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Can't a lady clip her toenails in peace?

By adamg on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 7:50am

Not if she's on the T.

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By david_yamada on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 9:20am.

...coffee and a morsel for breakfast.

But it is remarkable in an everyday way, isn't it?

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By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 12:33pm.

Eww. Sure, nasty to look at, but far nastier to do this on the T! When you clip, you can snip skin and leave it open to infection. Yuck.

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By Enig on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 10:17am.

that's so inappropriate, glad I don't have to use the Green Line

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By rsybuchanan on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 11:08am.

I remember once being in Rami's and someone whipped out the clippers and started chopping away. I learned three new Hebrew obscenities that day, and I thought I had known them all already!

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By roadman on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 11:18am.

is she also on a cell phone?

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By Allstonian on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 11:32am.

I don't think so - she's got both hands at her foot.

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By roadman on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 12:22pm.

pressing a cell phone to their ear with their shoulder while doing other things with both hands. I see the practice quite frequently on the T and elsewhere. Fortunately, however, I have never seen it done by someone clipping their toenails.

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By Allstonian on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 12:48pm.

I've certainly seen what you describe, but not in this photo. Her off shoulder isn't close enough to her ear. I believe that what you think may be a cellphone is actually the cord on her eyeglasses, which is visible at both sides of her head.

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By roadman on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 12:53pm.

My second "at a glance" reaction (after "yuck") made me think she was on a cell phone in the manner I described.

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By NotWhitey on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 12:22pm.

Why I drive a car: Part VI.

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By Michael on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 1:00pm.

At least on the T, when someone's simultaneously clipping their toenails, talking on the phone and assembling a fajita (sadly, no pic), they're not also nominally in charge of a 2,800 piece of metal at 45 mph.

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By Emily Poster on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 12:29pm.

Artist Promotes ‘Subway Etiquette’ With Guerrilla Campaign'

http://animalnewyork.com/2010/04/artist-promotes-s...

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By Suldog on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 1:20pm.

Can we get someone to do similar here, in a style that meshes well with T graphic design? I'd be willing to buy a few.

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

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By Anon on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 3:12pm.

Last year I was on an MBTA bus when a passenger was cutting her finger nails.

When the driver saw it, he stopped the bus, turned around, and told the lady it was a public health hazard. She could either stop it or get off the bus immediately.

She stopped clipping her nails.

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By Roslindalian on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 5:39pm.

Bravo!, this is what I want more of. T employees need to give out more of the "oh no you didn't!" to villians like this.

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By anon on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 4:59pm.

I've seen this happen before on the red line... It was gross then... still gross now... People amaze me.

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By anon on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 9:33pm.

Worse? At least she isnt flossing! I've seen that.

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By Adventurous Kate on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 3:30pm.

Hi,

This is the girl who took the picture. The lady was not on a cell phone.

I blogged about the incident -- you can check it out at http://www.adventurouskate.com/lady-clipping-toena...

Thanks!

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