This is something that has been getting on my nerves to extremes lately. I can't stand waiting for somebody's slack ass to get to the dinner table b4 I eat, just to look courteous. A lot of stations at the fire dept here like to eat together, nothing wrong with that, but Jesus some of these fat ****s like to take their sweet ass time. I'll just be sitting there, food in front of my face, smelling it and all. I wait......wait....wait, after 5-10 minutes it's just like please!! Your usually waiting on some inconsiderate bastard to finish checking his email or talking to somebody about some stupid shit that can wait. And as busy as it gets sometimes, I NEED to eat and I count on these meals. Sometimes I'll have to miss a meal just because of this bullshit. I'm done, I dont give a **** anymore, I'm eating when I'm ready. It's my body, my lifestyle, and I dont need people ****ing with me. I'm in the bible belt, and they like to say the blessing, and God forbid you eat before it to them. I'm at this station working some O/t the other day, and in front of like 8 strangers this old bastard of a Captain says to me "I wasn't going to say anything, but we like to take our hats off when we sit down to eat" I said to him "thats great, I like to keep mine on. "And just kept eating, ****ing asshole calling me out in front of a bunch of strangers, these ****s rode my ass all day fopr nothing anyways, probably because I'm a yankee. I'm a layed back guy for the most part, but when it comes to food dont **** with me. I'm SICK of people ****ing with me about how I eat, when I eat, or what I eat. I mean it's to the point where I'm ready to haul off and kick the shit out of a mother****er!! STUPID REDNECK ****S< **** THEM!!