APIPAMinusOneHundred

That's always been my favorite too. Now I know you're not only a prolific actress but a lady of taste and refinement.

I'm not OP or a researcher. Most eating sounds put me in a mood for murder. If I can't distance myself, I try to put in earbuds and listen to music. If I can't do that, I try to read or find some other kind of distraction. It doesn't always help.

Last summer I was working in remote areas with an assistant who had to ride along with me. He had no perceptible table manners and seemed to always choose crunchy food in small pieces, enabling him to drag out the torment for the space of an entire afternoon. There were times where I wasn't able to use any of the above strategies and instead sat there staring out the windshield, seething.

I was able to intellectualize to myself that he wasn't doing anything wrong so I wasn't going to say anything about it but in the moment it's tempting to see it as intentional. I feel bad about it.

As a trump supporter, you probably already know how this feels. Please don't waste their time.

Make the camel wear shoes.

It's not hypocrisy, though, and any reasonable person is likely to understand how this affects you and make accommodations when possible. Being affected as you are I do however understand your reluctance to ask. Reluctance is OK. Calling yourself a hypocrite is not.