Blowing your nose in public

Wren

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🤧🤧 At the hairdressers yesterday I was sitting near to a very nice woman, early 30’s, well spoken, polite and nicely dressed, we got chatting when suddenly, she produced a tissue, snorted loudly into it a few times then tossed the used tissue on the worktop among the scissors, hand mirror etc. this happened a couple of times and I was tempted to ask if she planned on leaving the tissues for the hairdresser to remove

Do you just go for it regardless of where you are and who you’re with if the need arises ?
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When I was in the 9th grade, the history teacher (who was later the track coach and encouraged me
to go out for track) told us a story of when he was walking along the sidewalk one day, when a man in
front of him stepped to the side and blew the contents of his nostrils in the gutter.

"How disgusting!" commented the teacher. "You should carry a handkerchief the way that I do, then
you can put it back in your pocket!" The man looked at him and commented, "What are you saving it for?"
The teacher said the man's comment gave him a different perspective.
 
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How inconsiderate! I might have asked if there was a trash can that could be moved close to me to toss the tissues in and if not, I would put them away on my person. Blowing her nose loudly also was rude. That means she was blowing hard, which probably wasn't necessary. Another WTH is WRONG with people incident!
 
John cycling said:
When I was in the 5th grade, the history teacher (who was later the track coach and encouraged me
to go out for track) told us a story of when he was walking along the sidewalk one day, when a man in
front of him stepped to the side and blew the contents of his nostrils in the gutters.

"How disgusting!" commented the teacher. "You should carry a handkerchief the way that I do, then
you can put it back in your pocket!" The man looked at him and commented, "What are you saving it for?"
The teacher said the man's comment gave him a different perspective.
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Eewwwwwwww that is so vile, worse or as bad as spitting :sick:
 
John cycling said:
When I was in the 5th grade, the history teacher (who was later the track coach and encouraged me
to go out for track) told us a story of when he was walking along the sidewalk one day, when a man in
front of him stepped to the side and blew the contents of his nostrils in the gutters.

"How disgusting!" commented the teacher. "You should carry a handkerchief the way that I do, then
you can put it back in your pocket!" The man looked at him and commented, "What are you saving it for?"
The teacher said the man's comment gave him a different perspective.
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My dad used to blow his nose like that while outside but would not use a gutter. I personally thought it was disgusting but that’s what he was taught to do. My mom would carry handkerchiefs.

Note: You save it so you can dispose of it in a proper way. ( in the garbage can ) or ( handkerchiefs - in the laundry) My mom acted very lady like.
 
As a kid I had terrible seasonal nasal allergies ("hay fever"). Tissues? No, try those great big red and white or blue and white bandannas. I had quite a collection of those along with plain white handkerchiefs through my college years. Beat the heck out of people who used their sleeves.

Get a little perspective folks. There are bigger fish to fry than this one.
 
I don't like to be around others when they are blowing their noses, of course
except if I have to be around them lol.

Sometimes they miss their tissue and it lands elsewhere, at that point I am sick
and almost gag..

Come to think of it it's time to blow my nose after sneezing many times just now.

LOL

New carpets sound nice @ Wren
 
Good grief, obviously her parents did not teach her manners. Although as an adult, you think she would think of the germs she is spreading. I have been at the hairdresser and if I used a tissue, I just kept it in my hand until she was finished with my hair.
 
I was having lunch with a friend one day and the girl that worked there was starting to clear a table where 12 people were sitting and had moved on. These people left a terrible mess, food on the floor and tissues all over the table. I told her some people are just slobs and she said, "Have a look at what they left me to clean up", it was a used hypodermic syring. Maybe someone was a diabetic, but they should have taken the used syringe with them. I wonder what their own homes are like.
 
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dilettante said:
As a kid I had terrible seasonal nasal allergies ("hay fever"). Tissues? No, try those great big red and white or blue and white bandannas. I had quite a collection of those along with plain white handkerchiefs through my college years. Beat the heck out of people who used their sleeves.

Get a little perspective folks. There are bigger fish to fry than this one.
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I had the same problem. Going to school I would have no less than three clean and ironed hankies. If I didn't blow my nose frequently I would risk sneezing the lot out without warning. The hankies would be tucked up under a sleeve or anywhere else where they could be quickly accessible if I felt a sneeze coming on.

Today I ironed about a dozen hankies to carry in my handbag. Packets of pocket tissues are there as backup.
 
I’m such a nose prude that if I have to blow my nose, I seek out the nearest bathroom to privately perform that function in.

My father was another matter. He would blow his nose at the dinner table using a cloth handkerchief, then look at what he had produced, fold the hanky up, and put it back into his pocket. This used to drive me crazy, in addition to killing my appetite … 🙀
 
DebraMae said:
Handkerchiefs seem really gross to me. Why would you want to save it and reuse it? Tissues used discreetly and disposed of properly seem more hygenic to me. Sometimes you have to blow in public but it can be done quietly.
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I agree, to me a used handkerchief is equivalent to carrying around a used piece of toilet paper
 

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