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Colleague cutting nails at their desk at work....

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55Sainz · 22/04/2024 09:30

Colleague keeps cutting their nails with nail clippers at their desk every week. Clips onto their desk then brushes them onto the floor. I'd say there is a time and a place at home to do that, not at your desk at work!

Would IBU to ask our manager to tell them to stop it, as clearly my disgusted looks at them are not resonating....

YABU - Leave them alone
YANBU - Yuck! Speak to the manager!

Edited to add - Colleague is cutting their finger nails.

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Elephantswillnever · 11/05/2024 21:04

Poor cleaners if I was them If be livid. So disrespectful.

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louderthan · 24/04/2024 19:43

I do that occasionally if I realise my nails have got a bit too long or one is splitting but I do it straight into the bin. Brushing them onto the floor feels so disrespectful to everyone else.

tarheelbaby · 24/04/2024 19:40

All grooming and personal maintenance should be done in private. Report this to your manager so s/he can tell to your colleague what his/her parents didn't explain. If your colleague is aggressive that is all the more reason to let your manager address this.

(even hair brushing, topping up make-up (much less applying it - why do people do this on a crowded train?); dealing with a jagged corner should ideally be done in the 'loo also.)

IamaRevenant · 24/04/2024 19:39

Grim.

I used to have a colleague who would bite their fingernails and spit them onto the desk before brushing them off.

Seriously turned my stomach.

KreedKafer · 24/04/2024 19:37

Garlicked · 22/04/2024 09:42

I'm assuming you don't work at a nail salon 😂 and suggesting you never consider it!

Nail salons don’t brush their nail clippings on to the floor, though

dimllaishebiaith · 24/04/2024 19:34

MawSandra · 24/04/2024 19:28

Why are you hiding this person's sex?

How's it relevant?

MawSandra · 24/04/2024 19:28

Why are you hiding this person's sex?

YeahComeOnThen · 24/04/2024 19:20

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Devon23 · 24/04/2024 19:14

Every week, wow they grow fast.

DecoratingDiva · 24/04/2024 19:03

I would have no issue with them clipping their nails (fingers only) but brushing the bits onto the floor is disgraceful.

I would speak with your manager only if you were confident it would not somehow come back on you.

LlynTegid · 24/04/2024 18:39

If straight into a bin, maybe OK. Given they are unapproachable, then talk to their manager.

Probably too far a stretch to claim a health and safety issue.

anythinginapinch · 24/04/2024 18:16

I would not give a shiny shit

OhYeahOhYeah · 24/04/2024 18:10

55Sainz · 22/04/2024 09:30

Colleague keeps cutting their nails with nail clippers at their desk every week. Clips onto their desk then brushes them onto the floor. I'd say there is a time and a place at home to do that, not at your desk at work!

Would IBU to ask our manager to tell them to stop it, as clearly my disgusted looks at them are not resonating....

YABU - Leave them alone
YANBU - Yuck! Speak to the manager!

Edited to add - Colleague is cutting their finger nails.

Quite why one would need to clip nails at work is a mystery, but if at work is an absolute necessity then surely they should be made to use the toilets?!

Yuck. Tell line manager

Screamingabdabz · 22/04/2024 11:15

There is an adult who was clearly never told as a child to think about others. Totally selfish and disgusting behaviour. Self grooming is not appropriate in an open office during work time. YANBU.

CatamaranViper · 22/04/2024 11:12

It's massively disrespectful to the cleaners for a start. Who just throws rubbish on the floor and expects others to sort it out? Our cleaner (at work) would refuse to clean under his desk or complain to his manager.

dimllaishebiaith · 22/04/2024 11:05

I can understand clipping a nail quickly if its broken and left a jagged edge thats catching on things, or filing it

But regularly clipping your nails and leaving the nail clippings over the floor for the cleaner to clean up after you is grim

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 22/04/2024 10:58

YANBU, your colleague is disgusting.

I've also seen people do this on public transport.

Grim.

CleftChin · 22/04/2024 10:43

I had a colleague do that - and he did include toes. A quiet word was had and he stopped.

Brushing them off onto the floor is particularly horrible.

Justrolledmyeyesoutloud · 22/04/2024 10:41

Rank!!

FrannieGallops · 22/04/2024 10:30

I don’t know if clipping fingernails is ‘disgusting’ but it’s really uncouth to do it at your desk and to brush them onto the floor.

DrJoanAllenby · 22/04/2024 10:27

Like anything it will progress further if not held in check.

If you let your colleague continue and they are female you'll look up one day and find her bleaching her anus whilst on the phone to a customer.

If your colleague is male you'll hear his chair squeaking as he's knocking one out whilst catching up on his emails.

There is never any need to carry out personal grooming at your desk other than perhaps runs a brush quickly through your hair as you get up to leave.

KrisAkabusi · 22/04/2024 10:17

55Sainz · 22/04/2024 10:01

No, but there is a time and a place, and your desk at work is not one of them!

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I really don't see a problem with someone cutting their nails at work. I've not done it myself, but don't see an issue. It would barely register with me that someone was doing it. The same as the thread last week about people brushing their hair at work. Some people were outraged and disgusted, I would barely notice.

Goinggoingone · 22/04/2024 10:04

That is truly grim!

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55Sainz · 22/04/2024 10:01

KrisAkabusi · 22/04/2024 09:43

Nothing wrong with them cutting their fingernails, but they need to put them in the bin afterwards.

No, but there is a time and a place, and your desk at work is not one of them!

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