I call this snap, crackle, pop. It is more than a pet peeve - I can't stand it. How should I handle it if a person is smacking at the movies or when I get a waitress that does that? Moving to another seat in the movie theatre and you can still hear them. Whatever happened to common courtesy? I think everyone knows it is still not right to chew with your mouth open when eating, why all this gum clicking and popping? I wish it didn't get to me, but it does.
2007-08-16 18:47:45 · 5 answers · asked by view 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
. It's happened a few time. I'm larger than the average bear so I'm not afraid to speak up. BUT I don't expect the guy to behave himself. Then I go elsewhere.
.. an example: In a movie, I'd say , IN A LOUD VOICE, :"Hey buddy. You want to back off a little on that gum-chewing!" Then I'd move to another seat because I sure wouldn't want him behind me in a dark theatre!
As for a waitress, which hasn't happened, I'd look for a name-tag, and then say, " Hey (Janet), you're too pretty to be chewing gum that loud." Then I'd keep looking at her face until she quit.
That way she knows that I know her name, and I gave her a compliment. Sometimes things work out, usually not. That's life.
2007-08-16 19:33:51 · answer #1 · answered by jim bo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Suppose your own nervous habit of pulling at your ear lobe drove ME bananas? Just being a smart aleck, haha. This gum chewing on steroids IS annoying. There is really no way to approach perfect strangers and tell them that they look like cattle and sound like a plague of locusts. At the movies, you could just move further away from the chomper. If it's a service person, you might say "I'm sorry, could you repeat that? I got distracted by the chewing gum tricks and lost track of what you were saying."
2007-08-17 03:59:07 · answer #2 · answered by kill_yr_television 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it is in the movies you could say in a loud enough voice so that the rude person could hear. "Some people have no manners smacking their gum like that". If it is a waitress I would have the manager come to my table and polietly tell him that the waitress is causing you to lose your appetite by chewing her gum that way.
2007-08-17 04:03:21 · answer #3 · answered by D and G Gifts Etc 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If is really a big issue
u should try to avoid doing things that is with the public
try waiting for the movies to hit blockbuster to rent it
and try not going to a place where ppl serve you
since this is "ur" pet peeve try to move "yourself" from around things that spark it
2007-08-17 02:00:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i just stare at them until they get it. :p
2007-08-17 05:25:22 · answer #5 · answered by 412envy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋