https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:42:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/eating-breakfast-next-to-someone-hacking-their-lungs-out#post-1364007 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:01:50 +0000 Alivoo01 1364007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally get the chills and shudder every time they cough while I ate, but I probably just deal with it because like you, I wouldn't want to make a scene. That's so inconsiderate of the other patron though. Gross!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/eating-breakfast-next-to-someone-hacking-their-lungs-out#post-1364001 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:00:46 +0000 mrbee 1364001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wonderstruck: Yah I didn't do anything, except leave earlier! It wasn't really a dry cough though... it was one of those hacking wet coughs. It sounded like it was somewhere between pneumonia and the bubonic plague! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/eating-breakfast-next-to-someone-hacking-their-lungs-out#post-1363743 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:08:59 +0000 wonderstruck 1363743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't do anything - for me personally, my coughing is usually the worst after I'm not even sick anymore. Dry coughs can hang around for ages, so I don't make any assumptions about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/eating-breakfast-next-to-someone-hacking-their-lungs-out#post-1363630 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:48:26 +0000 travelgirl1 1363630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think there is really much you can say. But I hate stuff like that so much, especially if they're doing it near LO. I don't say anything but I do usually give them a mucky look. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/eating-breakfast-next-to-someone-hacking-their-lungs-out#post-1363572 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:29:35 +0000 autumnlove 1363572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just deal with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/eating-breakfast-next-to-someone-hacking-their-lungs-out#post-1363505 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:11:54 +0000 spaniellove 1363505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know but I was about to eat breakfast and then I read this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/eating-breakfast-next-to-someone-hacking-their-lungs-out#post-1363502 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:11:22 +0000 Maysprout 1363502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I might move away if there was room but as long as they were covering their mouth I wouldn't really worry.</p> <p>I feel bad though bc my grandma had scarring of her lungs and although she was healthy enough to go out she stopped going out her last 5 years because when she was so embarrassed of having to cough loudly in public. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/eating-breakfast-next-to-someone-hacking-their-lungs-out#post-1363471 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:03:34 +0000 mamimami 1363471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um, nothing. But this reminded me the same thing was happening in a public restroom the other day, so my son decided it would be hilarious to make the same sound. AUCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHUUUUUACHHHHHH</p> <p>I was half laughing and half mortified. Luckily the culprit didn't come out of the stall in time to see us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/eating-breakfast-next-to-someone-hacking-their-lungs-out#post-1363465 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:01:31 +0000 mrbee 1363465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get annoyed when someone is hacking up a lung 3 feet from my food. If I disappear for a few days, I probably came down with pneumonia and am cursing the day I was seated next to Typhoid Mary.</p> <p>I considered saying something before I leave, but I come here all the time and don't want to make a scene. Plus that's not my style. I'd move or request a new table but this place is packed today, probably because of the snow.</p> <p>What do you do when someone is hacking up a lung a few feet from the food you're eating? </p>