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Originally Posted by peachfront
(Post 18582777)
You are not allowed to stay in the lav for the amount of time required to brush your teeth, much less do a proper manicure.
FAs don't allow you to hog the lav on a flight. If your nails get chipped, on a plane, you don't have the normal option of excusing yourself. Disappearing into the lav for 15 minutes causes much issues and pounding on the door. You must do the repair work where you sit. So I vote get over it. If a plane was diverted in 911 hysteria over a spilled bottle of nail polish, who cares? You don't live your life trying to cater to every possible bit of stupidity that ever happened in the entire history of the world. It just isn't practical. Actually, I quit doing my nails a long time ago but I am retired. Most women don't have that option. The woman on the plane probably had to hit the ground running and be at her best. Women are judged first, last, and always on their looks. She has to take care of herself. When you pay her bills, you can tell her to stop doing her nails. She needed to look good for whoever she was meeting. It ain't about you. Nail polish and nail polish remover may not be hazardous, but they stink. And in an enclosed space people have no option to avoid that stink. What that woman did was inconsiderate and obnoxious. The flight attendant should have put a stop to it. |
Originally Posted by joedish
(Post 18583565)
Migraines are psychosomatic.
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Although the smell is not harmful but in some places it creates bad impression and considered as bad attitude like while flying, if anyone begin to do so. Some people feels its smell good but only when they are doing it at home. It seems to be awkward when you see a person removing nails on a public place or while traveling. Somethings are to be done personally not publically.
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Originally Posted by Marsden
(Post 18582534)
Remind me again why we're permitted matches and cigarette lighters on board?
As noted by another poster and earlier suggested by me, Acetone may actually be on the TSA's prohibited list. |
Originally Posted by peachfront
(Post 18582777)
There is an acetone smell associated with nail polish as well as nail remover. It is such a dreadful poison that most people allow their 6 year old daughters to paint their nails. Some paint the nails of their babies and their pets.
Honestly, guys, I've encountered this hysteria about acetone before, and it really makes me wonder. You do realize that your baby daughter or sister paints her nails and didn't die, right, even with a 6 year old's relatively fragile immune system. It's legal (and not child or pet abuse) because it's harmless. People who go bat-stuff crazy over any type of odor associated with a female or a child, I do worry about those people... You are not allowed to stay in the lav for the amount of time required to brush your teeth, much less do a proper manicure. FAs don't allow you to hog the lav on a flight. If your nails get chipped, on a plane, you don't have the normal option of excusing yourself. Disappearing into the lav for 15 minutes causes much issues and pounding on the door. You must do the repair work where you sit. So I vote get over it. If a plane was diverted in 911 hysteria over a spilled bottle of nail polish, who cares? You don't live your life trying to cater to every possible bit of stupidity that ever happened in the entire history of the world. It just isn't practical. Actually, I quit doing my nails a long time ago but I am retired. Most women don't have that option. The woman on the plane probably had to hit the ground running and be at her best. Women are judged first, last, and always on their looks. She has to take care of herself. When you pay her bills, you can tell her to stop doing her nails. She needed to look good for whoever she was meeting. It ain't about you. |
Quite! I just left the office where I have been in meetings etc and guess what - no nail polish! And, quelle horreur, I am NOT WEARING MAKE UP!!!! And for that matter my hair dried on the way to work this morning, so no fancy blow dry either.
Guess my clients / colleagues care far more about my work than me doing Barbie impressions. There is no need (catwalk model, tv presenters aside) to wear make up, nail polish etc to do a good job and be respected for it. I've also never had a problem bushing my teeth on a plane (and cleansing, toning and moisturizing, and putting on my PJs) nor did I have an issue spending over 45 minutes in the loo when I was I'll one flight. No one knocked on the door. No FA told me it caused an issue or 'pounded' for me to get out. There were other loos, there were no issues.
Originally Posted by jstevenson0617
(Post 18586543)
Originally Posted by peachfront
(Post 18582777)
There is an acetone smell associated with nail polish as well as nail remover. It is such a dreadful poison that most people allow their 6 year old daughters to paint their nails. Some paint the nails of their babies and their pets.
Honestly, guys, I've encountered this hysteria about acetone before, and it really makes me wonder. You do realize that your baby daughter or sister paints her nails and didn't die, right, even with a 6 year old's relatively fragile immune system. It's legal (and not child or pet abuse) because it's harmless. People who go bat-stuff crazy over any type of odor associated with a female or a child, I do worry about those people... You are not allowed to stay in the lav for the amount of time required to brush your teeth, much less do a proper manicure. FAs don't allow you to hog the lav on a flight. If your nails get chipped, on a plane, you don't have the normal option of excusing yourself. Disappearing into the lav for 15 minutes causes much issues and pounding on the door. You must do the repair work where you sit. So I vote get over it. If a plane was diverted in 911 hysteria over a spilled bottle of nail polish, who cares? You don't live your life trying to cater to every possible bit of stupidity that ever happened in the entire history of the world. It just isn't practical. Actually, I quit doing my nails a long time ago but I am retired. Most women don't have that option. The woman on the plane probably had to hit the ground running and be at her best. Women are judged first, last, and always on their looks. She has to take care of herself. When you pay her bills, you can tell her to stop doing her nails. She needed to look good for whoever she was meeting. It ain't about you. |
ATSDR ToxFaqs entry for acetone:
How can acetone affect my health? If you are exposed to acetone, it goes into your blood which then carries it to all the organs in your body. If it is a small amount, the liver breaks it down to chemicals that are not harmful and uses these chemicals to make energy for normal body functions. Breathing moderate- to-high levels of acetone for short periods of time, however, can cause nose, throat, lung, and eye irritation; headaches; light-headedness; confusion; increased pulse rate; effects on blood; nausea; vomiting; unconsciousness and possibly coma; and shortening of the menstrual cycle in women. Swallowing very high levels of acetone can result in unconsciousness and damage to the skin in your mouth. Skin contact can result in irritation and damage to your skin. The smell and respiratory irritation or burning eyes that occur from moderate levels are excellent warning signs that can help you avoid breathing damaging levels of acetone. Health effects from long-term exposures are known mostly from animal studies. Kidney, liver, and nerve damage, increased birth defects, and lowered ability to reproduce (males only) occurred in animals exposed long-term. |
There is no time limit for anybody in a lav, that's just silly.
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