How to be the most hated person at the airport? This guy nailed it.
Airports are increasingly becoming like personal grooming stations away from home. In the latest horrifying fly-giene violation, an oblivious traveler was spotted clipping their toenails in the boarding area of a crowded airport, as seen in a viral Reddit post.
“This guy clipping his toes while I waited at the airport,” wrote the aghast Redditor while recounting the pedi crime, which was so appalling they said they wanted to “bleach” their eyes.
The accompanying photo showed the unnamed air barbarian with his bare feet curled up on the chair — another all-too-common airport faux pas — as he brazenly trimmed his foot claws in full view of fellow travelers.
The hellion’s sandals, meanwhile, were lying on the floor like it was his living room.
Reddit commenters were disgusted over the spectacle.
“Clueless … that’s gross,” said one viewer, while another wrote, “As a society, we need to bring back public shaming.”
“There is a subgroup of human beings that think that clipping their toenails outside of their own personal dwelling is somehow ‘okay,’” said one armchair etiquette specialist. “I see it in the office, at restaurants, airports, FFS.”
They added, “I was raised to classify clipping your nails as [a] personal hygiene activity much like shaving, or brushing your teeth and should generally be done with the same decorum.’”
“I mean to be fair when he puts his feet up into the section in front of him he wants them to look good,” quipped one jokester in reference to the rash of incidents of people baring their tootsies inflight.
Apparently, nail clipping isn’t restricted to when travelers are on the ground.
In a November TikTok video, flight attendant Kat Nesbitt said this “wild” habit is “way more common than you think it is,” adding, that “every single time it’s disgusting.”
Other all-too-common midair grooming routines have included doing one’s hair, painting nails and even diaper changing.
And, just in case airplanes haven’t become enough like bathrooms, one United Airlines passenger was fined $10,000 for urinating in his seat on a flight from the Netherlands to New York.
