# Mr. Coworker, could you please stop CLIPPING YOUR FUCKING TOENAILS in front of me? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 1, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-coworker-could-you-please-stop-clipping-your-fucking-toenails-in-front-of-me/192455 "2003-08-01T22:54:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-coworker-could-you-please-stop-clipping-your-fucking-toenails-in-front-of-me/192455/21 "2003-08-03T03:48:56Z")
Quick question. I realize that cutting one’s toenails in public is rude and disgusting, but I was wondering which part of it disgusted people more: the exposure of the foot or the flying nails going all over the place. Fingernail cutting is also considered rude, because of the latter, but doesn’t **feel** as disgusting for some reason, which is why I suggested the former. Just wonderin’. ---
**Author:** ![FairyDust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@FairyDust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyDust)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-coworker-could-you-please-stop-clipping-your-fucking-toenails-in-front-of-me/192455/22 "2003-08-04T20:17:32Z")
Thanks for inspiring me to write the latest chapter [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3797014#post3797014). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-coworker-could-you-please-stop-clipping-your-fucking-toenails-in-front-of-me/192455/23 "2003-08-04T20:28:05Z")
Why don’t you just mention how fucked up that is to do in the office? Most sit-coms could be solved in the first 5 minutes of the show. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-coworker-could-you-please-stop-clipping-your-fucking-toenails-in-front-of-me/192455/24 "2003-08-04T21:30:58Z")
Still going, eh? OK, let me try and explain this situation a little bit better for those of you wondering why I didn’t report him right away and such. I have worked with this guy for several years and we have a good working relationship. If we didn’t, my job would be much, _much_ more difficult. I am firmly convinced that he is **not** doing it intentionally, just that he doesn’t know any better. He doesn’t really interact with other people much at all. So I give him some slack about it. Plus, the Devs around here are all pretty weird in their own way - there are things that are tolerated about work schedules, strange personal habits, strange outfits, etc, as long as we produce, which we do. Which is why I didn’t make a big stink about it in the past - he could have easily said something like “how is that different from you walking around in those nasty moccasins??!!” or something along those lines, and in his mind there wouldn’t have _been_ a difference. However, and I did already mention this above, I will definitely speak to him about it if it happens to me again. I’m just not looking forward to the inevitable dustup, so I will need to tread carefully. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-coworker-could-you-please-stop-clipping-your-fucking-toenails-in-front-of-me/192455/25 "2003-08-04T21:48:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > I’m just not looking forward to the inevitable dustup, so I will need to tread carefully. \*\* No kidding. You might step on a clipped nail and impale your foot. ---
**Author:** ![TeaRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-coworker-could-you-please-stop-clipping-your-fucking-toenails-in-front-of-me/192455/26 "2003-08-04T22:06:38Z")
There’s this really nasty Jewish superstition about what happens if you leave toenail clippings lying around. I kid you not. Don’t know how you could convince the guy it’s true though… and besides it involves miscarriage so he might not be scared of it. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-coworker-could-you-please-stop-clipping-your-fucking-toenails-in-front-of-me/192455/27 "2003-08-04T22:07:25Z")
Leaper: The average foot is much nastier than the average hand. Feet have toejam and smell bad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-coworker-could-you-please-stop-clipping-your-fucking-toenails-in-front-of-me/192455.md?page=1)