The smorgasbord

I’m vestibuling today.
Opposite are 2 young ladies with a smorgasbord of food. Extra large Gloria Jean’s coffees, packets of Smith’s Crisps, donuts & chocolate. All the food is in 2 plastic grocery bags, they had been shopping at Woolies for morning tea at work it seems.
To my astonishment they start opening packets and stuffing their faces. THIS IS THEIR BREAKFAST! Donuts first then the chips, a big swill of coffee and then a packet of tim tams (a whole packet between them) a bread roll with cheese and bacon on top, more coffee and now dessert……chocolate. This is their start to the day? whatever happened to a muesli bar and an apple? Their gluttony is really offensive, not only are they eating enough food to feed an orphanage in Bangladesh for a week they are eating it with all the decorum of a pack of seagulls outside a fish and chip shop. Screaming and laughing and snatching food off each other. A decline in your personal respectability must be being sprayed with ½ masticated chips while jamming a whole donut in your face to stop your friend taking it.
I must add here that neither are Twiggy and after what I’ve just witnessed I would say that they will be more like Hoss in a couple of years.
After the orgy the wrappers, polystyrene cups, bags etc are scattered over the seat and floor. Neither girl put the rubbish in the plastic bags that they had handy.
As we pulled into Central station both rose and made to walk to the exit. One of them actually looked behind her to check for something…..who knows…..maybe she was sitting on a chip. She sure didn’t seem to see the litter she had left there.
I’m in outrage mode by now and prepare myself to launch into a tirade, I even had my mouth open ready to take a big deep breath when a man sitting a few seats up from me stands in front of the girls and shows them his badge. YES a railway cop incognito. Heeeeee. He gives them the option of a $200 fine or pick up the litter. They opt for picking up (with bad grace I might add) 200 bucks buys a lot of junk food.