Because it is a disgusting, uncivil, crude and unattractive habit, and most of those who are afflicted with it seem incapable of chewing with even a trace of courtesy and basic good manners.  There are few things more revolting than standing near someone working an obnoxious wad, treating everone around them to the sight of the insides of their mouthes and the glistening gobs therein.

GumBlasters.com is not here to agitate for laws to prohibit gum chewing.  We are here to promote basic civility and courtesy, and to raise peoples' awareness of the effects gum chewing has on others. 

Every time I go to my local grocery store, half -- at least -- of the people working there -- including supervisory personnel -- are walking around chewing with their mouthes open.  Now when I was very young, on of the earliest things my parents taught me was to chew silently, and with my mouth closed -- a very basic element of good manners.  One would thing that an establishment that sells foodstuffs would have the sense to establish policies that prohibit their people from engaging in a practice that can make their customers want to upchuck.

Another thing that baffles me is the number of otherwise attractive, well-groomed people walking around chewing a gob -- and doing so noisily and with their open mouthes displaying their contents for all to see.  Why make the effort of wearing expensive clothing and putting on makeup if you are just going to make yourself look like a slob by sticking gum in your mouth and chewing it like a goober? 

The people who chew gum like this are very often otherwise very nice, courteous and intelligent people, and I suspect they might think twice about their method of gum chewing if they knew how offensive and unattractive it is to others.  I think that part of the reason is a lack of awareness on their part, and that creating such a level of public awareness (while venting a bit and indulging in a little humor along the way) is what GumBlasters.com is all about.

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