Man left gobsmacked at train passenger’s ‘minging’ commuting breakfast

A man has vented his frustrations online after his morning commute was ruined by a passenger who tucked into a ‘minging’ breakfast just a few seats away from him

If you’ve ever got on a train during peak times, then you’ve probably had to suffer with the whiff of someone’s food that either smells really good and makes your stomach rumble, or smells awful and makes you consider just walking home instead. And one man has said he recently witnessed a commuter tuck into the most ‘minging’ dish he’s ever seen.

The man branded his fellow train passenger an “absolute psychopath” when he watched him start opening up a tin of All Day Breakfast, which he then proceeded to eat straight out of the tin with a plastic spoon – meaning it was stone cold.

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In a post on Reddit, he said: “I’m sat next to an absolute psychopath. I’ve been on a train for the last hour and this psycho has pulled out a tin of all-day breakfast and has proceeded to eat this cold with a plastic spoon.

“The stench is minging and there’s cold bean juice on his f***ing chin. The train is packed and there’s nowhere to move. What has happened to this country?! Feel better that you aren’t part of this journey.”

Commenters on the post were equally baffled by the commuter’s strange choice of mobile breakfast food, with many saying the sight would “turn their stomach” if they’d been on the same train.

One person said: “That would absolutely turn my stomach. I’m one of the (seemingly) rare Brits who absolutely loathes baked beans and even the smell of them is nauseating to me. You have my sympathies!”

While another added: “Incinerate it.”

And it seems the man isn’t alone in witnessing Brits eat weird foods on public transport, as several others flooded to the comments to share their own stories of being horrified by commuter meal choices.

Someone wrote: “I once sat opposite someone on a train who opened a tin of corned beef and proceeded to eat it like it was a chocolate bar.”

As someone else recalled: “I used to work with someone who would eat a can of kidney beans cold and drink a litre of UHT milk every day.”

Before a third posted: “Last week I shared a train with a guy who brought tuna salad and then didn’t eat it for an hour … by the time he opened it you could SMELL the warmth of it. I don’t know how he ate it.”

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