed, the most they ride on the bus probably around 30 minutes, and I don't think they couldn't wait. It's just "I do what I want" attitude.

Wan

May 15, 2013 03:30

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Wan,

I have noticed that many metro stations forbid passengers to eat/drink on the metro. However, they allow some vendors to sell food and water inside the metro station. And the broadcast never broadcasts "Dear passengers, please do not eat or drink on the train. Thanks for your cooperation!"

It is the same on the bus. I think the automatic reporter on the bus should remind the passengers who eat on the bus.

May 15, 2013 22:51	#5
WANHU Points: Join Date: Feb 20, 2007 Status: Offline	They follow the "Do not smoking" rule diligently, then why can't they do the same for food and drink? Wan

May 16, 2013 02:46	#6
BBQQ Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: Offline	Cherry, what did you when you found a passenger next to you ate breakfast? Standing there silently and cursing at her/him in mind? Or telling her/him it's forbidden to eat on the bus? Sometimes, we need to "play the role of a cop". It's incorrect to do nothing when someone breaks the rules. If we do nothing, they will keep breaking the rule and do whatever they want.

May 17, 2013 05:13	#7
WANHU Points: Join Date: Feb 20, 2007 Status: Offline	BBQQ I appreciate your gut. Wan

Jun 5, 2013 02:40	#8
BBQQ Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by WANHU BBQQ I appreciate your gut. Wan Wan, We are not alone. Some other people on the bus might have the same idea like me. He/she may worried that someone who eats on the bus might revenge on him/her. Like the fireworks, they need to be lit by fire. When it's on fire, they begin to bang.

Jun 18, 2013 21:37	#9
KEVIN0518 Points: Join Date: Mar 13, 2007 Status: Offline	Cherry, it's unavoidable on public buses. You can stop people eating on the buses. But they might bring some 'unique' odor onto the buses. If he eats stuffed steamed buns at the bus station, you might smell the odor if he stands close to you. I think you need a N95 mask or a protective mask. Just make sure that other passengers are not scared.

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