Personal Grooming in Public?

[sparksals]

I sometimes will clip a fingernail or file an edge down here at my desk.  A couple of months ago there was a thread about how horrible it is to clip your nails in public, I think it was the one where someone was doing it on the bus.  So I asked my co-workers if they're disturbed when I do this.  They all looked at me like I was crazy.  One pointed out to me that she frequently borrows my clippers to clip her nails too so obviously she didn't think it was gross.  

I guess we're just a bunch of heathens.  

I wouldn't call you a heathen, but I do think it's a bit gross.  Nails are very dirty and I wouldn't be too pleased if I came up to someone's desk to see a bunch of clippings on it.  Ewweeee

[sparksals]

I sometimes will clip a fingernail or file an edge down here at my desk.  A couple of months ago there was a thread about how horrible it is to clip your nails in public, I think it was the one where someone was doing it on the bus.  So I asked my co-workers if they're disturbed when I do this.  They all looked at me like I was crazy.  One pointed out to me that she frequently borrows my clippers to clip her nails too so obviously she didn't think it was gross.  

I guess we're just a bunch of heathens.  

I wouldn't call you a heathen, but I do think it's a bit gross.  Nails are very dirty and I wouldn't be too pleased if I came up to someone's desk to see a bunch of clippings on it.  Ewweeee

It happens, sparksals.  Sometimes you post after the "quote" and it makes the entire post a quote...sometimes not.  Weird.

You have to use [ / quote ] (without the spaces) to "close out" the quote.  If you don't, you get

It happens, sparksals.  Sometimes you post after the "quote" and it makes the entire post a quote...sometimes not.  Weird.

This.

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Someone says something and

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Your message shows up in quotes here.

Think of [ quote ] and [ / quote ] as nested parentheses in math problems, like ((3x+6) - (x+7)).  You have to use the end parens also or you get ((3x+6-x+7) and the computer fills in as many extra parentheses at the end as it needs.  In this problem, it makes the difference between the answer being 2x-1 and 2x+13 :-)

Did that.  I always make sure to scroll down to the bottom of the post beneath the last quote stuff in brackets with the slash.  It still quoted in the previous post or someone else.

[RuneGuardian]

Was the not learning to blow your nose until 16 cultural?  I've never heard of that before. 

I think you're wrong about blowing making sickness last longer.  If you're constantly sniffling and (sorry, TMI) swalling phlegm, then you are keeping the bacteria inside your body.  It's best to get rid of it, albeit, discretely.

This is coming a little late, and I apologize. But my not knowing how to blow my nose for so long wasn't cultural - I live in America. I was just never taught or encouraged to blow my nose as a child, and now when I have a cold I'll either just continuously wipe my nose with a tissue or walk around at home or sleep with wads of tissue stuffed into my nostrils.

Also, about the blowing nose vs. sucking it back in, I recall reading something that said blowing your nose to expel mucous causes damage to the inside of your nose and may trap it deeper in the sinuses...that's not verbatim, but the article strongly suggested simply wiping one's nose when mucous is viscous, as opposed to blowing. I'm not saying you're wrong - I'm just stating where I got that information from.

[Ki]

My office has a door, so I consider it "private" as far as personal grooming goes, though if I'm doing anything that could make a mess, such as nail grooming, I clean it up - there's a garbage can right there.  When I first moved into the office, I found out that the previous office dweller clipped his nails regularly in the office.  How?  Because instead of throwing them away, he put his nail clippings IN THE DESK DRAWER.  I had to clean it up myself - no one had been in the office since he died, six months earlier, except to wipe down the desktops and throw his documents into boxes.

[sparksals]

My office has a door, so I consider it "private" as far as personal grooming goes, though if I'm doing anything that could make a mess, such as nail grooming, I clean it up - there's a garbage can right there.  When I first moved into the office, I found out that the previous office dweller clipped his nails regularly in the office.  How?  Because instead of throwing them away, he put his nail clippings IN THE DESK DRAWER.  I had to clean it up myself - no one had been in the office since he died, six months earlier, except to wipe down the desktops and throw his documents into boxes.

EWWWWEEEEEEEE   

[sparksals]

Was the not learning to blow your nose until 16 cultural?  I've never heard of that before. 

I think you're wrong about blowing making sickness last longer.  If you're constantly sniffling and (sorry, TMI) swalling phlegm, then you are keeping the bacteria inside your body.  It's best to get rid of it, albeit, discretely.

This is coming a little late, and I apologize. But my not knowing how to blow my nose for so long wasn't cultural - I live in America. I was just never taught or encouraged to blow my nose as a child, and now when I have a cold I'll either just continuously wipe my nose with a tissue or walk around at home or sleep with wads of tissue stuffed into my nostrils.

Also, about the blowing nose vs. sucking it back in, I recall reading something that said blowing your nose to expel mucous causes damage to the inside of your nose and may trap it deeper in the sinuses...that's not verbatim, but the article strongly suggested simply wiping one's nose when mucous is viscous, as opposed to blowing. I'm not saying you're wrong - I'm just stating where I got that information from.

I wondered if it was cultural because in Korea, they don't blow their nose in public at all.  I got some pretty horrified looks from the little kids I taught before I knew that it was not acceptable there.  Instead, they do what you do - they have a tissue and they wipe until they can go somewhere private. 

Men, on the other hand, make that horrible horking/swallowing noise alot.  It's absolutely disgusting. 

[cheyne]

Men, on the other hand, make that horrible horking/swallowing noise alot.  It's absolutely disgusting. 

I had a friend in the service who would "hork" and spit in public!  She said she hated swallowing "that crap".  LOL

[LadyDyani]

Usually just chapstick for me.  Though I will admit to clipping a hangnail at my desk.  But only because I can't get away at the moment, and I'll chew the heck out of my nail if I don't get rid of it.  It's a bad habit, I know.   

And I'll also admit to spending half an hour on a four hour plane ride braiding my sister's hair.  We were really bored, and you can only do so many sudoku puzzles.

[Emmy]

I'm guilty of quietly blowing my nose or squeezing it if I am really congested in a crowd or at a table.  Sometimes when I'm super congested, I can't help but to do something.  Embarrassing to admit, but I also picked wedgies in public, mostly at the gym when I was on the treadmill and didn't want to stop my work out and risk losing the machine to go to the bathroom to take care of the wedgie.  Of course I try to be discreet.

I don't mind when somebody puts chapstick or lipstick on in public, however I think people should refrain from doing their whole make-up and skin care routine in public. 

Anything that leaves a mess or is unpleasant sounding such as nose blowing, that disgusting loogie sound, and nail clipping, should be done in the bathroom.

[kathrynne]

I don't mind when somebody puts chapstick or lipstick on in public, however I think people should refrain from doing their whole make-up and skin care routine in public. 

What if ChapStick is my whole make-up and skin care routine?

Oh, those wedgies. I try to be as discreet as possible, but when your dress size keeps fluctuating things never seem to fit.

[sparksals]

I don't mind when somebody puts chapstick or lipstick on in public, however I think people should refrain from doing their whole make-up and skin care routine in public. 

What if ChapStick is my whole make-up and skin care routine?

Oh, those wedgies. I try to be as discreet as possible, but when your dress size keeps fluctuating things never seem to fit.

Wedgies are the worst!  I admit I have to fix that problem, albeit, discretely.  I do the same with a falling bra strap. 

[Cyndi]

Yeesh, if I have a wedgie I'm not shy about reaching back to pull it out. Such a thing doesn't embarrass me because it happens to everyone. Now if my crotch gets an itch, I'll go in private or hide my hand behind something to scratch it because that CAN send a wrong message.

[sparksals]

Yeesh, if I have a wedgie I'm not shy about reaching back to pull it out. Such a thing doesn't embarrass me because it happens to everyone. Now if my crotch gets an itch, I'll go in private or hide my hand behind something to scratch it because that CAN send a wrong message.

 
Thanks for making me spit my brew onto my new monitor, Cyndi! LOL

Speaking of scratching crotches, when I was in HS, I worked in the Dietary dept of a hospital.  I worked FT in the summer, then weekends during the school year. 

It was a big joke amongst us kitchen staff that the Director of the Dept had a thing for grabbing her crotch.  I don't know if her pantyhose rolled down or what, but we always had bets on how long it would take for her to do the grabbing thing.  It wasn't a once or twice thing, but a huge and disgusting habit! 

[Telmereth]

I'm incredibly sensitive when it comes to grooming in public (probably oversensitive, actually).
The only things I ever do in public is apply lip balm! People clipping fingernails, applying makeup, using toothpicks, blowing their noses etc in public makes me really cross, but I keep quiet about it as I realise I am unusually intolerant!
As an aside, I am 21 years old and I have never ever ever blown my nose in my life and I don't intend to. If I can help neither will any future children of mine! For some reason it absolutely grosses me out, and I really can't believe that it provides enough health benefit for it to be worth the effort!

[LadyDyani]

I'm incredibly sensitive when it comes to grooming in public (probably oversensitive, actually).
The only things I ever do in public is apply lip balm! People clipping fingernails, applying makeup, using toothpicks, blowing their noses etc in public makes me really cross, but I keep quiet about it as I realise I am unusually intolerant!
As an aside, I am 21 years old and I have never ever ever blown my nose in my life and I don't intend to. If I can help neither will any future children of mine! For some reason it absolutely grosses me out, and I really can't believe that it provides enough health benefit for it to be worth the effort!

Really?  What do you do then?