I expect to see women applying needless amounts of makeup and men fiddling with the latest iphone app (both also juggling large mugs full of some kind of caffeinated liquid). It's not unusual to see a rider talking on the phone while trying to read the paper or whatever book they just downloaded to their Kindle. Those acts are commonplace.
I don't expect to see (let alone mention sit next to) a man clipping his fingernails on the N-Judah at 9:28 am. For the record, it is never OK to leave the discarded bits of trimmed fingernails on any mode of transportation, but this is especially true during a crowded morning commute on one of the busiest MUNI lines. In fact the only thing that would make this story worse, would be if he had been cutting his toenails.
Please, imagine the horror I felt (and the reflexes I held back) when I looked over and saw a man casually letting pieces of his nails fall and fling where they may. He didn't seem bothered by their destination, or whether or not they hit others along their way.
I wanted to say something, but I wondered: What's worse, inconsiderate, public fingernail clipping? Or pointing out to someone that public fingernail clipping is inconsiderate?
I was unable to answer the question by the time I got to Montgomery Station, so I had no choice but to look away, close my dropped jaw, and go about my day.
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