Some people's manners . . .

[hifiguy]

I was calmly sitting in an Arby's eating lunch and reading the Times over the noon hour. Sitting a few feet away was a young couple. I couldn't see them because there was a post between me and their table.

Not once, not twice, but three times within five minutes. the male denizen of said table emits very loud, carrying, and completely unmuffled belches. The female half of the duo then began singing tunelessly (and quite loudly) along with the music on the restaurant's speakers.

is up with people this gross? You're in a public place. Were you raised by freepers?

[Scuba]

1. Damn, now I want a Jamocha Shake.

[LynneSin]

4. I use to love Arby's until....

I found that a single Roast Beef with Curly Fries meal has the sodium equivalent of like 1000 times the daily recommended levels.

[Scuba]

5. Their BLT sandwich isn't bad. I'd avoid the roast "beef".

[LynneSin]

2. And you just assume it was the man that did that?

I mean I know many a woman that could win belching contests.

Just saying

[hifiguy]

3. The belches were immediately followed by male speech

with the same approximate "tone." And the singing came from a place that was near to but spatially distinct from the belches.

[Populist_Prole]

6. I always try to squelch my belches by spreading them out in stages

Let a little into your mouth, then slowly and silently expel the air from there. Repeat till the urge is gone.

I sneeze without engaging my vocal chords.

Belching and throat clearing are the most disgusting noises to me ( other than the other obvious one )

Yes I am a repressed sort, but I know for a fact some people do this stuff on purpose and it pisses me off.

[Tabasco_Dave]

7. I would have complained to the maître d' .

[pinboy3niner]

9. Be careful. The maître d's at Arby's don't take complaints well...

[Tabasco_Dave]

11. I love it!

[turtlerescue1]

8. To quote Petula Clark:

"Its a sign of the times."

[Odin2005]

10. We have lost any concept of acting decent in public in this country.

So atomized are we as a society that people completely ignore people they do not know.

[Robyn66]

12. People are disgusting

No they weren't raised with manners. A lot of people were tThey have no consideration for anyone else and are pretty gross in general.

[raccoon]

13. Maybe they're time traveller's from the Middle Ages?

ITA, it's disgusting and shows a total lack of manners.