I live in Asia, where I'm in a program to learn the language of (country I'm in). Asia is full of shitlords, which is amazing. I love it here.
So for my program you're required to log x amount of verified (punch in/out) hours in the language lab or in various extra classes. I usually go to the language lab and just study - which is what lots of people do. It's basically a library.
Today all the units were taken (little sort of cubbies with 1 computer each and a small divider) except for one next to a Hambeast. She was on her phone with her stuff spread all over the spare chair.
So I went over and politely asked if she would move her things so I could sit there. She's in my class and immediately started talking to me, to which I simply looked in her face and put in headphones and started to study.
Then I noticed something. The ham couldn't keep still. It kept fidgeting. And every time it moved, the table would shake.
Thin privilege is not worrying about disrupting my neighbors by moving furniture when I cross my legs.
Cut to 30 minutes into studying. Hammy pulls out a bag of crisps and starts munching away. We're in a computer lab. There's no food or drink allowed. Plus her chewing sounds like a car going through a meat grinder. I'm nauseated and disgusted. But luckily don't have to wait long before the lab assistant comes and asks her to leave.
I saw her in class later that day and she started a conversation with me about how it just wasn't fair because they only called her out because she was "bigger" and that she needs to eat cause her cundishins. It had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that she was disgusting and breaking the rules and would force someone else to type using her fat-greased keyboard.
I hate her so much.
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[–] caesah ago
Unless it's messy food most places either don't ban it, or don't enforce the ban. Generally just don't be a pig. Granted that's a world-wide thing more than an Asian one.
[–] MrSaxoBeetus 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
No, not really. In many places, every food or beverage besides water is not allowed. If you want to eat or drink anything else, you're supposed to take a quick break and leave the room. It's not (only) about the mess: droplets of sugary drinks and crumbles can attract rats, bugs, fungi and bacteria, especially in enclosed, carpeted environments.
I assumed it was an Asian thing because the non-Asians minority would usually leave the room to eat.
[–] ladyinthebluedress 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
At my university food and non-water beverages are banned in computer labs/libraries, but it's only enforced if it's dumb.
You won't get away with greasy food (fingers get greasy), carbonated drinks (spill risk is too high) or anything that crunches. Other foods are overlooked.
[–] WhiteRonin ago
In Japan, people clean up after themselves and they also clean their own offices. On top of possibly communal sink areas with other offices. Cleaning staff does exist but they normally just have to refill stuff.
7/11 in Japan is way clean and blows away every convenience store gas station in the U.S.
[–] caesah ago
Public places sure. Private not so much (campuses, offices). As long as the place is cleaned regularly that's not an issue, unless you have either A. understaffed custodians/cleaning staff or B. people being disgusting and making an unreasonable mess.
Generally if someplace strictly enforces that they have problems with obeasts, sketchy homeless people, or teenagers making a mess and not cleaning it up.