Blow nose at table in restaurant

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love to slurp down exceptionally spicy soup at any restaurant that serves it. Pho especially with tons of Sriracha. I sweat profusely and get my nose running something awful. Obviously I have to sop up the sweat and blow my nose with napkins the entire time. I pile them up on the table and meekly apologize to the waitress when she has to collect them.

White male. Income $750k per year.

Please tell me you are joking

Yes, please, joking. I am laughing so hard because this guy is either obnoxiously funny in his humor or, if he's for real, he's going to be single for life.

Yeah, no, I legit do this. Except making the waitress pick it up. That was embellishment. I put it on the plate with the bean sprouts I don’t use so she can just easily toss it. Bean sprouts = big time salmonella risk. Plus I’m super charming.

Sweating through the neck of my dress shirt at lunch is my version a construction guy’s glistening bare arms.

[Anonymous]

Maybe you could dab it once discretely if it was drippy, but if you need to fully blow it, go to the bathroom for pete's sake and wash your hands afterwards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a natural thing - it’s not gross

+1

[Anonymous]

I was raised that it is more polite to blow your nose than it is to sniff. So I would not hesitate, except that I've also read that in many Asian cultures, it's considered impolite.

So for me, depends on the company. I've not heard people from other backgrounds express concern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it appropriate to blow your nose at a table in a restaurant?
Yes or no and what is your background? Race, age? Income ?

OP, asking about race, age, and income tells me more about you than anything else. Why would that even matter?

[Anonymous]

Quick wipe due to allergies is ok. Repeated big blow due to a cold...we probably would not go out to eat.

[Anonymous]

I once saw a guy at Harris Teeter blow his nose in his hands and then wipe it on a produce display. I started washing my produce a lot better after that.