Then they watch you chew and swallow until you can answer their question!
2006-12-28 10:47:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I have always wondered that or they tell a funny joke as you are taking a sip of your drink.
2006-12-28 11:01:01 · answer #1 · answered by fnygrl74 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is an interesting question, I was taught as a child that it's bad manners to talk with a mouth full of food. President George Washington wrote a short book entitled: "George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation." Rule 98 - Drink not, nor talk with your mouthfull; neither gaze about you while you are drinking. We obviously should not talk while chewing food, but why then do we mix lunch and conversation so often? I'm sure there is a gaggle of phsycoligical explanations why we eat and converse. Eating and talking are two of my favorite subjects, that's why I do it.
2006-12-28 19:09:34 · answer #2 · answered by Kurt 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same reason they knock on the bedroom door just when your ready to enter the back door.
They want to watch.
2006-12-28 18:58:45 · answer #3 · answered by Old man wrench 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's something I've wondered for the longest time! I think maybe most people just seem to have bad timing...I know I do :)
2006-12-28 18:49:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's true, but it would be weird if they said, don't take another bite answer my question first.
2006-12-28 18:56:03 · answer #5 · answered by Candi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Becuse the person asking the question is done eating.
2006-12-28 18:50:00 · answer #6 · answered by ARRrrgh! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are being polite. They want to give you time to think about your answer instead of blurting out something.
2006-12-28 18:50:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
isn't that the worst?! i hate that. waitresses & waiters do that in restaurants and then you have to hurry up and chew fast. it's bad :-(
2006-12-28 18:59:36 · answer #8 · answered by Meg 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is some deep thought you go going on there . I have no idea why people do that but It BUGS me !
2006-12-28 19:06:16 · answer #9 · answered by IT'S JUST ME ! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. I think if they do this they want you to focus on them and not on your food. It's weird though. And annoying.
2006-12-28 18:51:03 · answer #10 · answered by Someone who cares 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋