I was treated to this display at one of my many doctor’s appointments recently. This raises multiple issues:
1. I was unaware that nail clippers were one of those items that people routinely carry around.
2. I generally read or check e-mail on my Blackberry when I’m waiting in a doctor’s office…those seem like acceptable time-killers. Nail-clipping? Not so much.
3. At one point, I thought to myself, “I surely hope those disgusting, filthy nails aren’t flying all over the office.” Luckily, he was thoughtful enough to use a magazine to collect those vile clippings, which brings me to the next issue…
4. Keep your hands off the magazines in the doctor’s office. Who knows what germs, bacteria, and contagion they carry? I mean, this magazine carries the remnants of this man’s delicious fingernails…but the ones on the table next to me could carry the flu, MRSA, or the bubonic plague.
**I must confess, the mere sound of nail-clipping makes me gag. So, I was probably a little over-sensitive to this public display of grooming. But maybe next time I should use my time more wisely and pluck my eyebrows.
Oh gross I never really though about the magazines (not sure why) yucky!
*thought not though, I hate when I do that…very long day!!
I\’ll admit I\’m not as grossed out as you are – my dad carries a nail clip on his keyring, so no doubt he\’s done this. Still, I wish people would keep their personal grooming in the privacy of their home, office or at the very least their car.
Ohh gross on the nail clipping and the magazine!
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Well at least the person wasn’t bold enough to clip their toe nails..lol.
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Haha, I am sorry but I had to laugh. I can picture seeing that.
How disgusting! Some people still surprise me. Yuck!
Gag! I can only imagine what grossness was just released into the waiting room.
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Never thought of the magazine thing until NOW! LoL Eww.
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UGH! That’s one of my pet peeves. I have a coworker that clips her nails at her desk. Ewwwww.
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HER? OMG. Totally new level of grossness. Ugh. *shudder*
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You just never know what you’ll see and where these days! At least he wasn’t picking his nose…..just sayin’
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Yuck! I used to see people doing this on the NYC subway. Gross!
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Good Lord. That is disgusting…although I’m sure worse things went on on the subway. LOL. NOT that it makes it right.
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I guess I’ve never thought about the germs that are in people’s fingernails or the magazines in a Dr’s office. How gross! lol
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Ewwwww. I usually use that time to clean out my purse..or check my email. But never clip my nails..yuck yuck yuck.
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Oh gross, that is something you do at HOME..
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I SO AGREE WITH THIS:
*I must confess, the mere sound of nail-clipping makes me gag. So, I was probably a little over-sensitive to this public display of grooming. But maybe next time I should use my time more wisely and pluck my eyebrows.
NOISES DRIVE ME CRAZAY! And the high pierced snip of a nail clipper is the WORST!
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That is very yuck! Good point about the magazines. I however am usually on the phone checking my email!
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or you can give yourself a bikini wax while waiting…
I usually pick my nose and wipe my boogers on the chairs and magazines when i am in doctors offices. Don’t you??
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I didn’t used to, Summer, but I am going to start. Holly’s suggestion isn’t bad, either.
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Ugggghhhh…accccacckkk…cucuckk…that is me gagging every time I scroll up to that picture. I could not imagine what that person may have done in a days time with their hands before clipping them, and what if one of those nails flew across the waiting room and hit some unsuspecting blogger in the eye, thereby infecting them with pinkeye? It would be all over the blogosphere in no time flat. A recepta-nurse should have come out and told him politely that there are is a no hygiene performing activities in the waiting room policy and that it strictly enforced. All of the magazines now have to be burned and he will be billed for them. WTH? Who does that?
That’s gross. Groom yourself at home. He had to know that he was going to have the appointment. Who says “oh, I’m bored. Let me clip my nails.”? Yuck.
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OMG I am senstive to that sound too- HATE it lol but that is wrong that they were doing that in the doctors waiting room. C’mon people.. there is a time and place for this kind of stuff- and it is not while in a public waiting room LOL
Disgusting!!! That is so unsanitary. I can’t stand it when my hubs even tries to clip his outside the bathroom at home!
Umm yuck! Just the thought kind of grosses me out. Especially depositing his collection in the magazine. I think older people do carry nail clippers around or at least I remember once being with granparents and soemthign happening to my nail and right then and there in the car a nail clipper was pulled out and the situation taken care of. Good luck with the eye brow tweezing at your next appointment that you have to be wait to be seen.
This is too funny! I have to say, it would gross me out too!
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I rarely do any grooming in public outside of redoing my ponytail or lipstick… good grief!I have plucked my eyebrows in a public bathroom though, when going to an audition!xoxopaula
Bwah!!!! EWWWWW! I am all about multi-tasking, but this is beyond pushing it. Definitely not touching public magazines again. Yuck.
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That’s pretty nasty. Yuck. I think I would have had to say something to that man. There are just somethings you should do privately.
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LOL, I’m always playing on my phone when I’m out…
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Yuck!!! That is gross and should be done at home!
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That ranks right up there in terms of gross things to do in public! Yuck!
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HAHA! I guess someone woke up late and forgot to clip nails at home, and randomly thought of it at the doctor office
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I’m gagging just at the thought! GROSS!! I’ll admit to carrying a clipper in my purse, but my nails sometimes break in odd places that hurt if not taken care of right away, so I’ll clip the one that broke unless I want a bigger and more painful mess if I leave it alone, but I would go to the bathroom to use the clipper in a stall. This dude? EW.
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