to think that sniffing should become a hanging offence?

[JosieRosie]

I don't mean the odd sniff, I mean blatant refusal to use a tissue! I know lots of people are ill, I've got a filthy cold myself at the moment. I've just spent about an hour sat beside someone at work who sniffed back her snot every 20 seconds or so. AIBU to think this is utterly disgusting? I was taught to blow my nose when I was about 5 years old - it's hardly my favourite thing to do and the skin on my nose is quite red-raw from having to do it so much but it has to be done people!

And BTW, I actually gave the sniffer a box of tissues with a big sympathetic smile and a 'poor you, sounds like you're suffering, there's tissues here'. It didn't work And it happens ALL. THE. TIME. on the bus, there's no escape

Don't mind the odd sniffle, its the hoiking of glutoness snot sound that I hate... especially that moment where you wonder if they're going to spit on the floor, spit in a tissue, or swallow.... then they swallow it.

Nose blowing is also not pleasant to hear.

But... I have no choice at present, fortunately I'm on my own, in bed and can hoik, sniff, spit, pick as much as I want.

It makes me feel sick. I've no idea why people think it is ok. Nose-blowing isn't lovely either but at least it's dealing with the problem.

Lucky you aldiwhore - wish I was there (in my own bed obviously )

Hope you feel better

I'm a sniffer because I can't blow my nose in public without wretching

(random)

I need to be locked in the work loo

I react the same way to seeing raw egg
And anyone spitting. It's the gloop...

Agreed - blowing nose is grim, horrible feeling, horrible sound, just awful.

HOWEVER

the alternative is to just sit there and sniff. And sniff. And sniff again. And sniff a bit more. And sniff again. And sniff. And again. So much that people near you want to rip their ears off and shove them down your throat

I can't bear nose blowing in public. I go to the loo where I can dispose of tissue and wash my hands afterwards.

I once saw someone's tissue split after a particularly vigourous evacuation attempt. We were on a London Underground train. He was standing up. A beautifully turned out woman was sitting down, just below him.

I strongly suspect she went back home to wash her hair after that incident.

yanbu

YANBU!!!!!

dh is a sniffer, even when he doesn't have a cold. i can always tell when he is home from work, not because of the 'honey, i'm hooooooome' greeting, it's the sniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifffffffffffffffffffff......sniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff.......SNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

god, even just thinking about his never ending sniffing is making me feel homicidal.
there must be something wrong with his siniuses or something but he won't bloody sort it out.

bamboobutton, I have a sniffing DP too and it makes me want to murder him with pins. What did we do to deserve this pain???

YANBU. Even if they don't blow because of fear of the sound it makes,they could at least use a tissue to wipe it a bit instead of sniffing until they can get to the toilet. It's really, really irritating!

i had to call a stop an evening of bedroom activities once as he kept sniffing right down my ear.

i think this must be punishment for the time i poured salt on a slug when i was a child

Ha, yes, not alluring. DP has been known to snuggle up to me in the morning, warm and sniffing, like some (disgusting) sleep-filled, snuffling creature, then wonder why I'm not interested. Blow your nose, make me a cup of tea, then maybe we can interact like sentient beings!

iam a terrible sniffer-but it is because every time i blow my nose, even gently i get a nosebleed! It really annoys my dp.

YANBU, it is disgusting. I would rather someone blow it than snook (I get a mental image of that glob of snot hurtling down their throat, ugh!) My DCs have been raised to blow, not sniff.

night sniffs

"Excuse me while I rearrange your sinuses with a snow shovel"

Someone's doing it near me RIGHT FLAMING NOW. Please indulge me for a minute:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHH!

But sometimes I sniff because my sinuses are all blocked up and swollen but there is nothing to blow. Waaaaaaah.

YANBU. End off.

yanbu. I offer tissues to those on the tube/train sniffling and snorting away. They never take them but are sometimes guilted into stopping.

I'm sniffing. I had a loo roll handy but my cat thought it was a game and destroyed it.

I feel terrible. Please don't hang me!

:( :(

YANBU.

Next time, Hand her the tissues and say "Here, have a tissue, for my sanity, please"

snot on the cat theincrediblequeenofwands

I recently had to do a test at Uni where a girl sniffed constantly for the whole hour. Aaaaagh! How I didn't kill her I don't know. It was really distracting and I can't believe the examiner didn't give her a tissue.

Can't stand spitting either. Makes me gag.