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I'm not saying you should HAVE to, but saying that if it bothers YOU, the person choosing to fast, so much that you cannot tolerate being around someone who is eating, then you should be the one who moves, as opposed to forcing everyone else to accommodate your need. The difference is my way allows for people to choose to be very polite and not eat around those fasting, it allows people to not care who is fasting or not fasting and eat where they want, it allows for people who fast to choose to be around people who are fasting and it allows people who fast to choose to be around people who are eating.
My problem is with the government regulating everyone's behavior to appease a certain group's needs which are related solely to their religious interests. People are rude all the time, everywhere. And unless it's particularly egregious (or you live in Singapore), it's not a crime. I don't think eating in front of people who are fasting rises to the level that it ought to require a law punishing you (fairly severely) for doing so.
Now, a business (in your example) prohibiting employees from eating in public is an entirely different story, and I would be perfectly fine with allowing that rule. The key for me is that it is a crime.
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