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[shreena]

I never see anyone eating or drinking on the tube. Is this an unwritten rule? I find it very weird because you see people eating and/or drinking on trains (even commuter trains at rush hour) but never tubes. Not even drinking coffee in the early morning. I never know whether, if I eat or drink on the tube, people will be really annoyed with me.

Comments

[absinthecity]

I guess it's because a lot of people just use it for short hops, plus space is limited. I know I've eaten on the tube a few times (usually sandwiches, once a hotpot from food for thought) and am now a bit scared I've broken some unwritten rule!

[thekumquat]

i think it's the short hop thing - you'll see more people eating outside zone 1.

[helixaspersa]

Yes, if you come in from miles out - eg from Upminster on the district line as I used to do regularly on a Sunday evening years ago - there are lots of people eating, much more like an ordinary commuter train.

[actually_not]

People eat on the bakerloo line north of paddington (and never share their chips). I've not yet encountered anyone eating on the Jubilee line.

[glamwhorebunni]

They recommended bottles of water when summer was really hot. And they have chocolate and coke vending machines on some platforms.

So I think you can.

I've certainly eaten on it before. The main problem is that there are no bins to put rubbish in, unlike commuter trains...

[blue_mai]

They used to have chocolate machines. They seem to be removing them gradually. I used to frequently get a warm dairy milk or something similar. Which was a bit nasty, but filled some sort of need/boredom. Now, i don't see them anymore - for a while they had their cover posters turned round, which looked funny, but i haven't noticed that recently either.