Our submitter, Rob in Cleveland, says he found this note on his computer screen upon returning to his desk after lunch one day. “I honestly don’t bring my toenail clippers to work,” Rob says. “They were just hurting inside my pocket so I put them on my desk and forgot about them, and this is what I get.”
![Thank you for the use of your clippers. Mine were to[sic] to do my toenails. They were really bugging me & started to destroy linings in my shoes.](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5190365522_bf599da773_o.jpg)
At first glance, I thought the note must have been sarcastic — surely, no one would actually borrow another’s toenail clippers, right? — so I asked Rob for some clarification.
As it turns out, Rob is pretty sure the note was no joke. “The guy who wrote it is one of the grossest people at work,” he explains. And as for why he had toenail clippers in his pocket to begin with? Says Rob: “I cut my nails in my car on the way to work.”
Of course. Well, I’m glad we cleared that one up.
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#1
oi
WTF??!?!
I want to say that he was being sarcastic but that does not make sense either. Why’d he be so angry about rob putting his clipper on his own desk?
So he saw the clipper and thought to himself: oh yeah my nails are destroying my shoes liners, ( I guess socks already have holes from those monstrous nails?) let’s use this clipper!
I do not want to work in this office.
Jan 11, 2011 at 6:35 pm rating: 30
#2
Elizabeth
I’m inclined to believe that the note is sarcastic, and that Rob is, in fact, the grossest person at work.
What’s he got on the screen there, facebook chat?
Jan 11, 2011 at 6:45 pm rating: 31
#3
Melissa
This note is so polite, but he forgot to thank Rob for the use of his cubicle as a toenail clipping venue and coffee mug as toenail receptacle.
Jan 11, 2011 at 6:45 pm rating: 36
#4
Canthz_B
Isn’t driving while clipping (DWC) against the law?
Jan 11, 2011 at 6:59 pm rating: 9
#5
Canthz_B
Toenails that destroy shoe-lining are more properly called claws.
Jan 11, 2011 at 7:01 pm rating: 49
#6
retikjweqriof@sijmfwqe.com
Well, at least Rob has the better sense to do his business in the privacy of his car.
On the subway I have seen people clipping their nails, and just letting the dregs fall to the floor.
(it being NYC, I have seen a lot worse on the subway, but thats for another day)
Jan 11, 2011 at 7:02 pm rating: 6
#7
Abby
Oooh, that’s nasty.
Jan 11, 2011 at 7:04 pm rating: 4
#8
shwo!
Being from Los Angeles, I can say with some certainty that this is the first time the Clippers have been of any use.
Jan 11, 2011 at 7:11 pm rating: 79
#9
aaa
Hm. When my toenails get to the point of tearing up the insides of my shoes, I just stop wearing shoes.
Jan 11, 2011 at 7:35 pm rating: 10
#10
castle
Those toe nail clipping were F*cking Delicious…… lol
Jan 11, 2011 at 7:35 pm rating: 5
#11
se
I’m confused. did the clippers tell Rob they were in pain or were they just crying so loudly that it was bothering him?
Jan 11, 2011 at 7:47 pm rating: 6
#12
Odious
So, in other words, the claim “I honestly don’t bring my toenail clippers to work” is not actual honesty? And since the Thank You note was authentic, Rob is the P/A in this case? Is that the story?
Jan 11, 2011 at 7:50 pm rating: 6
#13
Merm
I think I am missing how this note is passive-aggressive? This isn’t the Weird Things that Happen to Me at Work website.
Jan 11, 2011 at 7:57 pm rating: 1
#14
Mel K
He should label his clippers. Labeling solves everything. These clippers belong to Rob. He has Hep C. Please feel free to use.
Jan 11, 2011 at 8:09 pm rating: 28
#15
VerityBrown
I can’t imagine why anyone would bother to leave this guy a note informing him that they’d used his clippers. Sounds to me more like someone saw the clippers lying there and decide to be “smart.”
Jan 11, 2011 at 8:11 pm rating: 14
#16
Divvitar
I think it’s time to get a new pair of clippers, Rob!
Jan 11, 2011 at 8:59 pm rating: 3
#17
Clevegal42
There is nothing I hate worse than ruining a nice pair of shoes with my toenails. Unfortunately, I don’t have considerate coworkers to leave their nail clippers on their desk. I usually have to go through a few drawers to find them.
Jan 11, 2011 at 9:17 pm rating: 12
#18
WMDKitty
Oh, ghaaaawd. Time to sterilize those clippers… and then incinerate them, and buy a new pair.
Jan 11, 2011 at 11:03 pm rating: 1
#19
farcical aquatic ceremony
I call “foul!”–in every sense of the word.
Yuck to the idea of sharing under-nail goodies with coworkers, but yuck, too, to the interior of Rob’s car: anyone who’s used clippers knows the whimsical way they shoot nail shards everywhere, so I can’t help but picture slivers in the cup/change-holders, seat crevices, etc. Basically, in my horrified mind, they’re filling up all the car-interior-volume that, say, a GIRLFRIEND might occupy if Rob’s car weren’t just…overFLOWing with nasty nail chips.
Jan 11, 2011 at 11:45 pm rating: 12
#20
Summer
Pedicures, people. PEDICURES! Get them!
Jan 11, 2011 at 11:46 pm rating: 4
#21
Canthz_B
Clips his toenails in his car on the way to work, huh?
I need to work on my multi-tasking skills.
I too have an automatic transmission, so I’m sure I should be able to think of something productive to do with my left foot while driving to work.
I’m thinking maybe I’ll try doing a few paintings down there…of the scenery along my route perhaps.
Stay tuned for the movie “My Left Foot 2, The Marvelous Commute”.
Jan 12, 2011 at 12:30 am rating: 15
#22
snuzzled
I carry nail clippers around, too, but I’m terribly prone to hangnails so it’s a necessity. Otherwise they bug me and I end up ripping them off, causing even more pain.
But seriously, who sees someone’s nail clippers laying around and thinks “Oh, that’s right, I should clip my toenails!”? Major yuk.
Jan 12, 2011 at 4:36 am rating: 3
#23
Nahhh
It would have been way cooler if the note-writer had posted this message to Rob’s Facebook wall, and it had ended up on Failbook.
Yeah, way cooler.
Maybe not.
Jan 12, 2011 at 6:16 am rating: 1
#24
red velvet
This should have ended up on his facebook wall instead. The gross guy really missed a great opportunity to bring up TWO bad habits of the people working around him; Facebook at work, and personal hygiene in the vehicle.
My clippers have never left my bathroom, therefore I think both people involved here are the grossest ones in the office.
Jan 12, 2011 at 8:25 am rating: 3
#25
Lidda
Eeewwwwwww! (a la Scrubbing Bubbles commercial)
Jan 12, 2011 at 9:06 am rating: 1
#26
TKD
If Rob did not want to share Rob’s clippers, he would have done what any sane person would do…
Commandeer a drawer in the communal refrigerator, place them inside, label it with a proper note and eschew personal pronouns. OOPS, another one slipped out.
-elaine-
Jan 12, 2011 at 10:09 am rating: 18
#27
tzed
They deserve each other no matter what the scenario.
Jan 12, 2011 at 11:17 am rating: 1
#28
Canthz_B
This one could really benefit from some clip-art…toenail clippings and Elmer’s glue would do the trick nicely.
Jan 12, 2011 at 11:53 am rating: 5
#29
Megan
This may have been addressed in the other comments, but I haven’t read them:
Why don’t either of these people clip their nails (finger and toe) at home?
Jan 12, 2011 at 12:22 pm rating: 3
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