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Post by RosieKat on Apr 18, 2023 19:30:22 GMT
I decided to do some work from the library as I've not been able to concentrate on getting it done at home. (My presence here is honestly a break, I've actually been concentrating fairly well!) There is a guy who just came in, dropped his stuff, and began clipping his nails. With a particularly loud clipper, no less.  WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY? I know the answer is probably ear buds, but I work best without music, etc. I start concentrating on that stuff instead. So a low noise environment is generally best for me. I'm sure you've had to deal with someone lately. Do share! |
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Post by naby64 on Apr 18, 2023 19:42:14 GMT
Yikes!!
I will still suggest noise cancelling earbuds or headphones. You don't have to listen to music, you can just push the button for NC.
ETA: the only distracting noise I have to deal with is the sound of the TV or DH's huffing and puffing trying to get comfy at night. I found an eye and ear mask. It is so comfy!! Blocks out all the light and bluetooth connects to my phone. I'll usually chose some color of noise play or lofi sleep list. Hit the timer on the phone for 1 hour and I am usually gone way before it shuts off.
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Post by librarylady on Apr 18, 2023 20:17:48 GMT
We had a church member who, for years, clipped his nails during the sermon. "click" "click" "click"
It could be heard all over the sanctuary.
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Post by nightnurse on Apr 18, 2023 20:46:10 GMT
Who thinks clipping their nails on public is appropriate?!
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RosieKat
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Post by RosieKat on Apr 18, 2023 20:47:12 GMT
We had a church member who, for years, clipped his nails during the sermon. "click" "click" "click" It could be heard all over the sanctuary. Oh, dear. Maybe he really was raised by wolves and only recently discovered he has opposable thumbs? |
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Post by pinklady on Apr 18, 2023 20:50:11 GMT
I went to my city library once in college to study but as I got started a homeless woman who smelled like death came to my table. I had to pack up and leave.
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Post by mzhammy on Apr 18, 2023 21:58:00 GMT
After working at a library for many years, that is tame hahaha! We caught people filming themselves having sex in the stacks, undies shoved in the stacks, old men watching porn on the computers w/o headphones  (once while a class was walking by on a field trip.) I'm not sure I would even blink at nail clippers, although that is super gross!  |
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Post by Merge on Apr 18, 2023 22:02:15 GMT
That is super gross and rude.
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Post by donnab on Apr 18, 2023 22:13:40 GMT
Yikes!! I will still suggest noise cancelling earbuds or headphones. You don't have to listen to music, you can just push the button for NC. ETA: the only distracting noise I have to deal with is the sound of the TV or DH's huffing and puffing trying to get comfy at night. I found an eye and ear mask. It is so comfy!! Blocks out all the light and bluetooth connects to my phone. I'll usually chose some color of noise play or lofi sleep list. Hit the timer on the phone for 1 hour and I am usually gone way before it shuts off. Which eye and ear mask do you use? |
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Post by wholarmor on Apr 18, 2023 22:17:18 GMT
People watching shows, playing games, etc., on their devices with volume and full volume irritate the hell out of me. People talk during movies, plays, etc. Why are people so annoying and seem to have no thought to others around them?
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Post by naby64 on Apr 18, 2023 22:59:15 GMT
Yikes!! I will still suggest noise cancelling earbuds or headphones. You don't have to listen to music, you can just push the button for NC. ETA: the only distracting noise I have to deal with is the sound of the TV or DH's huffing and puffing trying to get comfy at night. I found an eye and ear mask. It is so comfy!! Blocks out all the light and bluetooth connects to my phone. I'll usually chose some color of noise play or lofi sleep list. Hit the timer on the phone for 1 hour and I am usually gone way before it shuts off. Which eye and ear mask do you use? This is the one!! I love it! MUSICOZY Bluetooth 5.2 Sleep Headphones Headband Wireless 3D Sleeping Eye Mask, Headband Headphones Sleep Earbuds for Side Sleepers a.co/d/7QY62vV |
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Post by AussieMeg on Apr 18, 2023 23:10:00 GMT
There is a guy who just came in, dropped his stuff, and began clipping his nails. What. The. FUCK?! I am literally shuddering at the thought of that. How disgusting. One of my colleagues used to clip her nails at work, and I finally asked her not to do it because it's disgusting. She said that she makes sure the clippings go in the bin, but I said it's still disgusting. So she stopped doing it, thank goodness. |
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Post by pepperwood on Apr 19, 2023 0:54:23 GMT
I had a boss who was a senior executive at a large company who would clip his finger nails during meetings in his office
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Post by Zee on Apr 19, 2023 1:18:21 GMT
I think certain offenses should result in the offending human just disintegrating. Off the face of the earth. I see and meet so many truly horrific disgusting human beings and even then I can't imagine how much worse working in a library would be mzhammy. |
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Post by scrappyesq on Apr 19, 2023 2:07:38 GMT
Who thinks clipping their nails on public is appropriate?!
For the life of me I've never understood it either. Like who gets on a crowded subway and thinks I'm going to clip my nails? When I rode the train every day it would happen at least once or twice a week.  |
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Post by gina on Apr 19, 2023 2:33:02 GMT
Totally bizarre. This is not even a thought that would cross my mind... to clip my nails in public. lol People are weird man.
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Post by ModChick on Apr 19, 2023 2:39:23 GMT
I decided to do some work from the library as I've not been able to concentrate on getting it done at home. (My presence here is honestly a break, I've actually been concentrating fairly well!) There is a guy who just came in, dropped his stuff, and began clipping his nails. With a particularly loud clipper, no less. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY? I know the answer is probably ear buds, but I work best without music, etc. I start concentrating on that stuff instead. So a low noise environment is generally best for me. I'm sure you've had to deal with someone lately. Do share! Ewwww. I even hate that noise at home when I’m soaking in a peaceful bath and my husband decides that is the perfect time to click his nails at the sink. Grrrrrrrrrr |
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Post by ModChick on Apr 19, 2023 2:41:48 GMT
I think certain offenses should result in the offending human just disintegrating. Off the face of the earth. I see and meet so many truly horrific disgusting human beings and even then I can't imagine how much worse working in a library would be mzhammy. You know, at this stage of the game I could get behind this. There is so much disgusting behavior in this world now I’d sign this petition 🤔😬🤪 |
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Post by RosieKat on Apr 19, 2023 3:41:22 GMT
Ewwww. I even hate that noise at home when I’m soaking in a peaceful bath and my husband decides that is the perfect time to click his nails at the sink. Grrrrrrrrrr LOL, my husband learned soon after we got married. He keeps his nail clippers in the (home) office. The real secret to our marriage... |
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Post by Lexica on Apr 19, 2023 3:45:49 GMT
That is gross! I’m hoping it was his hands and not his feet! I was visiting a girlfriend once when her husband’s friend stopped by. He was really cute too. Until he kicked his shoes off and began clipping his toenails with his foot propped up on the coffee table in the same room we were sitting in visiting. We both freaked out audibly and he didn’t understand what the big deal was. He said he fully intended to round up all the cut off nail bits when he was done. Gross.
I admit that I carry a nail clipper in my purse and I will also admit to using it when I have a torn nail to even it out. I cannot stand having a chunk of nail missing and having a ripped edge. It catches on everything and drives me nuts. But, I would go into the restroom or have even gone to my car for a minute where it wouldn’t affect anyone else. And I don’t clip all of my nails, I just fix the torn one. I don’t think anyone ever saw or heard it.
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Post by bbkeef on Apr 19, 2023 13:53:23 GMT
My cousin's wife used to find it appropriate to clip her nails after dinner in a restaurant! I totally called her out on it, and she was shocked that it wasn't ok. She thought that since we were done with dinner, that it was no problem. She has also flossed right at the table in a restaurant. I no longer go out to eat with them EVER!
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Post by RosieKat on Apr 19, 2023 14:05:51 GMT
She has also flossed right at the table in a restaurant. I Oh, geez, that reminded me - I had a coworker who used to sit at our weekly meetings and whip out some floss and go to town. It wasn't even a big meeting where she could kind of hide - it would be anywhere from 3-5 of us. (Not that sitting in a room of 30 would make it better, but at least it would have been less obvious!) And where we met was actually an old semi-converted house, so we met at the kitchen table. Again, one extra layer of disgusting. I did finally tell her in a meeting that it was gross and to go in the bathroom! I probably should have said it at a different time/place, but my gross-o-meter was topped out. I miss her contributions to the team's ideas, but not her plaque.  |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Apr 19, 2023 15:13:54 GMT
She has also flossed right at the table in a restaurant. Oh hell no. I think certain offenses should result in the offending human just disintegrating. Off the face of the earth. It sounded a little harsh at first, but after the previous post? I'm okay with it. |
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Post by Merge on Apr 19, 2023 15:14:27 GMT
She has also flossed right at the table in a restaurant. I Oh, geez, that reminded me - I had a coworker who used to sit at our weekly meetings and whip out some floss and go to town. It wasn't even a big meeting where she could kind of hide - it would be anywhere from 3-5 of us. (Not that sitting in a room of 30 would make it better, but at least it would have been less obvious!) And where we met was actually an old semi-converted house, so we met at the kitchen table. Again, one extra layer of disgusting. I did finally tell her in a meeting that it was gross and to go in the bathroom! I probably should have said it at a different time/place, but my gross-o-meter was topped out. I miss her contributions to the team's ideas, but not her plaque. I will not even let my husband floss in the bathroom if I'm in there. The sound grosses me out. I make him go somewhere else. lol |
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Post by Merge on Apr 19, 2023 15:15:41 GMT
Ewwww. I even hate that noise at home when I’m soaking in a peaceful bath and my husband decides that is the perfect time to click his nails at the sink. Grrrrrrrrrr LOL, my husband learned soon after we got married. He keeps his nail clippers in the (home) office. The real secret to our marriage... Agree - the secret to long marriage is keeping all your small grooming and eating noises to yourself.  |
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Post by ModChick on Apr 20, 2023 3:36:58 GMT
Ewwww. I even hate that noise at home when I’m soaking in a peaceful bath and my husband decides that is the perfect time to click his nails at the sink. Grrrrrrrrrr LOL, my husband learned soon after we got married. He keeps his nail clippers in the (home) office. The real secret to our marriage... LOL, you no doubt will have a long and happy marriage as long as those clippers stay in the office. Smart! |
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Post by katlady on Apr 20, 2023 4:32:39 GMT
She has also flossed right at the table in a restaurant. I Oh, geez, that reminded me - I had a coworker who used to sit at our weekly meetings and whip out some floss and go to town. It wasn't even a big meeting where she could kind of hide - it would be anywhere from 3-5 of us. (Not that sitting in a room of 30 would make it better, but at least it would have been less obvious!) And where we met was actually an old semi-converted house, so we met at the kitchen table. Again, one extra layer of disgusting. I did finally tell her in a meeting that it was gross and to go in the bathroom! I probably should have said it at a different time/place, but my gross-o-meter was topped out. I miss her contributions to the team's ideas, but not her plaque. I knew someone who kept dental floss on their eating table at home. They had one of those mini-revolving thingy that held salt, pepper, and dental floss! I had dinner at their house once, and after we finished eating, and we were sitting around talking, the hubby starts flossing his teeth! I was shocked because I never saw anyone floss their teeth in public before! |
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Apr 20, 2023 8:36:21 GMT
Yup, that's revolting. Keep your body maintenance private, please. Flossing my own teeth grosses me out. I don't even want to think about anyone else's. |
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Post by cakediva on Apr 20, 2023 12:22:24 GMT
Ok it’s one thing if I’ve caught a nail and it’s snagging everything and so I quickly clip the offender and go on about my day. But I’d be discreet and not do the rest - and I’d probably hit a bathroom first and do it there.
But just clipping them all for the heck of it? Ew!
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Post by monklady123 on Apr 20, 2023 12:47:33 GMT
ew to this thread. lol. I often wonder what people are thinking when they do stuff like this. I guess that's the answer...they're not thinking.  My contribution to stories about rude people in public would be the guy this morning at the breakfast area of the hotel we're in at the moment... He was annoyed that there was no whole milk for his cereal. The only milk available was 2% or skim. He was shouting at the breakfast lady about how "you're just forcing us to eat healthy!" Give me a break.  We made sure to thank the breakfast lady as we left, to try to make up for the guy's rudeness. |
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