people's gross habits..

[vash]

aack!

i had training today. (and tomorrow). i sat next to a man that kept sneezing coughing and blowing his nose. he never covered his mouth. i removed an empty seat from our table and pushed his seat as far away as possible. my friend was on my other side. this guy kept blowing his nose and tossing all the snot rags into a pile on the table next to me. it was gross.

i washed my hands about 30 times with this industrial soap that almost made my eyes water..

i am going to move seats tomorrow.

[szyzygy]

The kid who works in the cube behind me has been dubbed "Mr. Sniffles" by the rest of us.

Plus he licks his fingers before he even eats his meal at lunch - disgusting.

[masraum]

I used to work with a guy named booger. I guess at least he didn't eat them...

[Scott R]

Guy pisses on the wall of the exec bathroom at work, I know who he is, I've seen him do it. He goes back and forth between urinals never pausing his business. He's a senior VP and I'm just a VP so there is not much I can do. Once I would say it was just an odd incident, but I've seen this several times now.

[Hugh R]

Travel internationally. You'll see all kinds of levels of personal hygiene, or lack thereof. When I get home from an oversees trip, the first thing I do is take a good shower.

[vash]

wow. all 4 of you just made me feel better.

hugh, my wife wants to see INDIA! i am holding out, hoping she forgets. parts of vietnam shocked me.

[stomachmonkey]

Worked in this studio long time ago with Billy.

Every day at lunch I would buy a big giant bag of pop corn and leave it on my desk for anyone to partake.

Billy was always the first one there scooping handfulls into a coffee filter to take back to his desk.

One day I walk into the bathroom and see feet attached to someone sitting on the crapper.

As I'm taking a leak the toilet flushes and Billy comes out of the crapper and walks right out without stopping at the sink first.

Took a while for me to be able to eat popcorn again.

I hate people, they are foul animals.

[Hugh R]

Originally Posted by vash

wow. all 4 of you just made me feel better.

hugh, my wife wants to see INDIA! i am holding out, hoping she forgets. parts of vietnam shocked me.

Never been to India, my daughter is looking at a six month rotation there with the accounting firm KPMG, her colleagues told her you will get the runs. I haven't been to Viet Nam since 1971. I'm sure its different.

[yellowperil]

24/7 non stop GUM CHEWING

[R K T]

Worked with a guy that would put his finger in his ear. I swear he could go in up to his second knuckle.....and then put his finger in his mouth.

[exc911ence]

Teenagers today constantly spitting everywhere. Disgusting...

[vash]

I got my phone. Pics if I can!

[Z-man]

I was visiting my folks and sister's family in Florida last week. After dinner, we were eating apple pie, and there was a tub of whipped cream on the table. My sister grabbed the soup spoon she had already used, and used it to scoop out some whipped cream for her apple pie. I told her that was gross. Her response, "I only touched the spoon to the whipped cream that I took out." Yeah, right.

I hate it when I see a parent place their kid on a counter at a fast-food place, especially when they let the kid STAND on the counter where the food is served.

And for crying out loud -- take aim when using the urinals at work! When I have to go, I don't want to have to navigate the bathroom like it has a mine-field of urine puddles!

At work, there are some people who for some religious observance (Muslim, I think) have to wash their hands and feet at a certain time of the year. But do they really have to wash their feet by placing them in the sinks that I use to wash my hands in???

I've seen people clip their toenails on airplane rides.

-Z

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by vash

hugh, my wife wants to see INDIA! i am holding out, hoping she forgets.

I spent two weeks in India in the late 80's and loved it. I have to say, though, that I had been around pretty much everywhere (most of Asia, South America, Middle East, etc.) so I was a bit inured to large scale poverty.

I am sure much has changed, but I am equally sure some has not...it can be tough.

[cairns]

Dehli belly. Not a good thing.

[jshape]

Originally Posted by vash

wow. all 4 of you just made me feel better.

hugh, my wife wants to see INDIA! i am holding out, hoping she forgets. parts of vietnam shocked me.

Keep holding out!!!! I just got back from 13 days in India and it is truly the worst place I've ever been - and I've been a lot of places. Here's two pics out of the 300+ that I took that will give you some sense of what's in store for you. Garbage is everywhere as is dust, traffic and hoardes of humanity.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by Z-man

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And for crying out loud -- take aim when using the urinals at work! When I have to go, I don't want to have to navigate the bathroom like it has a mine-field of urine puddles!....

-Z

That's a problem in TX, Dallas at least. It seems that there is an ordinance that requires at least one urinal be low, kid height. So if there is only one urinal it's the low one. Problem is they splatter and don't contain the stream when an adult uses it. So it's not really people missing, it's an accumulation of blowby.

[flatbutt]

Yup the bare hand sneezing, pee on the floor, communal spoons. I just returned from a trip to the UK. Now England is no problem, but it was an international meeting. It always dismays me to see our associates from the poorer nations use such poor personal habits. By day 3 20% of the attendees were down with vomiting and diarrhea. Mostly the Americans, Brits, Scandas and Northern Europeans.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Z-man

And for crying out loud -- take aim when using the urinals at work! When I have to go, I don't want to have to navigate the bathroom like it has a mine-field of urine puddles!

I've decided that it's mostly, but not completely due to "big" guys that can't see what they are doing over their bellies. I think some of it is also just splatter. You get 100 guys all using 4 or 5 urinals all day long and a couple of tiny drops of splatter will add up. Still, I think most of it is guys that can't see what they are doing.

At work, there are some people who for some religious observance (Muslim, I think) have to wash their hands and feet at a certain time of the year. But do they really have to wash their feet by placing them in the sinks that I use to wash my hands in???

I've seen people clip their toenails on airplane rides.

-Z

Yes, it's a Muslim thing and apparently varies depending upon the type of Muslim, but the basics seem to be washing both hands/arms from the elbow down, washing both feet and ankles, washing the face, flushing the nose with water. I've worked with LOTS of Muslims.

I don't understand your deal with that. I don't actually touch the sink when I wash my hands. The only issue that I might have is if they leave the counter soaking wet.

I've worked plenty of places where I see boogers wiped on the walls of the toilet stalls and even on the wall over the urinals. Really?!? WTH!

When I see pee on toilet seats... That's another good one. I'd like to rub their noses in it when I see it. OK, you're shy or something and don't want to pee in the urinal, whatever. Put up the freakin' seat, use your foot if you don't want to touch it. If you can't get it in the toilet and you won't put the seat up, sit the hell down.

[Porsche virgin]

The guys in the cubes next to me (my boss and another guy one level higher than me) both eat with their mouths open. Ugh! On go the noise-canceling headphones...