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To think there's some things you just don't do on public transport...

214 replies

SamanthaBrique · 09/05/2018 17:41

...and flossing your teeth on the tube is one of them?

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Sharonthetotallyinsane · 09/05/2018 17:42

I’ve seen someone cutting fingernails on the bus. Confused

toolonglurking · 09/05/2018 17:43

Cutting or filing nails Envy

SunshineAfterRain · 09/05/2018 17:48

I was once on a bus for 40 minutes. A girl got on at the same stop as me with 2 massive make up boxes. Took up two seats sotting put all her products and applied layer after layer and refused to more for anyone.
It looked like a completely different girl when I got off the bus 😂

I would vomit if someone started cutting their nails Shock

SamanthaBrique · 09/05/2018 18:02

I see plenty of women doing their makeup on the tube but it doesn't really bother me anymore. Teeth flossing is entirely different though! Confused

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crispysausagerolls · 09/05/2018 18:05

SunshineAfterRain

The make up thing is pretty shameless!

SamanthaBrique · 09/05/2018 21:20

Actually, the woman I saw changing her tampon in the gym room rather than in the toilets that were just s few feet away probably wins this.

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imweirdandcool · 09/05/2018 21:41

Doing make up isnt a problem but flossing is absolutly disgusting i personally think eating on public transport is vile too when i see people eat crisp or apples with dirty bus or tube hands it makes me sick

GymBot · 09/05/2018 21:42

Actually, the woman I saw changing her tampon in the gym room rather than in the toilets that were just s few feet away probably wins this

Jesus christ Shock

ChardonnaysPrettySister · 09/05/2018 21:47

I once saw someone flossing their teeth while walking on the street. It was on Tottenham Court Road.

Now that's multitasking.

milleniumhandandprawn · 09/05/2018 21:49

There’s a guy in my office who clips his nails at his desk multiple time a week - apart from being gross I don’t know how they grow so quickly!

I’ve heard of the tampon thing in gyms as well.... doesn’t seem as unusual as it should be!

SamanthaBrique · 09/05/2018 21:53

I guess just inserting one isn't so bad but actually changing it Confused

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tethersend · 09/05/2018 21:54

I was on a bus in south London where a man whipped off his shoes and socks and clipped his toenails. Nobody even batted an eyelid Grin

halfwitpicker · 09/05/2018 21:57

I sat next to someone who cut his finger nails last week. Or rather he sat next to me.

Then kicked myself for at least a week because I sat there and said nothing.

The dirty little fucking bastard.

Namajesty · 09/05/2018 21:59

I witnessed a mother change her approx 8mo baby's stinking shitty nappy on the bus. Got off maybe 30 seconds after she finished and walked straight into a McDonald's who 10000% had baby changing. Dirty bitchEnvy

Queenoftheblitz · 09/05/2018 22:00

I was on the train home. It was dark outside so I could see reflections in the window. The woman sitting opposite me looked a bit of a high flyer. She was reading a broadsheet held up in front of her face, holding it with one hand. With the other hand she was picking her nose and eating it. Went on for ages. I could see everthing she was doing in the window.

AlexaAmbidextra · 09/05/2018 22:40

I had some filthy minger sitting near me on the train who took her dirty trainers off, hoisted up a filthy foot one at a time and proceeded to pick her toenails.

throwcushions · 09/05/2018 22:45

I worked in an office where someone trimmed their pubic hair in the toilets and left evidence.

SchrodingersCatepillar · 09/05/2018 22:54

I once saw a woman squeezing her shirtless boyfriend’s back spots on public transport Confused

StealthPolarBear · 09/05/2018 22:57

Feeling a bit queasy at these. But what's wrong with filing your nails in public

sarcasmisnotthelowestformofwit · 09/05/2018 23:05

I can't stand people who do normal home things on public transport. Filing nails is disgusting. The noise is hideous and then I ha r to sit there inhaling your nail dust!!

Also

Sniffing
Eating smelly or noisy food
Slurping tea/coffee with headphones on so you don't realise how fucking loud you're being
Sniffing
Doing nail varnish - it stinks!!
Watching videos without headphones
Full at of make up (bit of mascara /loopy no probs)
Taking shoes off
Talking hideously loudly on your mobile about absolutely nothing for HOURS
Any kind of nappy change

MotherofDinosaurs · 09/05/2018 23:08

Oh my GOD! Other human people doing human stuff! How DARE they!!!

Esker · 09/05/2018 23:11

I saw someone apply roll on deodorant on a packed tube train and then proceed to moisturise her legs. I mean... maybe she was trying to be considerate by using the deodorant, but why wait until you are sat between two complete strangers to do so? Confused

Battleax · 09/05/2018 23:13

Oh my GOD! Other human people doing human stuff! How DARE they!!!

You’re DEFENDING this disgusting flossing/clipping/picking behaviour!? Anything you want to confess yourself?

MrsMarigold · 09/05/2018 23:16

I saw a woman giving a man a blow job. Horrible.

theycallmebabydriver · 09/05/2018 23:18

Worst one I ever saw was a woman who used to get the central line in the morning and apply her make up (not bothered by this in the slightest). By the time I got on at Snaresbrook she was at the applying mascara stage, would apply 2 layers and then wait for it to dry before getting out a pin badge from her make up bag and sit separating her lashes with the sharpe end of the pin. ON A MOVING TRAIN!!

Every morning I'd be torn between not wanting to watch in case she stabbed her eyes out and being mesmerised by the whole thing.

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