So I am at my local casino, sitting quietly and playing my video poker machine and this guy sits next to me. Suddenly he hacks up what sounds like half a lung, turns to the right, and spits out a thick honker onto the carpeted floor. He did it just as if it were the most normal thing in the world to do.
I found it a tad gross.
So, assuming you have this need to spit…do you turn your head and spew, get out a tissue, or go to the restroom?
Tissue or bathroom. Whichever was handiest. Saw some guy hoik up on a plant in town the other day. And the stuff dripped off the leaves … ew.
Can I go ahead and guess that you were at a “Riverboat” casino, as opposed to, say, the Bellagio in Las Vegas?
If I saw someone propel a mucus burger onto the floor, I’d be gagging the whole time I’m asking them, ‘What the hell is wrong with you?!?’ There’s no excuse for not atleast spitting it into your hand or something until you can get to the bathroom.
I get a yearly visit from the Bronchitis fairy. So, I have the urge to spit something out often. If I’m in public, and I feel a juicy coughing fit comming, I head to the restroom. If there’s no coughing, and a mucus burger slides up my throat on it’s own, I’ll deposit it into a kleenex, piece of paper or whatever is handy, as gracefully as possible. The only time I spit on the ground is when I’m in my own yard.
That’s incredibly disgusting.
Even back when spitting was an accepted practic we had things? called spitoons?? Because even then it was considered disgusting. (Does he not bother with urinals either? Hey, why get up?)
If spitting on the floor was considered a bit out of bounds for frontier saloons…well, really.
Beyond that I hear turbuculosis is making a comeback…you should have called HAZMAT to box him up and carry him away.
I always found spitting to be a pretty nasty habit. When I was in high school, bubbly puddles littered the campus, as if everyone was constantly foaming at the mouth. I’m pretty sure no one chewed tobacco, so I was perplexed as to why everyone liked to spit everywhere, as I never had that particular urge. If I had a bad taste in my mouth I would get a drink of water. Is it really that hard? I have the same issue with gum chewing, where people leave it on desks despite the fact that every room has a trash can. There’s laziness, and then there’s obnoxious laziness. But I digress…
The kids at work are well aware of my revulsion and ire towards spitting; spitting in my presence gets you a minimum of 25 sentences per incident: “I will deposit my saliva in an appropriate recepticle.” They keep telling me they can’t help it, or that they’re sick and can’t swallow ( 
:eek: :mad: ). I’ve gone over and over and over all the reasons why it’s NOT A GOOD THING (especially for me, with Mr. Kitty’s respiratory health being so fragile), but it just doesn’t appear to sink in.
If an ADULT did that ON THE FLOOR of an establishment when I was sitting next ti them, and it was clearly deliberate, they would be arresting me within five minutes.
Nasty, disgusting, absolutely-no-reason-for-it habit.
Oh, and just to get back to the OP: I swallow. There’s no reason not to- what the hell am I going to give myself? If I am truly suffering from a lung infection, to the point where swallowing anything makes me nauseous, then it goes into a kleenex.
If anyone has to spit a loogee like that , they should go the restroom. If there isn’t one nearby, they should go outside, away from others. People need to keep their fuckin’ bio-hazardous waste to themselves.
Ugh…arghk. My stomach turned reading that. Absolutely disgusting!
No, it was here in Las Vegas - the Green Valley Ranch Casino (site of the reality TV series American Casino) and very upscale.
It is disgusting but damn ever since my friend picked up this habit, hanging out with him has caused me to do so too. I will occasionally spit on the floor in my house but I try not to do so often. But outside I just can’t seem to control it lately. 
Reminds me of a conversation my younger brother and sister had some years ago:
Sister: “Why do boys go around spitting all the time? That’s so gross! Girls don’t do that!”
Brother: “It’s a scientific fact that males produce more saliva than females!”*
Sister: “So swallow more often! Is is toxic or something?”
*I have no idea where he came up with that, or even if it’s true, but they were pretty young at the time this conversation took place. It’s quite possible that he heard it from a buddy or even that he simply pulled it out of his ass! 