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	plazmah 2010-01-17 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	That reminds me of a girl who sat near me in my freshman physics class; the class was right before lunch and she'd always bust out either a tuna sandwich or an orange, both of which are smells I (nor many of my friends) cannot stand. It was horribly distracting. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	harrylovesron 2010-01-18 01:06 am UTC (link)
	Oh man, people eating in class was one of my big pet peeves, too- both because of the smell and because of noisy chewers. There was a guy in one of my classes who always sat next to me, often brought a snack and chewed with his mouth open. DDD: (Mouth-open chewing is one of those nails-on-a-chalkboard sounds to me, I cannot STAND it.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hallidae 2010-01-18 01:19 am UTC (link)
	This was the one good thing about studio classes I was in: in the ones that actually allowed food, everybody was eating, so it wasn't just one person distracting everyone. The only time it was really bad was if someone broke out something like curry, or something that had onions in it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sequinedlizard 2010-01-18 02:13 am UTC (link)
	I think I made a note in the syllabus that food was fine (although class wasn't long), but to keep smelly food and common allergens (peanuts, mainly) out of the room. I didn't know anyone that had a peanut allergy, but I didn't know who else would be in the room. (Reply to this)(Parent)

varethane
2010-01-18 09:51 pm UTC (link)

:C I ate a lot in class last fall semester, due to a ridiculous schedule-- every Wednesday I would have class in one campus from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm (I'm in a fine arts program so studio classes are four hours long), then from 1:30 to 5:30 at a campus all the way across town (so lunch was picking something up en route and eating it in class), and then AGAIN from 6:00 to 10:00pm... back at the first campus, entailing another trip across town. Twelve hours of almost solid class, and I couldn't eat during the breaks or I'd be late to the next class.

...I tried to do the eating unobtrusively, at least? D:

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twinno
2010-01-18 02:15 am UTC (link)

As an undergrad I was chronically in classes with a girl my other cohorts had unfortunately deemed "Pizza Face," because she'd always bring food to class and she was a very, very sloppy eater.

Most of my grad school profs, though, gave the students carte blanche on food, since those classes always coincided with dinnertime and were usually very, very long. I still felt bad when I walked in with Taco Bell, though.

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	lyssa 2010-01-19 03:51 am UTC (link)
	I had a professor that brought in food for us all to share since we'd voted to move the class to 6-9. He even made the university pay for it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	silrana 2010-01-18 05:00 am UTC (link)
	I'm feeling really old now. When I was in college, you thought you had a really relaxed professor if they let you bring in a soft drink can. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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