Is it OK to blow your nose in a cloth restaurant napkin?

Anonymous
Disgusting. No.
Anonymous
It shouldn't be option A, but if you're in a situation where your nose is running and you really can't leave the table it's better than the alternatives.
Anonymous
Absolutely not. Ew. I'm a former waitress and I would find this appalling. Plus, blowing your nose at the table is disgusting. Go to the restroom, blow your nose there, and wash your hands! People are eating!

This is the first time I've gotten to be the "ew" poster - usually I'm the one that people say "ew" to - I wash my sheets monthly, I let my kids pick up trash on our walks, my kids routinely pick food up from the floor of our kitchen and eat it and I've long since shrugged it off.

But your snot does not belong at the table, full stop.
Anonymous
That's disgusting! Go to the bathroom and do it!
I will never understand why men think it's fine to blow snot out their nose in public. And into a cloth napkin, or tissue. Treat it like farting in public.
Let me guess, you let those go in public, too?
Anonymous
NO!!!
Anonymous
Are you an animal?

No. This is never ok.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It's not ok to blow your nose in a restaurant. Definitely not ok to blow into a cloth napkin. Gross.


This is simply untrue.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. Ew. I'm a former waitress and I would find this appalling. Plus, blowing your nose at the table is disgusting. Go to the restroom, blow your nose there, and wash your hands! People are eating!

This is the first time I've gotten to be the "ew" poster - usually I'm the one that people say "ew" to - I wash my sheets monthly, I let my kids pick up trash on our walks, my kids routinely pick food up from the floor of our kitchen and eat it and I've long since shrugged it off.

But your snot does not belong at the table, full stop.


Yeah, after detailing the things you do, I don't think you get to be the "ew" poster.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:That's disgusting! Go to the bathroom and do it!
I will never understand why men think it's fine to blow snot out their nose in public. And into a cloth napkin, or tissue. Treat it like farting in public.
Let me guess, you let those go in public, too?


Of course! Better out than in.
Anonymous
No, don't do that. Just ask for some paper cocktail napkins from the bar.
Anonymous
No. If something disgusting goes into your napkin, ask for another. Wrap the old one up in the new one and mention the situation to the waiter so they know to dispose of it in a safe fashion.
Anonymous
A subtle wipe of a runny nose? Sure. Full blown blowing of nose? F no.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:A subtle wipe of a runny nose? Sure. Full blown blowing of nose? F no.


+1
Anonymous
No, that's foul. Unless you're at home and it's your own personal towel.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It shouldn't be option A, but if you're in a situation where your nose is running and you really can't leave the table it's better than the alternatives.


+1
That is why, I have been raised to always have paper napkins on me in a restaurant.
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