Please Forgive Me
Forgive me for what I am about to tell you…
Today, as I was walking to work from the train station, I watched in horror as a man in front of me…
[This isn’t easy for me to talk about]
… blew his nose INTO HIS BARE HAND, looked at it, then wiped it on his pants and jacket. He was a trader working at the Mercantile Exchange. I’m dumping all my shares of pork bellies immediately.
And here I’ve always thought the farmer blow was the most repulsive act imaginable involving ones’ nose and the open air. How wrong I was.
So really, I’m so sorry I had to share that, but I needed someone to feel my pain.
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And in other news, I’m off to Portland Tuesday and Wednesday to do some site inspections for TequilaCon. Well, actually I’m there for a business meeting, and won’t get to enjoy even one minute of the city, but still. A girl can pretend, can’t she? Be good.
Filed under: General on January 23rd, 2007
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:01 pm
OH.
MY.
GOD.
that is a truly repulsive thing you have shared with THE ENTIRE INTERNET, thank you very much jenny. i feel like i saw it myself. MY EYES, MY EYES !
still, i hope you have a great and completely nostril-free time in portland. well. i suppose you can keep your own nostrils. just use them wisely, and don’t let them do anything mine wouldn’t do.
January 23rd, 2007 at 12:20 am
That has got to be one of the most sickening things a human can do! I witnessed the same thing at the Newark airport by an Asian man who ended up on the same flight as me. I soon discovered that many men here find that act acceptable. A lot of men here grow their pinkie fingernail long for the express purpose of….well, I think you get the picture. Eeewww!
January 23rd, 2007 at 7:15 am
Oh, that sounds like the Portland-Hankie.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
…
My apologies to all Portlandians for that comment.
I’m sorry for revealing your secret.
…
Portlandians? Portlans? Portlandese?
Port-a-potties?
…
I’ll leave now before the Portland Chamber of Commerce puts out a hit on me.
January 23rd, 2007 at 7:44 am
Gah!! This is the first entry on the first blog I am reading today… and I get THIS?!? But hey, at least he didn’t wipe it on you!
January 23rd, 2007 at 7:44 am
I have seen that many times here too, on the train, the bus…everywhere. It is the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen and now read.
January 23rd, 2007 at 8:11 am
Well, hell, Jenny. NOT what I needed to read first thing in the a.m. That’s going to be a hard visual to lose, thank you very much.
January 23rd, 2007 at 8:31 am
Being a painter, I worked on lots of construction sites over the last 12 years. I’ve seen men do that more times than I can even possibly count. And believe me, you NEVER get used to seeing it.
The guy I used to work for knew that it grossed me out, so he used to wait until he could catch me off guard, yell my name, and then when I’d look at him, start a’blowing. And then laugh like it was the funniest thing EVER. It. Wasn’t.
GRRRRRRRRRRRR.
January 23rd, 2007 at 8:35 am
You’ve slayed me. I cannot go on. That was one of the WORST things I have ever read.
January 23rd, 2007 at 9:56 am
and i thought public spitting was bad…
January 23rd, 2007 at 12:06 pm
I can’t figure out why, but I want to sing…
“underneath the broken old neon sign that used to read ‘Jesus Saves’.”
I know, if no one else, Sandra will get this.
January 23rd, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Dear Jenny,
Why are you writing about such disgusting things lately. I read your blog at lunchtime. But maybe (s)not anymore!
Love,
Vivian
January 23rd, 2007 at 12:35 pm
WTF? What is with all these people who see this all the time? Where do you people live? Wow, I’m out of it – I’ve never seen it happen. But thanks to your post, now I feel like I have.
January 23rd, 2007 at 1:08 pm
[fingers in ears] LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA SORRY CAN’T HEAR YOU LA LA LA LA
January 23rd, 2007 at 1:28 pm
I saw guy do a double handed one of those – kind of into a trash can and kind of not when I was running at the rec building the other night. I was wishing my daughters had been with me, so I could dare them to shake his hand and experience just how dramatically they would have rolled their eyes and said, “Ewww!” Did I write all that as one sentence?
January 23rd, 2007 at 3:22 pm
I hope you’re having a blast in the Rose City. It’s a wonderful town.
My wife and I witnessed a guy spit a loogie into a trash can right after we bought some really good chocolate. It was tough to eat the chocolate after seeing the disgusting display.
January 23rd, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Wow. (Not much leaves me speachless.)
January 23rd, 2007 at 5:21 pm
I think my new name says it all. JEN!!!!
My husband was DYING laughing at me because he came into the room just when I had finished reading today’s entry, and I was doing the gag thing, desperately trying not to REALLY wretch.
I thanks the Fates for giving me a house far from the madding crowd! WHEW…
January 23rd, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Jenny, you cannot do that at TC’07, because if you do, you cannot ride in my car. That’s final.
January 27th, 2007 at 2:34 am
When I was a teenager I saw the ex-boyfriend of my aunt walking down the sidewalk near my house. This man was in his late 40’s. I was sitting on my front steps and right after he passed me, I was horrified when he pressed his finger against one nostril and blew snot out and then he did the same thing with the other nostril. I have never been able to get that disgusting memory out of my head and thought I should share it with you. lol