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Clipping Fingernails At Work

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Clipping Fingernails At Work?

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This reminds me I was fixing someone's computer once at their house. Waiting for a scan to finish I just sat on the couch. We were just talking or what not, just passing time. He then decides to clip his nails right in the middle of the conversation. Who the hell does that? I could hear them fly everywhere and got a couple in the face. Even at home, I do it in the bathroom, I normally do it in the sink so I can contain them, then just rinse it out.
 
Clipping at work = fine.

Clipping AND not cleaning your shit up = NOT fine.

Some asshole clipped his/her toe nails at my last desk at work and chucked them under the desk. Guess who had to clean the shit up one by one.
 
As far as I'm concerned, if you can do it under your desk/out of sight and the clippings go in the trash can it's not a big deal. If somebody can see it then you shouldn't do it, and if you leave clippings on the floor then you're disgusting. No toenail clipping at all, that should stay at home.

That being said, if it bothers somebody and they ask you to stop, then you should stop and respect their request.
 
HN said:
i don't see the disgusting / gross part of it, but that *pflink**pflink* clipping sound is pretty much nails on a chalkboard to me.
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Yup. There's at least 4 within easy earshot (open office)..drives me nuts.
 
A close coworker who reports exclusively to me keeps a full-sized nail clipper attached to his keys. I don't have a problem with it. It's better than my friend who chews his nails away almost completely.
 
chitwood said:
any personal grooming should be done in your bathroom in the confines of your own home.

Doing those types of things at work makes you look like a scumbag.

Story:
Guy I worked with used to do this at his desk every week, I fucking hated it. One time I decided to walk over and say something to him about it... he had taken his shoes and socks off and was cutting his TOENAILS at his desk.

not joking.
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If he was doing it at Your Desk I could see you having a problem with it. What did you say to him? What did he say to you?

Damn there sure are a lot of Nancy boys in here. Why are you so worried about what everybody else is doing.
 
Clipping nails is personal hygiene and should be done privately. No different than shaving, brushing your teeth/flossing, or picking your ear/nose. If you see someone do this at work, a note (perhaps anonymous) should be left on their desk to do this only in the restroom. Even if YOU don't find this gross, other people do. Its called consideration of others.
 
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jlee said:
Yup. There's at least 4 within easy earshot (open office)..drives me nuts.
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I'd take that over what I get to deal with on my shift. Singing/talking to yourself loudly enough that I can hear it from half way across the office. I've heard "holy ****" 4 times in a 15 minute span tonight. I keep looking for a fire or a rip in the fabric of space/time but don't see anything. Considering all he's doing is creating accounts in AD, I'm sure what could possibly be so exciting.
 
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So, personal hygiene at work is A-OK;
  • combing dandruff from your hair cut at your desk is A-OK
  • clearing ear wax at your desk is A-OK
  • flushing out your sinuses at your desk is A-OK
  • coughing up phlem at your desk is A-OK
  • removing eye crust at your desk is A-OK
  • removing dry skin patches at your desk is A-OK
  • plucking dingle berries at your desk is A-OK
  • removing smegma at your desk is A-OK
  • popping pimples and cysts at your desk is A-OK

My GOD,.. some of you really are hill people.
 
One thing I do not like is men who do the sniff test as if it was an involuntary movement.

So you love sniffing other men? Ok I see what you like to do now you perverts.

One co worker form India. She loves the smell of my farts. #sad


I consider the sniff test men as a worse gross violation that farting at work.
 
I agree it should be done privately, but unless it gets in your space, why is it so disgusting to see someone else just doing it? It's not like they're picking ear wax out. I find people blowing their nose even worse.
 
Red Squirrel said:
Or dental floss sticks? I see those in parking lots sometimes, I can't imagine how it even ended up there. Do people floss in the car on the way to work or something? lol.
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I carry them in my pocket and floss after a meal. Having two root canals in less than a year and both attributed to me ignoring flossing taught me a hard lesson. I floss after every meal including lunch.

That might mean I do it in my car. But if I do it on work premises, its in the restroom so I can rinse in the sink. I dont litter and throw them on the ground...
 
inachu said:
One thing I do not like is men who do the sniff test as if it was an involuntary movement.

So you love sniffing other men? Ok I see what you like to do now you perverts.

One co worker form India. She loves the smell of my farts. #sad


I consider the sniff test men as a worse gross violation that farting at work.
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What are you talking about? What are men sniff testing?
 
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