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Complaint Box | Public GroomingBy?Lion Calandra?NOVEMBER 6, 2009 10:36 AMNovember 6, 2009 10:36 am INCLUDEPICTURE "" \* MERGEFORMATINET P.C. VeyWHEN did grooming become a spectator sport?When I was growing up, back in the days when the express train beat the local, straphangers were content to pass their time in transit with a good book or a crossword puzzle. Occasionally, I’d encounter the loud talker, the nose-picker or someone who had to free themselves of a wedgie. Hey, we’ve all been there.That’s old school.These days, if someone seated near me on my morning ride is putting on makeup, someone else is clipping his fingernails (and, on one odd occasion this summer, a toenail). Or they’re plucking eyebrows, tying ties, squeezing pimples, even spraying perfume. There are those who just have to bathe themselves in lotion. Others are brushing their hair. It’s the full monty, commuter style.A few months ago, a woman sitting across from me on a westbound Long Island Rail Road train was flossing her teeth. When she finished, she threw the silky, slimy string on the floor.“Maybe you should do that at home,” I chided.“Maybe you should mind your own business,” she said.“Maybe tomorrow you can shave your legs on the train,” I bellowed.“Whatever,” said Miss Dental Hygiene.Whatever, indeed. It takes a village idiot.The flosser was a special case. Most days, I suffer in silence, fearful of setting off one of those “What are you looking at?” confrontations unique to this city.We’re all strapped for time. If a person cannot manage to keep personal business personal, then it’s time for a major life overhaul. Yes, it’s hard to juggle life’s obligations. But, for the record, I don’t want to see others plucking their eyebrows or flossing their teeth. I hate to see myself doing it. I also don’t want to be in the cloud of cologne wafting through the air by the mad spritzer sitting 20 feet from me. It irks my allergies. It takes only a few extra minutes before bedtime or in the morning to tend to personal hygiene, which becomes much less hygienic when it’s done on the subway seat where some vagrant just spent the night.Each season, as summer turns to fall, I hope the cooler weather will end the sideshow. While a cold spell puts some public groomers on ice, others will not be deterred. Last week, on a Manhattan-bound F train, I saw a man combing his hair. When he was finished, he pulled the hairs from the teeth of the comb and sprinkled them on the floor like he was seeding a field. And recently, on my way home to Queens, a woman seated near me on the E train decided it was an appropriate place to remove her nail polish.I blame YouTube. A modern-day Circus Maximus, the video networking site makes a public spectacle of private moments. Compared with watching a stranger give birth or seeing a man you’ve never met faint during his own nuptials, popping open the new deodorant you just bought at Duane Reade and applying it on the platform of the uptown No. 1 train (you know who you are) is tame.It cannot be too much to ask for some things to stay private. Maybe the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could do a public service campaign.A line must be drawn. Just not with dental floss, please.Lion Calandra lives in Kew Gardens, Queens, and is a freelance copy editor for an Internet content provider.What do you think about “public grooming”? Is it one of your own “pet peeves,” or do you think it is acceptable? Why?What do you think the author’s tone of voice was when he said “Maybe tomorrow you can shave your legs on the train” to the woman who had just finished flossing her teeth? How can you tell?What connection does the author make between public grooming and modern media, like YouTube and reality television? Do you agree or disagree?Have you ever groomed yourself in public? If so, would you think twice about doing so after reading this essay?bob fish carter?December 3, 2010?·?11:10 amit depends on the grooming. somethings can be understandable like if ur in a rush and u neda brush your hair or lotion ur face or arms thats not bad, but when ur doin things such as flosin and and shaving hair, thats not appropiate for the bus or subway, or Yildy?December 3, 2010?·?11:11 amI think that is so disgusting and gross! I mean who flosses, washes their hair, pick their nose pluck their eyebrows in public! who does that now at days? digusting peopleyolanda?December 3, 2010?·?11:11 ami think it the most nastiest thing to groom yourself on the subway . you need to handle your business at home not in public. if you running late and cant do it at home don’t just be late and stink. or you could stay home.Janecssa?December 3, 2010?·?11:11 amI believe that self grooming is something to do at home. that is not really for anybody to see and for you and you only.bob fish carter?December 3, 2010?·?11:12 amhey whats up people ,. well, i think that public grooming is okay to an extent. like if you forget to brush your hair in the morning its okay people give it a quick couple of combs or brushes, and the same thing with lotion you ndont have time to moiturize in the morn before you leave…. lotion up right quickkristopher pettaway?December 3, 2010?·?11:13 amwhat is wrong with people these days i dont need to see peoples toe nail right next to me. plus thier are allot of germs on the train an i dont like sitting were a homeless person jus spent the night as it is.malik?December 3, 2010?·?11:13 amreally i think it is nasty and dirty to do all of these things it is very you should do i n your house and do it in public and if some one is sitting next to you and your flossing your teeth and doing other things.Tiana?December 3, 2010?·?1:18 pmi agree with your look in personal hygiene because thing such as that should be done at home and not in a public place when you are around other people.Elaine?December 3, 2010?·?1:19 pmI was on the 05 line and some lady comes in and goes to the mirror and combs her hair and puts on her make-up.I was like, why didn’t she do that at her house when she was getting ready? Like , that’s so inappropriate . Stuff could be flying out your hair and land in someones coffee.Have some respect for the other people that are in the train or in the public !Tracee .J. Greene?December 3, 2010?·?1:35 pmI agree too.One time I was the train and some random guy started brushing his teeth with a coke bottle that he use to wash his mouth out. Then he spit it on the floor.GROSS!!! People please do that at home or if you can’t in the public bathroom.sue flamaw?January 27, 2011?·?12:47 pmI really hate the story about changing the kids poppy diaper. That gives me nightmares on the bus now. Thanks alot.Mathew?January 27, 2011?·?12:48 pmI was on a bus once and a man was clipping his black cracked and yellow nasty toe nails in my face. He did not care who was around himNick Thai?January 27, 2011?·?12:51 pmPublic Grooming does seem like a spectator because it may show how rude people act at typical places like the metroJalja?January 27, 2011?·?2:23 pmonce on the bus there was a lady putting her finger through her nails , i was next too her their no place else too seat seat on the bus so i had too this worst 15 minutes in my life next to herDJ quack?January 27, 2011?·?9:53 pmSome times people do that because not everyone has time in the morning. Yeah its ok to put on makeup and of course tie your ties, but enough is enough! No one wants to watch someone pick their nose or floss their teeth! (But just try to keep to yourself, no one wants to have a fight on the subway)Dj quack?January 27, 2011?·?10:58 pmThe reason some people do this is because they dont have time, or just want the attention. I think it is okay for some one to tie their ties and maybe even put on some makeup. Though plucking, picking, and flossing is just revolting. And with the flosser who ever it is stop it, the littering (gross) and the well FLOSSING! it just irks me and many people too! Any ways, enough is enough.Also, we all do some weird things really, maybe you got caught putting on makeup or spraying too much cologne, so if it were you would you want some one all up in your grill.BUT when you do see some one dont make them feel uncomfortable cause you dont want to be the complaint about the ” Uncomfortable Bystander”! Take a breath and get back to your book or MP3 player (just dont breath in the heavy fumesYou?January 28, 2011?·?6:55 pmI hate it when my stupid sister picks up the nail cliper,because she cuts off her nails and they fly everywhere on the ground and she doesn’t pick them up like somepeople do with dog poop,she does it like dog poop on the floor and they don’t pick it up and leaves it there and then she starts to eat peanutsand she throws the shells on the groundand she scatters them like she was planting some wheatOpening Up the Complaint BoxDirections: Use the questions below to guide your analysis of the different posts.Headline: Author’s Name: Topic/Issue: How does the author hook the reader? Write down the opening line. Is this a successful hook? Explain.How the author holds the reader’s interest and illustrate his/her points? Consider anecdotes, colorful descriptions and details, dialogue and other writing techniques. List at least THREE examples and describe their effect. Write down three descriptive ways the author has illustrated the complaint. Summarize an anecdote you found in the essay. Note that this post is not a 5-paragraph essay. How did the writer structure it? How did he/she both open and conclude it? How are the body paragraphs sequenced? How did the writer transition from one to the next? How does the author make the piece universal and reach a large audience? Read three reader comments. Do these readers seem to agree or disagree? What is the tone of the comments? How do you think the writer inspired such comments? If you were to post an online reader comment on this essay, what would you say? After reading this essay, do you share the author’s feelings? Has she/he convinced you that this behavior is annoying or problematic? Explain. ................
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