Comments on: TKOG Who micromanages your mucous

By: The Ex

The Ex — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:30:35 +0000

I love this social experiment. My guess is that giving someone a whole package seems like it would really, really embarrass them. You might get them to blow their nose, but the emotional damage might last for weeks.

By: That Kind of Girl

That Kind of Girl — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:13:24 +0000

Dude, yes, I have nothing but sympathy for the snifflers — when I’m not actually listening to them sniffle, of course. (I have such aversion to other people making noise on the bus. Just can’t deal with it.) I actually had a bit of payback on the bus last night: it was so cold that my nose liquified, and I sat there for fifteen minutes desperately trying to work out the optimal rate of sniffling to keep everything in my nose without a full-on auditory assault of the dudes sitting near me. Un-fun. But if someone had offered me a Kleenex, I would have just about hugged them!

By: Muscles

Muscles — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:23:29 +0000

Great NTKOG – you’re so popular I no longer have the patience to read all the comments. So I’ll just assume this hasn’t been said before, since it’s about me: I hate blowing my nose, it comes with having allergies in the Spring. Serious, utilitarian nose blowing sloughs off your face in great big chunks and dries out the back of your throat while leaving the offending nasal passage in question leaking like my cheap basement apartment did last year.

However, I admire your efforts, and I would totally have blown my nose in public because I am nothing if not a pro at the shit. Finally, I must add that though the sniffling in question is annoying to listen to, it’s way more annoying to suffer personally, and we must all either (a) remember this, or (b) carry Kleenex to offer to people like a certain G who’s NTKO.

By: That Kind of Girl

That Kind of Girl — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:01:20 +0000

All I said to them was: “Would you like a Kleenex?” Every person I asked accepted the Kleenex, thanked me, and smiled. Hardly the rudest thing I’ve seen on the T.

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:33:32 +0000

I have a cold right now and I’m going to sniff regardless of whether or not you give me a tissue. 1 tissue or even 2, might give some relief for about 30 seconds. But when you’re sick, it’s constant nose congestion. And having someone point it out to me or imply that my illness that I can’t do anything about is “annoying” them, is just rude and embarrassing.

I understand if someone is sneezing (then they probably need a tissue badly), but if someone is just sniffing LEAVE THEM ALONE! The poor person is probably miserable enough without you drawing more attention to their state.

By: Dhsu

Dhsu — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:12:38 +0000

Man, you totally blew your chance to tell grateful strangers that it was “snot a problem.”

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By: That Kind of Girl

That Kind of Girl — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:30:33 +0000

Dude, not sure if we needed five separate comments detailing the contents and movements of your snot… You commented more than I did!

By: Ken O

Ken O — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:24:32 +0000

Male perspective on this – I’d rather you blew or blotted in front of me than sat there sniffling and dripping “because we’re on a date”. Not only is it less likely to gross me out, but it will make you feel more physically comfortable, and hence hopefully more relaxed and able to enjoy yourself!

By: Ken O

Ken O — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:20:46 +0000

Personally, the stuff I’m spitting has just been coughed up from my lungs into my mouth, and will be aimed at a gutter, the 90deg bend between sidewalk and a wall, or a piece of grass/flowerbed (as most convenient).