Fingernails and toenails grow over time, and there's really no getting around that. In fact, according to Wikipedia, human fingernails grow 3 millimeters per month on average. Impressive! However, nail clipping in public simply is NOT acceptable.
Nail clipping is a form of personal hygiene; after all, the length of yours depends on your preference, much like the length of the hairs on your body. Why would you do something like this in public? Lately there seems to be quite a number of people clipping their nails near me, and it drives me completely insane.
First of all – it's kind of gross. Did you wash your hands before you clipped your nails? Did you sterilize, or even somewhat clean your nail clipper? Unlikely (for both).
Second of all, THAT SOUND….. ugh. The sharp snipping sound that it makes, which is only amplified in a larger room (such as an office space), is just absolutely excruciating. I could understand if perhaps you chipped a nail on something and you need to clip the rest of it off to smooth the end of it, but clipping all of your nails IN SUCCESSION should be something that is done in the privacy of your own home, or at very least in the restroom.
I feel for you. Gross, gross, gross.
ReplyDeletePersonal anecdote - first professional gig out of undergrad: A colleague of mine retired and as a result, I was able to switch cubicles which meant a larger work area. When I was cleaning out items left behind, I found a small pile of fingernail clippings in a little nook that would be used to store paperclips. I vomited in my mouth! Bwhaha.
That is totally disgusting. Good story, though!
ReplyDeleteLiving in a rural area with much agricultural activities, I see farmers cleaning their fingernails with filthy pocket-knives...in public.
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