"jmcquown" >, if that's their real name, wrote:

>I worked with someone (not from a different country) who would take a huge
>bite of food and then start talking. Drove me nuts. I'd look anywhere
>except at her because I really don't want to see her mouth full of food.
>She is perfectly proper in every other sense of the word, down to making
>sure her slacks (even jeans!) are pressed and never a hair out of place.
>But put a plate in front of her and she'll take a bite and then start
>talking. EEEEK! But no, I never said anything to her. I don't have to
>live with her or watch her eat every day. In fact, when we go out to lunch
>these days, I make sure she's sitting beside me so I can look at the other
>people across the table instead

Now, remember, Wayne says I have class.

I used to work with a woman who always asked what I was eating for lunch,
while I was chewing it. Every day. Every damned, stinkin' day. One day
when she asked, I just opened my mouth and showed her, then walked away.
She never bothered me again.

Carol, the Queen of Couth

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