Eating on Trains

annepl
I have, as others, been driving for decades and being bored a couple of years after retiring, decided to change tack and do something different. I applied for PA jobs through The Lady magazine and worked in the Isle of Man, St Martin's, and up and down the country. One employer, a German heiress living near my marital home in Virginia Water, wanted a chauffeur and paid for me to go on a course in London. They had Rollers, Mercs Jags and Bentleys. It was a really cushy job and one I loved as I like(d) driving. No uniform just smart trousers and blouse.
I also drove for the then CEO of the WHO who lived in London and Bath. His houses were something else.
Many other similar roles sometimes for well known people who were banned for various reasons. Word of mouth meant I had more offers of work than I could fulfil. It paid extremely well too...with perks.

Heck! - what is the problem? People have to eat!

OP - how do you cope in restaurants??!!!

Going on a train today will be buying my meal deal ???
Stay away from me grans ?

As a professional driver GabriellaG54 I would have imagined you would be well versed in the legal limits on driving and the very real accident and injury figures behind those limits. Perhaps you were breaking those limits. If you are or were driving for 6 hours you certainly were
Breaks and continuous driving
After 5 hours 30 minutes of driving you must take a break of at least 30 minutes for rest and refreshment.

Or, within any period of 8 hours 30 minutes, you must take at least 45 minutes in breaks. You must also have a break of at least 30 minutes at the end of this period, unless it’s the end of the working day.

Crikey GabriellaG54 you should write a book with all you’ve done throughout your life, should be a bestseller

If you only knew the half of it Nannylovesshopping

I still think a break is a good idea but what an interesting time you've had GabriellaG54. I'm sure you could tell some stories.

trisher
Yes...I take on board your concerns but I was talking about my own leisure driving, not rules adhered to when employed to do so. Even then, you've no idea how many ask you to flout rules.
Most of the guidelines you mention are aimed at commercial vehicle drivers and there was no need to enumerate them as if I wasn't aware of their existence. I am fully compos mentis and hope that you are as
much of a stickler about the driving habits of your own family, driving to pub...speeding etc.
I've had only one ticket and that was overstaying in a Liverpool multi-storey CP which was rescinded on appeal.

I could but wouldn't.
One family were jailed for over ten years for fraud and embezzlement. Tens of millions. ???

I don’t mind the eating so much as the alcohol, or rather the effects of the alcohol! Last time I went to visit ds and family by train there was a party of middle aged women obviously off on a day out. They had bottles of Prosecco and wine, little cans of ready mixed drinks and enough food to feed the entire carriage. They got progressively louder and louder then one produced a little Bluetooth speaker and started to play music from her phone! I moved carriages as I didn’t feel I would have received a friendly response had I said anything. What happened to considering other people I ask?

Safe driving has always been a concern of mine since an accident in my teens which if it happened in today's cars would almost certainly have caused serious injury and possibly death. Thank goodness for the tank-built Fords of the fifties! It always amazes me how some people will pick and choose which regulations they will abide by for the simple reason that they don't think the one they dislike should apply to them and it is someone else's fault. Drinking and driving is a problem but so is falling asleep at the wheel on motorways. It's very wrong to condemn one and accept the other.

I agree trisher one cannot and should not cherry pick which laws or rules to obey.
I would never get behind the wheel of a car if I had not had enough sleep and if I felt even a wee bit tired I would pull into a safe place and stretch my legs, so to speak.
On the other hand, there are many many more people who get behind the wheel knowing full well that they've had more than the one drink. Deliberately using a mobile phone when driving or eating/drinking at the wheel.
Deliberately failing to tax and insure their vehicle and even driving with no valid licence.
I don't know why you are taxing me on this subject. Possibly because of your previous accident but that's nothing to do with me. I've never been involved in an accident in 49 years of driving.
Anyway...I think that's enough hijacking of the original thread and I do note your concerns but I know my limits and my life is of paramount importance to me. I would do nothing to compromise that.
Enjoy the rest of your day.

I’m not saying people shouldn’t eat on trains . Obviously on a long journey people need to. But it’s the smelly stuff at 10.30 am that gets me! I agree I am over sensitive about crisp crunching. Somehow eating in a restaurant is different
This is what I posted on page 1 or 2. I was just curious to know if anyone else found the smell and the noise annoying.As for restaurants- isn’t it a matter of context?

I can accept that people on a long train journey may need to eat, they may bring their own food which may be more 'interesting' than a cheese sandwich.
I went to a showing of the Book of Mormon recently and enjoyed it very much, hilarious (but not for everyone). I was rather shocked by the number of folks who were eating and drinking noisily throughout the performance. The drinking contributed to the number of men (yes it was men) going off to the toilets any time during the performance. Having said this, the audience had a brilliant time so I'm likely to be falling into grumbling grannie mode, so I'll stop!