Since when is it ok to cut your nails on the bus?!

[KellyHall]

Just that really! I'm on the bus and a bloke behind me has his nail clippers out and is happily snipping away.

I think it's gross. Am I being unreasonable?

Do you actually need to ask if you are BU?

You’re not expecting anyone to say no, are you?

Probably a bit unreasonable, yes. Unless it's his toenails.

So long as he takes the clippings away with him, it's not hugely gross.

This has never been ok.

Yanbu

A guy I know confronted a.man clipping his toenails on the bus😧😧

You’ve reminded me about a man at work who sit at his desk and does this. All is quiet and then suddenly SNIP SNIP SNIP SNIP and he’s at it with the nail clippers. On what planet is this acceptable?

Saw someone do this sitting waiting for his train at the train station once. Very well dressed in a suit, expensive looking bag. Sat on a bench fully clipping his nails. I was pregnant at the stage where everything was making me feel sick and it took all my self control not to vomit right there

Not acceptable.

Then at the library yesterday at baby group a woman was painting her nails and wasn’t impressed when the member of staff told her she couldn’t because of the polish smell...

I think you must live near me... or there's 2 of them and that doesn't bear thinking about... Grim

who even goes about carrying nail clippers!

Confession time - a few years ago I was walking around a large shopping centre where I live. DS1 (maybe 4 at the time) was complaining of his toes hurting. He had a sharp toenail cutting the inside of his next toe. Bleeding etc. I nipped into Boots to buy some nail clippers and long story short I sat him on a bench outside Boots (inside shopping centre), removed a sock and snipped his toenail. Used the bin obviously but got a fair few comments directed at me. But I couldn’t see where else I could do it

Had this on a train once, so I told them off and they stopped.

I once sat opposite a woman plucking her chin hairs on the train.

I pluck chin hairs without realising Im doing it 😳 Sort of a nervous tic.

So disgusting. I'd tell them to stop it and that it's disgusting. But for some reason when I'm on the bus I lose all social etiquette and always tell people to stop doing things, like whistling, playing music on their phone, singing.
I'd never do that to people anywhere but on the bus for some reason, I just have zero fuse on the bus hahahah

I live in Asia where this kind of thing is totally normal but still utterly gross. Toenail and finger nail clipping on the bus or train is very common as is overt use of tooth picks on public transport. The worst culprits are the old men who cut their nails but leave the little finger really long and pointy so they can pick their noses - vomit not envy.

@NumberblockNo1 this was with a magnifying mirror and tweezers so not a spontaneous activity!