I cannot clip my nails in the lav? Seems that would be the proper place to do so. I'm not saying a full manicure - but if I break a nail, I'm going to trim the rest of the nail.......

When was the last time you saw some guy shaved his face while in his seat?! Or was he shaving his legs? Legs I can totally understand doing at the seat, because you really need a mirror to do your face. :p

Seriously though, it is a enclosed space so yes I would consider nail polish offensive; NO ONE needs a manicure that badly. But I am also the guy that won't bring overly smelly food on board either just to be considerate. Snoring, drooling, burping, and farting are things that are tough if not impossible to control, so you really can't put them in the same category.

Last week, LAX-DTW redeye, in F. Electric razor.

Whether the FA should have intervened depends on wheth DL has a rule that forbids the use of nail polish and remover on board. However, it would have been good to explain this to the complaining passengers if this is the case.

I guess I was thinking more of painting nails in the bathroom, where the smell could linger. And I think clipping your fingernails is very different than clipping your toenails, but maybe that's just me...

I know I've been around when my wife paints her nails, but I don't recall there being a strong smell associated with it. If there was it must not have been something I found offensive. Does it have a chemical or solvent smell or something?

Wow! Apparently I am not making good enough use of my time on a plane. Here I am reading and working on my laptop, when I could be giving myself a sponge bath or maybe tackling that annoying belly button lint problem... :p

Nail polish and nail polish remover both contain acetone which can be harmful in certain concentrated amounts. Article at http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemi..._ace.html#_1_1

I've seen people shaving while sitting in traffic in ATL. I've also seen people working on a laptop and reading a newspaper while driving. IIRC, the '50 Shades of Gray' author said that she wrote most of it on her blackberry while driving to/from work.

If all that can happen while operating a 1-2 ton piece of machinery, I have no doubt that people will attempt such things during a flight!

Personally, I think personal hygiene should be taken care of at home or in a hotel. If neither is an option, such as during a red eye, then the airport lounge would be far preferable, IMHO. There are exceptions to every rule (i.e. broken nail), but you should be able to anticipate the growth of facial hair and other such hygienic maintenance.

It's happened to me once, and likewise the FAs did not care despite several pax complaining of the smell. Since the amateur manicurist, who couldn't have been older than 18, was next to me and using her boarding pass to catch anything that dripped onto the tray table, I took a look at it and asked if that was her name. She acknowledged and asked why I wanted to know, and I told her that we'd encountered quite a bit of turbulence (we had), and I needed to know who to send the receipts for my new jacket, pants, computer bag and/or laptop to if she so much as got one drop on them.

The nail polish went away with three fingers to go.

Offensive ?
 

It is not about Nail Polishing but continue to do something that many
around you are objecting to ! It is about being respectful of others
around you..If you do not want to be mindful of that then
probably flying commercial is not for you...

F.A.

I absolutely agree - the clipping of nails is much more disgusting.

But it doesn't emit a smell of chemicals.

If one is allergic to the chemicals in the nail polish, then YES!

^ What he said. Note that it is PROVEN to be a problem in certain amounts. It's very likely harmful in lesser quantities. There is no limit for nail clippings, BTW.

Yes, more disgusting. Not more dangerous to one's health. Depends on which ruler we're using. :p

I can't say I've ever been bothered by someone clipping nails several rows away as I can't hear/see it.

Someone can be painting nails in 34C and have that impact your sense of smell in 1A.

But to each their own....