Friday, October 28, 2011

I can't stand it when people paint their nails at the office so I'm sure I'd go bananas on a train, too

from Lisa MXXXXXX lisa.XXXXXXX@gmail.com
to cj@thiscrazytrain.com
date Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:12 PM

Hi Cj,
I just want to start out by saying I love your blog and have been a big fan for over six months now. I wanted to tell you about one of my experiences on the LSE 5:20pm train.

I was sitting in one of the quads when the woman across from me diagonally began to apply nail polish which subsequently began to stink up the whole train. Across from me in the quad beside, a man got up in a fury and looked around for who was causing this smell. He even walked up to the second floor and then came barreling back down.

I guess he didn't realize the woman doing it was pretty much across from him.

Finally he figured out it was her and loud enough that the whole train could hear him, he said "Excuse me m'am but can you please not do that? It smells disgusting!" The poor woman looked terrified of this man yelling at her but at the same time I, deep inside, wanted to yell "Power to the People."

Maybe more and more people are learning to speak up....

4 comments:

  1. Dan-1October 29, 2011 at 12:58 AM

    I can't stand the smell of nail polish. Women might as well be huffing glue because it smells just like that, and it's the vapours that are most harmful.

    I bet many don't even know chemicals in them like toluene can cause brain damage, birth defects and cancer. Probably doesn't say that on the labels.

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  2. SquigglesOctober 29, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    I can't even wear the stuff. And the stink is horrible.

    Why can't people realise that some things need to be done or eaten at home?

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  3. SvejOctober 29, 2011 at 7:27 PM

    Oh lord. My old roommate used to paint her nails in our computer lab at school. I'd have to switch labs because it gave me a headache. I have never called anyone out on their behaviour on the train, but if anyone painted their nails, I wouldn't hesitate to tell them to stop.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 29, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    good for him for speaking up!

    well nail polish has fromaldahyde (sp?) in it +!

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