# Your "Gross-isms". **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771 "2015-07-10T14:46:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/1 "2015-07-10T14:46:02Z")
My cat or dog’s wet (when I don’t know what it’s wet from) paw touching my skin. Sitting on a public toilet that is still warm from the last person that sat on it. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/2 "2015-07-10T15:01:57Z")
Grabbing a cold beverage can from the convenience store freezer, going up to the cashier to pay for it, and the cashier always paws the top of the can, where I’m going to be putting my lips in a few seconds, as they swipe the barcode. People scratching their scalp as their head is over the computer keyboard or dishwasher leaving hairs in both. Shaking hands with strangers. I guess I’m not a politician. I always give my hands a thorough wash afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/3 "2015-07-10T15:18:58Z")
When you go to help a patron with a computer and the mouse is kinda oily and a little sticky and warm. Urgh. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/4 "2015-07-10T15:35:41Z")
Wet food. I’m cringing as I type this. ETA: “Wet food” means stuff like the frightening crap in your sink strainer. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/5 "2015-07-10T15:59:36Z")
Sticky stuff… ewww… I hate anything sticky. It’s a wonder I managed to raise two children. lol ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/6 "2015-07-10T16:03:31Z")
Vomit in any form, including the written word. I can change the messiest diaper. I can clean up after sick dogs. A two-inch puddle o’puke can take me an hour of indirect methods more akin to radioactive hazmat cleanup… ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/7 "2015-07-10T16:09:09Z")
[Mexican food plate.](https://www.google.com/search?q=plate+of+mexican+food&espv=2&biw=1262&bih=598&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=QO2fVdfgD8jr-QHTp4eIBQ&ved=0CB0QsAQ#imgrc=TtxXskopr-f9oM%3A) It looks like it’s one stir away from something that’s already been partially digested by someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/8 "2015-07-10T16:10:06Z")
Having a loose long hair stick to your fingers in the shower Having to pull a clump of gathered hairs and dirt off a wet mop Having a loose long hair get into your underwear somehow, and now you have to pull it out from _places_. Pulling a clump of hair out of a drain. I don’t know how I actually live with having long hair. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/9 "2015-07-10T16:30:52Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > Grabbing a cold beverage can from the convenience store freezer, going up to the cashier to pay for it, and the cashier always paws the top of the can, where I’m going to be putting my lips in a few seconds, as they swipe the barcode. … If you knew more about the rest of the handling process and the critters in the warehouses, you’d realize the cashier probably made the can top cleaner than it was. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/10 "2015-07-10T16:32:28Z")
Fingernail, toenails… so what. Just another part of one’s body. But just the sight of a finger or toenail **clipping** - makes me gag. Anybody’s, including my own. There’s no way I would touch one without using prongs. Weird, eh? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/11 "2015-07-10T16:41:18Z")
dripping puss filled sores in the anus covered with runny fecal matter hey, you asked ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/12 "2015-07-10T16:43:58Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > dripping puss filled sores in the anus covered with runny fecal matter I had two patients with that just this past week. I explored one of the sores with a steel probe and demonstrated that it was indeed a fistula, communicating with the rectal ampulla directly, giving that patient a 2nd fecal excretory orifice. Can’t say it bothers me, though. The patient is the one with the disease. My surgeon colleague will help correct it. Sock monkeys freak me out. \<\\> ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/13 "2015-07-10T17:12:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If you knew more about the rest of the handling process and the critters in the warehouses, you’d realize the cashier probably made the can top cleaner than it was. I’m under no illusion that it wasn’t already handled at the top throughout the production process to get it stocked in the freezer for my selection. But handling it that way within my view with my mouth only seconds away from touching it really takes the cake. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/14 "2015-07-10T17:15:04Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I had two patients with that just this past week. I explored one of the sores with a steel probe and demonstrated that it was indeed a fistula, communicating with the rectal ampulla directly, giving that patient a 2nd fecal excretory orifice. > > Can’t say it bothers me, though. The patient is the one with the disease. My surgeon colleague will help correct it. > > Sock monkeys freak me out. \<\\> I was hoping that would draw you out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/15 "2015-07-10T17:24:00Z")
Getting to the bottom of a jar of mayonnaise and finding a condom. Bleeech! ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/16 "2015-07-10T17:27:45Z")
Many years ago I had a friend who was into motocross. He was intent upon competing in a [hare scramble,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_scramble) but ended up having to tend to other things, so another friend and I borrowed his bike and competed in his stead. My buddy completed one 50-mile loop and then surrendered the bike and all the riding gear - body armor, boots, helmet, gloves, etc. - to me. A lot of people don’t realize how much work off-road riding is, especially on rough terrain. I sure didn’t. My buddy had worked up a major sweat during his loop, and I have to declare that donning a helmet that was _saturated_ with cold, other-dude’s sweat was pretty damn gross. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/17 "2015-07-10T18:04:32Z")
Finding pee on the seats of public toilets. Finding blood in public toilets. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/18 "2015-07-10T18:10:00Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > Wet food. I’m cringing as I type this. > > ETA: “Wet food” means stuff like the frightening crap in your sink strainer. And when you dump that into the trash, does it get all stinky between now and garbage collection day? I keep a plastic bag in the freezer door, and empty my sink strainer into that. Also other wet food garbage, like banana peels and chicken bones. All goes into the plastic bag in the freezer until garbage day. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/19 "2015-07-10T18:11:12Z")
Unflushed public toilets. If it doesn’t all go down with the first flush, _flush it again_. > [@August\_West](#): > > Wet food. I’m cringing as I type this. > > ETA: “Wet food” means stuff like the frightening crap in your sink strainer. AGGHHH! Me, too. I really, really love having a garbage disposal. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771/20 "2015-07-10T18:15:17Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > I’m under no illusion that it wasn’t already handled at the top throughout the production process to get it stocked in the freezer for my selection. But handling it that way within my view with my mouth only seconds away from touching it really takes the cake. Never mind the _people_ handling it! Back in the stockroom and the wholesale warehouse and en route, places where the end-user never sees, there’s also all the mice, rats, and cockroaches crawling all over it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gross-isms/724771.md?page=2)