Spitting in public places

I've seen so-called 'yummy mummies' taking heir kids to school, getting out of their 4WDs and spitting onto the ground in front of other people. 'Yucky Mummies' more like. I suppose this is what one expects from people who have money but no breeding.

When my friend does it it makes me feel sick. The fresh air does it, he gets so blocked up all the time and outdoors brings it out and he can't help cough it up - lots and lots of it. I understand he needs to get it out BUT I wish he would use a bin or a tissue or something. Next time I don't care how he reacts and how huffy he gets I'm going to tell him outright it's disgusting and there are other places he can spit other than the street!

I agree 100% with S0p61.
Spitting in public is a trend that is almost as bad as dogs doing their business on the pavement (well dogs are animals and these people are acting like them). If for some reason they had to spit, surly they could find some place eg. under a tree - then it would desolve into the soil and we wouldn't be walking in thei germs.

I am also afraid that while these people are spitting, in the wind - it blowing back on other people. Not a nice thought!!!!1

Men - have you noticed how many men spit into the urinal whilst having a pee in a pub?! Maybe you do it too - I just dont understand it! More often than not, when a man walks up to the urinal, the first thing he does is spit. Why?!

I also think about this always.how can we stop people from this habit?The people who spit should consider about other's humanrights

as I am at a fued with my neighbour, his 'adult' sister spat at my 10 year old son, the police said it is common assault but she cant be arrested for it???!!!!!!, so technically when I hit her I wont be arrested

ha ha. Glad to see you have the same problems as elsewhere.
If it wasn't regarded as assault I'd want to go over and smack anyone who did it.

Why can't they just buy a box of tissues and keep some in their pockets or bag like the rest of us?

I even saw a woman spitting on a bus once.I know it is quite sexist to be more shocked by a woman doing it but I was all the same. I think I might be more old fashioned than I realised.

Sometimes my friend's guide dog walks through it if I cannot warn her in time which is disgusting for her and you would not believe the things he gets stuck to his coat from the bus floor these days. Shortened list : crisps, bits of pizza, gum, sticky drinks, used cotton buds, used tissues, lollipops and once he sat in a used nappy. Bus travel is not a happy experience for guide dog users these days, especially as people run their push chairs right over his paws.

Sorry, all that was off subject - we have just had a horrible day is all.

Rori

Unfortunately, it seems as though its socially acceptable nowadays.

The way some people hawk up as much phlem off their chest and then spit it right in the middle of the pavement gives me the impression they see it as an olympic discipline and their all going for gold!! We need some sort of government campaign (especially in schools) to change peoples attititudes.

Ian

I tried counting my steps between glistening, disgusting gobs of spit on the pavement and I never managed more than 3 steps before I gave up.

Spitting in the street is like cycling on the pavement; it is an anti social, illegal activity that the police and government have decided to ignore.

I absolutely hate when my wife has the car and I have to walk to pick up my son. I feel repulsed at the amount of spit and phlem I have to dodge on that particular route. Walking should be a pleasurable experience, watching my son running and having fun but I have to walk with my head down to make sure we dont end up in somebodies expelled mucus. I used to work for BT and didnt see this nastiness in the more affluent areas. So, I guess I have to go up in class to get away from this disgusting act. Lets face it, there's more chance of me getting rich than the police enforcing any spitting laws we may have.

Illegal in China, maybe - but no-one enforces the law. Spitting is rife because amongst the common people it is TOTALLY acceptable. On a 20 minute bus ride from the Shenzhen bus station to Deng's poster - the bus drivers spit at every traffic light stop. Beijing only cleaned up its act for a short while to please the foreignors at Beijing 2008. The Chinese are not ashamed to spit - why do you think the hoiking and spitting is called "the song of the east"?