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Old Jan 25, 09, 5:35 pm   #1
 
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Would a fellow F be out of line to express how repulsed I am by cutting of finger nails in public? There didn't seem to be a collection device...so little chunks of 6A are just blasting around everywhere in the cabin. As least she has stopped now. Is there an etiquette rule about this?
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Old Jan 25, 09, 5:38 pm   #2
 
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Probably. I do know that it is FT etiquette to not start generic threads on the AA forum that have nothing to do with AA.
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Old Jan 25, 09, 6:22 pm   #3
 
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Would a fellow F be out of line to express how repulsed I am by cutting of finger nails in public? There didn't seem to be a collection device...so little chunks of 6A are just blasting around everywhere in the cabin. As least she has stopped now. Is there an etiquette rule about this?
I think one snarky remark about how unsanitary the remnants of one's nosepicking fingernails are would stop the offender in their track...

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Probably. I do know that it is FT etiquette to not start generic threads on the AA forum that have nothing to do with AA.
Yes, but if nobody did that, it wouldn't be FT!
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Old Jan 25, 09, 6:30 pm   #4
 
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Sitting in First class doesn't make one a "first class" act by itself.
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Old Jan 25, 09, 6:36 pm   #5
 
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very nasty habit, I agree a snarky comment is certainly called for.
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Old Jan 25, 09, 7:08 pm   #6
 
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It's an AA topic since I am sitting on AA metal. I agree it's tangential but the flight was delayed, my drink was empty, I am still tired from my skiing trip to taos and I had time to kill. What better way to do it than to post on the AA forum?
I agree that being first class and being in first class are not always correlated.
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Old Jan 25, 09, 7:09 pm   #7
 
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Low on the list of most disgusting things I have seen or experienced in first class. I think as long as the nails aren't flying... c'est la vie.
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Old Jan 25, 09, 7:29 pm   #8
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Old Jan 25, 09, 7:31 pm   #9
 
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People clipping their fingernails in public is SO icky!
And the fingernails were flying around the cabin? Ack!

I read this thread because I was hoping someone here would have the ultimate comment to say to a low-life who clips their fingernails in public.....

I am appalled that it was a woman! Girls 1) should know better, and 2) use little scissors, quietly, in private, not on a airplane.

This reminds me that I've lost my Miss Manners book; I wonder what she would do/say in this situation.

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Old Jan 25, 09, 7:41 pm   #10
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It's an AA topic since I am sitting on AA metal.
Sorry, but no. It's a generic topic and has nothing to do, specifically, with AA.

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Old Jan 25, 09, 7:46 pm   #11
 
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One man's gauche is another man's delightfully quirky...you could just have reveled in the absurdity of the moment.

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Old Jan 25, 09, 7:49 pm   #12
 
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I love clipping my nails, but keep the habit to the airport area, while awaiting boarding and don't consider it a negative. The definition of bad habit (in all service classes), not necessarily in this order are: talking too loud in the cabin, leaving window shades open on night flights (or the reverse), putting your feet on the seats, storing your shoes in overhead cabins and throwing used, cluttered newspapers on the floor.
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Old Jan 25, 09, 8:09 pm   #13
 
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nail cutting is no different from hand shaking.... germs are the same... it is psychological that one thinks there are differences in the germs.. the lavoratory handles are worse, trust me
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Old Jan 25, 09, 8:14 pm   #14
 
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Pre 9/11: I flew from SEA to DFW in a bulkhead first class seat. A young, teendaged girl painted her toenails and proceeded to spill the nail polish all over the seat, bulkhead and carpeting. Her father (she kept calling him "Dad") just sat next to her and did nothing. Back in the day, my parents would have horsewhipped me or my siblings for doing anything so disgusting.
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Old Jan 25, 09, 8:32 pm   #15
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I do know that it is FT etiquette to not start generic threads on the AA forum that have nothing to do with AA.
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Sorry, but no. It's a generic topic and has nothing to do, specifically, with AA.


For a moment I thought I had inadvertantly entered the TravelBuzz forum.
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