Are you a messy eater?

I'm a klutz of an eater AND drinker. I always spill at least one drink on me or someone nearby.

So watch it, you lot.

i hardly get crumbs anywhere, but my boyfriend's a different story. it's just one of those energy things. it's like it would drive him crazy to watch out for crumbs. me i just wipe things up, naturally.

i just spent several days with the messiest eater. i am kind of traumatized right now!!

There there, you can tell us all about it. We promise to make sad eyes, or wide eyes, or say "eeeccchh" as suggested by the details of the whole horrid story. We want details!

crumbs everywhere. no care taken to ensure food actually gets to mouth - just haphazardly throwing it in. stabbing plate with fork. gulping wine. water splashing out of glass. loud chewing.

breakfast during trip in car = salt and pepper on the dash. crumpled up napkin lodged between leg and car seat. swishing of starbucks cup while i winced at the thought of iced soy latte spraying all over my car. dropping crumbs/food on seat without noticing while i winced at the thought of crumbs being rubbed into the upholstery. bottle of juice placed in side of door pocket while i winced at the idea that a loosely screwed on cap might let stickiness leak all over my door.

*breathe* i am ok. i vacuumed tonight. even the couch.

Sounds like all that's missing is a walrus moustache dripping with soup and grease.

am i now an uptight suburbanite? or is it really as bad as i think it is.

It sounds pretty bad to watch! But maybe the crumb situation isn't as dire when you don't have as much carpeting and upholstery to think about? If you just have to brush things off and sweep around their chair every couple of days. I don't know, but there's a reason parents feed toddlers, like, on the kitchen island where nothing can't be wiped down. Right? I think.

bbbbut... 34 yo woman ≠ toddler!!!

Toddler is as toddler does, eh?

toddler mom

tot crumb

The other night I foolishly decided I'd lick the gravy right off my plate, neglecting to notice in my slightly tipsy state that I'd upended said plate sideways and had poured gravy all down the entire front of my dress >:|

Luckily it was late and I had nowhere to be.

I also frequently end up with computer keyboards gummed up with crumbs, coffee splashes on desks, and stains on my clothes. I'm a bit of a mess.

ah, IT support story #85438: at one place where I was doing in house support there was a manager who was addicted to cereal bars. One day he called the IT department saying there's a problem with his keyboard. I went over to his office, upended the keyboard, and a whole cereal bar worth of crumbs fell out on the desk.

*barf*

I couldn't eat a cereal bar for years after that. Not my worst 'stuff found in a keyboard' story though, not by a long way.

Keeping it on a food tip though, one client spilt red wine all over his brand new laptop. This was a couple of days after his old laptop had crapped out after having coffee spilt on it.

I would wager most people, if they tipped up their kbds and tapped em on the desk, would be horrified at how much gunk falls out!

I get lots of eyebrow and eyelash hair.

Sorry.

i'm not an all-around messy eater, but food does seem to end up on my shirt a lot.

waiters like me cuz i always pre-bus my table after i eat.