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O my fuck. I’m at the coffee place sitting by the table. And some girl next to me is cutting her fucking nails! In public! By the fucking table. Should I let her know how disgusting she is? Or should I just puke all over her? —Sick
This article appears in Feb 16-22, 2012.
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i pick number two
is she cutting them or biting them off ?
& you forgot to mention if its her hands or her feet ~;p
While I don’t think it’s inappropriate to cut your nails in public, there *is* a time and a place.
Like, maybe not public, but I don’t think one should have to do it in the bathroom with the door closed or anything. They’re only nails! It’s not like you’re shaving your genital area!
HOWEVER, an eating establishment is no place for manicuring! I could see if she broke a nail and got a file out and just quickly smoothed it out, but seriously. GROSS.
You know what else grosses me out? Blowing one’s nose in an eating establishment. GROSS.
OP- “Both” is the correct answer.
PK- YES!!! I get that we’re all gonna have to do a little dab now and then, what odds. My co worker however…full on table nose blower. Once tucked a used tissue under her plate (UNDER HER PLATE!!!!) at a restaurant. I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned it before, but it. just. floors. me.
better than a dirty diaper, cannatell *spew*
Hey PK, you would like Korea.
On my second day there, I was eating Kim Chee in a restaurant, (that is cabbage in hot sauce) and well, the old nose started to go, so I blew my nose, and oh boy, the whole restaurant stopped eating and stared.
Apparently one is not supposed to do that in public!
I learned quickly not to do that again.
The nail cutting thing is unpleasant in public, but then, so is puking on someone else. So no, you can’t do either of those things.
Yeah paingirl, I’ve seen that also…seriously? I don’t understand that either. Sure, your kid is cute. But would you think it’s ok to put your own dirty underpants on the table? No? Ok. So a full diaper is fine then? Cool, just checking.
Blargh.
Great, now I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
holy shit people…
you’d never have survived a century or two ago.
You would literally just puke until you die…
What exactly is ‘disgusting’ about nails? or nail clippings?
I don’t think it’s cool to clip them in a restaurant… no…
but that’s just because of the annoying ‘clip… clip… clip…’ sound.
(this is speaking as someone who does gnaw on them though so maybe I’m ‘disgusting’ too)
Man, y’all would never have survived camping back when I was a kid if this lame shit takes you to the point of puking.
get a fucking grip.
INFY, it may not be appropriate in public to do that… but then again, have you seen some people in PUBLIC washrooms? they use it as if they were home…
washing their hands and arms up to their pits and their faces in the sink (you couldn’t do that at home???) , plugging a nostril and snot-rocketing like mad, gargling water (I have no idea what this does)…
like what the fuck?!!?!? are you not home once or twice a day where you can do this without me suffering through your horking up phlegm like a bear choking on a rabbit…
again, I don’t find it that disgusting per say… just way too annoying to watch and listen to.
zzzzzz, that is funny you bring that up. When I was hitching around Europe for half a year, I did all of my washing in public washrooms. I had a wash cloth and would give myself a once over daily. I sure surprised a few people in the washrooms that I couldn’t lock the door on.
I tried to be as inconspicuos as possible. But I made sure I got myself clean so as not to be an unpleasant car companion to those who picked me up. I didn’t have money for a hotel or hostel. Had to do, what I had to do.
So, no, I couldn’t do that at home, because I didn’t have one at the time. I had some great life experiences though.
yes o.p., deffinately number 2. and for the record, make sure you just had a bunch of putine for lunch. that ought to let them know. oh, and run really fucking fast, before she can whack you in mouth.
i.n.f.y., i did the same when i traveled over europe too, in the very early days of flower children. my companion and i would find a quiet spot, do our thing, clean up after, and leave refreshed. we hitched all over the continent and even back home in north am. loverly memories there, and woodstock was the best blast of all. ahh, those memories again. country joe, bob dylan, crosby and group, and of course jimi hendrix. fuck, life was good back then.
I once knew a teacher with an 8 x 10 laminated sign that said “THAT IS A BATHROOM FUNCTION” If only you had one of those signs!
People can be oblivious. I once worked with a guy who had this snorty way of clearing his throat. It was disgusting!
Me, I’d put on my best teacher voice and say: Pardon me, would you mind completing your personal grooming elsewhere?
i remember when teachers checked our fingernails
A professional colleague came to visit from south of the border. She’s a nice enough person and I was eager to introduce her to my friends. As a group, we shared a nice evening in a small pub when … my visitor slipped off her shoes, pulled out a set of those large toe-nail clippers … and proceeded to clip each and every summertime sweaty, after-a-long-trip toe-nail … at the table … in front of us all … with our food & drinks … to our absolute jaw-dropped amazement.
Ooooh-kaaaaaaaaaaay….
haha, that’s crazy, nobody said anything?
I feel like … you wouldn’t whip out your nose hair trimmers and trim them in the middle of everyone … not saying you should be relegated to a dark corner and hide like it’s not happening … but damn … not in a food place … or on a packed bus.
Know what I have no patience for … people who trim all their 20 digits at night … as in when I’m in bed ready to sleep, head on pillow then clip clip clip clip clip … … … and they don’t pick up the clippings … oh mannnnnnn. One of very few pet peeves of mine.
“and they don’t pick up the clippings” nasty
No one said a word, Painy. We couldn’t get the words out, so great was our shock. In fact, our table went completely quiet except for her chattering. She was completely clueless.
You know, now that I think of it, no one has ever referred to that night.
hahaha one of those things you just don’t talk about, Fool
it’s a funny slice of time, something you don’t expect to see. i love the randomness and absurdity in life
How are supposed to pick up the clippings? They go flying and you can’t find them after that. Except for the big toe nail, that sucker is hard to cut but easy to find. Even if I couldn’t see it, I could track it by smell. It smells like something between Gorgonzola and Danish Blue.
donk, you can snip all your nails in my bed, ANYTIME.
no taleggio cheese? that’s why you shouldn’t clip them in bed
You could stand in front of her and pick your nose, flicking boogers on her as you go.
Or just spit on the floor by her feet.
Maybe she honestly doesn’t realize that what she’s doing is majorly gross. Anyone can raise a kid, after all..
“How are supposed to pick up the clippings?” Cut them into a tissue … … … Or over the rubbish bin … and be more gentle .. they won’t all go flying then.
Also, maybe that broad who clipped her toes at the restaurant didn’t want to be your friend?
I like to cut my nails with a manicure scissors, makes life easier/less filing and no flyers.