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’.
Thanks for inspiring me to write the latest chapter here.
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.
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.
No kidding. You might step on a clipped nail and impale your foot.
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.
Leaper: The average foot is much nastier than the average hand. Feet have toejam and smell bad.