WIBU to give this girl on the train...

[NoWayNoHow]

... A tissue? She is literally sniffing every 6-7 seconds (yes, I'm timing it!!)

Don't think I can bear to listen to her for the next 34 minutes.

YANBU, as long as you're polite and try to sound sympathetic about her snuffles.

YANBU, it is grating.

YANBU

I try and carry those handy packs of tissues in my bag at all times. Have been known to give them to sniffers who are not in my family or even known to me, public transport especially :)

YANBU if she is sitting next to you get a tissue out wipe your nose moan about the cold and offer her 1 ,

give her one she may be wishing she had one but be nice - is she crying or just got a bad cold?

Will have to practise looking sympathetic rather than sounding it as she has headphones in which is probably why she can't hear how bloody annoying she is

YW definitely NBU. I have been the giver and the recipient of tissues in such situations. Once handed a tissue to a young man (sound like my gran ) sitting next to me in the theatre as lights went down. He smiled gratefully. Found myself without a tissue on the train: three options - snot running down face, wipe nose on sleeve, sniff - but fortunately a nice woman opposite me saw me scrabbling in my bag and handed me a tissue. She would probably be grateful!

Not U at all. It is grating when someone keeps sniffing. DD does it but she's 6...but I still constantly tell her to blow her nose! I think she's worried her brain will fall out because she still never bothers

YANBU.

Don't try it in a club though. My Mum went through her entire stock of tissues on my Hen Night. She still remarks to this day how strange it was that so many of my mates had terrible sniffles that night

Why do some people think the noise of blowing your nose is less socially acceptable than sniffing (not the type of sniffing at CWB's hen night)?

I agree EAgle. he sound of someone blowing their nose makes me feel physically sick! I must be weird cos I just can't blow my nose it feels horrible..would much rather sniff but I really do try not to as I realise most people get annoyed by it :)

take a tissue out, blow your nose, if she looks at you then offer her one.

otherwise just try to ignore.

and at creepy and her coke fiend friends

Just do it! when patients rinse then wipe their mouths with their hands I say "heres a tissue" and when they come in with spluttering children I say "it's better to reschedule when someone's not well, you won't be charged"

Ha ha.

I did this on a train once. A girl sititng oppostie me had been sniffing for ages

Me: would you like a tissue
her: no thanks, I'm fine
Me: ok then, whilst stuffing the tissue in my ears to block out her sniffing.

YANBU

I can never understand the repeated sniffing like that, if sniffing didn't solve the problem after a couple of goes then obviously you need to BLOW. --or cuff it if you don't have a tissue-

cjbk1 I don't understand that post

*Ha ha.

I did this on a train once. A girl sititng oppostie me had been sniffing for ages

Me: would you like a tissue
her: no thanks, I'm fine
Me: ok then, whilst stuffing the tissue in my ears to block out her sniffing.*

GreatDomestic - [Grin]

sniffers on public transport are the worst kind of torture

Do it.
I had to sniff on the train last week. No tissues with me and the alternative was snot running into my mouth!!
Couldn't wait to get off. was embarrassed as I knew it must be annoying.

I have allergic rhinitus and before I found out what it was I sniffed all the time. A couple of times I was offered tissues by strangers and it was very embarrassing. I didn't need to blow my nose (blowing it didn't help one bit) it was just permanently itchy/irritated and sniffing relieved it a tiny bit.

Luckily steroids cleared it up. :)

YANBU - it drives me round the bend and must be stopped.

YANBU assuming you're polite about it. Bear in mind she may not be able to help it, for about 5 years as a child I was constantly being told off for sniffing, turned out I had excessive tissue growth inside my nose and had to sniff to breathe, one simple operation solved it and there was no more sniffing.

I don't get creepys post!

I was caught sniffing on the train on Monday - woke up no problem, nose started uncontrollably leaking - no tissues to be found in bag.

I got a dirty look from the woman next to me but no tissue offered so there was naff all I could do about it.