Chrissay 0 #1 December 1, 2004 So is it just me or do you all think that clipping your nails at work is not appropriate? I live in cubicle land and there are TWO people (men) who tend to their nails on a regular basis at work. Plus it gives me the willys to listen to someone else cut their nails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 42 #2 December 1, 2004 Nope, not a problem. Pretty standard male behaviour. Seems okay to me. you wouldn't want me typing with long nails. The clicking noises would drive you crazy! "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnotherGoodin 0 #3 December 1, 2004 I know ur feeling i work in a dental office and whenever we get a break all of a sudden "clip,cllllip,clippp" my boss sitting at his desk clip away at his finger nails... i mean i dont ever get the urge to just clip them... i wish i could trade it for that instead of the urge to eat cholcolte! HEHEIf life gives you lemons then make lemonade, if not then go thirsty and keep on truckin' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pleifer 0 #4 December 1, 2004 Nail files are evil _________________________________________ The Angel of Duh has spoke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #5 December 1, 2004 QuoteSo is it just me or do you all think that clipping your nails at work is not appropriate? I live in cubicle land and there are TWO people (men) who tend to their nails on a regular basis at work. Plus it gives me the willys to listen to someone else cut their nails. Seeing long nails on men give me the willies! I say let them do it. I know lots of women who do some kind of maintenance at any given moment."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnotherGoodin 0 #6 December 1, 2004 well i guess as long as they throw away the nail clippings all is gravy baby! HEHEIf life gives you lemons then make lemonade, if not then go thirsty and keep on truckin' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #7 December 1, 2004 I do this all the time and then discretely try to flick the clippings into people's coffee cups. I'm getting pretty good at it too. I now make ~60% of them and have only been caught once. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #8 December 1, 2004 QuoteI do this all the time and then discretely try to flick the clippings into people's coffee cups. I'm getting pretty good at it too. I now make ~60% of them and have only been caught once. Blues, Dave Funny...I do the same thing with boogers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnotherGoodin 0 #9 December 1, 2004 thats halarious.. i guess its a good thing i dont drink coffee!If life gives you lemons then make lemonade, if not then go thirsty and keep on truckin' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrissay 0 #10 December 1, 2004 QuoteQuoteI do this all the time and then discretely try to flick the clippings into people's coffee cups. I'm getting pretty good at it too. I now make ~60% of them and have only been caught once. Blues, Dave Funny...I do the same thing with boogers. I am so glad that I don't work with you guys!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
complexity 0 #11 December 1, 2004 I agree with you that its inappropriate. People cutting their nails in public gives me the chills and I think its disgusting! It should only be done in the bathroom. Ewwww. My old college roommate used to clip her nails in the hall and leave her leftovers -- it was gross. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #12 December 1, 2004 QuoteI agree with you that its inappropriate. People cutting their nails in public gives me the chills and I think its disgusting! It should only be done in the bathroom. Ewwww. My old college roommate used to clip her nails in the hall and leave her leftovers -- it was gross. Better that than seeing boogers smeared along the walls. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnotherGoodin 0 #13 December 1, 2004 Ewwww ... throw upIf life gives you lemons then make lemonade, if not then go thirsty and keep on truckin' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrissay 0 #14 December 1, 2004 QuoteBetter that than seeing boogers smeared along the walls. Well, at least you're looking at the bright side of things... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #15 December 1, 2004 Fingernails I can deal with, its no more inappropriate than women putting on nail polish- which I might do in an office, but not an open cubicle. Now if you told me those guys took off their shoes and socks, put their feet on their desks and started clipping away? ewwwww! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnotherGoodin 0 #16 December 1, 2004 Hehe i dont know about a bright side of it but i guess it is a tad bit more opitistic way of thinkingIf life gives you lemons then make lemonade, if not then go thirsty and keep on truckin' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #17 December 1, 2004 Those dudes should do that while at home. I think in the workplace that it's a sign of boredom and annoying to others. Give them more tasks so they don't have time to clip! _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingferret 0 #18 December 1, 2004 /eh, I have done it before, in fact clipped nails random places including the car and the dz. It really all depends on where you work too. I work in a cube farm (with Hawaiian shirt fridays, I swear) and as long as it is in my cube noone really cares what I do. I am curious what is so disgusting about nails? Unless people are slobs...my nails are clean and short. If we clip that at work, it is not an urge at all, it is rather that our bathroom time in the morning is about 15 minutes and we don't think about nails until we do something like typing and notice they are too long. While I don't think it is disgusting, the smell of nail polish is way more annoying then the sound of nail clippers. If you worked in a business dress environment both would probalby be inappropriate, but we are pretty lose business casual here.-- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewEckhardt 0 #19 December 1, 2004 QuoteSo is it just me or do you all think that clipping your nails at work is not appropriate? That would be less anoying in a cubicle environment than people talking in person or on the phone, or enduring a boring grey environment lacking sunlight. Now that you mention it, that sounds like a great way to pass a few seconds every now and then. I'll bring some clippers in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #20 December 1, 2004 I do it, but i have an office so nobody knows what i'm doing in there half the time. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #21 December 2, 2004 QuoteSo is it just me or do you all think that clipping your nails at work is not appropriate? I live in cubicle land and there are TWO people (men) who tend to their nails on a regular basis at work. Plus it gives me the willys to listen to someone else cut their nails. You're not wrong: it IS inappropriate. It falls under the heading of personal grooming, and that is supposed to be done in privacy, on your own time. There are a few people in my office who do that, too! One is a 79-year-old woman with a hunchback! The other was a dude who got fired, and I think there are two or three others, who either clip or file their nails or both. I can't imagine the urgency of clipping one's nails being so bad that it couldn't have been done earlier that day before coming to work! Did the nails suddenly go from just fine, to, "Damn! I gotta clip these right now and can't wait til I get home!" in just a few hours?! If I ever saw the clipper lying around, I'd probably take it and surreptitiously put it in the trash. Leave them to figure out that it pissed somebody off! -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morcyk 0 #22 December 2, 2004 I just did that yesterday as a matter of fact. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #23 December 2, 2004 QuoteSeeing long nails on men give me the willies! I say let them do it. I know lots of women who do some kind of maintenance at any given moment. Come on, I agree that seeing long nails on men is gross, but there is still nothing demonstrating that they couldn't clip their nails at HOME. There is no need for them to do it at the OFFICE. If you realize your nails are getting a bit long, (A) you should have realized it yesterday, or this morning before work, and (B) they can't possibly have gotten so much longer in the time since the last opportunity you should have taken to cut them, that they MUST be done before you get home again. -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #24 December 2, 2004 QuoteI am curious what is so disgusting about nails? Unless people are slobs...my nails are clean and short. I put leaving your nail clippings for others to encounter on a par with leaving sheets of sunburned skin peelings around. People naturally find bits of other people's bodies to be a bit unnerving and gross. QuoteWhile I don't think it is disgusting, the smell of nail polish is way more annoying then the sound of nail clippers. I think they're both annoying, but there is far less chance that someone would get away with stinking our office up with nail polish fumes! -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TypicalFish 0 #25 December 2, 2004 QuoteSo is it just me or do you all think that clipping your nails at work is not appropriate? I live in cubicle land and there are TWO people (men) who tend to their nails on a regular basis at work. Plus it gives me the willys to listen to someone else cut their nails. GROSS. "I gargle no man's balls..." ussfpa on SOCNET Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
