Results: The nerve the kid got!
When my 14 year old son was on the international 10 hour flight he was sitting next to a lady, who was vigorously picking her nose.
1.
1.
What would you do if you would be in his place?
Ask the lady to stop picking her nose
7%
•
147 votes
Ask her to move
4%
•
89 votes
Ask if she needs a tissue
44%
•
869 votes
Ask flight attendants to move you
18%
•
357 votes
Nothing
26%
•
522 votes
2.
2.
So my son asked the lady to move but lucky for him she said "no speak English". Do you think his action was
rude
38%
•
747 votes
totally fine
57%
•
1131 votes
Other (please specify)
5%
•
106 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 1.71% | 34 | |
| n/a | 0.50% | 10 |
| na | 0.45% | 9 |
| not sure | 0.20% | 4 |
| ? | 0.10% | 2 |
| undecided | 0.10% | 2 |
| he should have moved first | 0.05% | 1 |
| Should have asked stewardess to move him | 0.05% | 1 |
| Undecided. | 0.05% | 1 |
| childish | 0.05% | 1 |
| perhaps start with offering a tissue; if the behavior continues, ask if he can move. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Some people have no "class". | 0.05% | 1 |
| not rude,but their was other options instead of asking her to move. | 0.05% | 1 |
| A little inconsiderate | 0.05% | 1 |
| maybe slightly impolite | 0.05% | 1 |
| weird | 0.05% | 1 |
| He should have moved. | 0.05% | 1 |
| should have left it to the adult to speak | 0.05% | 1 |
| He should then have asked for a stewardess to translate | 0.05% | 1 |
| Can't say, wasn't there | 0.05% | 1 |
| ok but there were better alternatives | 0.05% | 1 |
| if he asked if she needed a tissue and she said no but kept on picking her nose then I don't think he was rude | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't know | 0.05% | 1 |
| DONT KNOW, BUT NEITHER RUDE NOR FINE | 0.05% | 1 |
| Could've been asked in a kind way | 0.05% | 1 |
| not appropriate | 0.05% | 1 |
| If he was uncomfortable, he should have asked to be moved discreetly | 0.05% | 1 |
| Depends how he asked | 0.05% | 1 |
| odd | 0.05% | 1 |
| not the best way to handle this | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't know? | 0.05% | 1 |
| Should have asked if she needed a tissue | 0.05% | 1 |
| not certain what I'd do in their position | 0.05% | 1 |
| within his rights | 0.05% | 1 |
| Funny! | 0.05% | 1 |
| i dont know | 0.05% | 1 |
| Being 14 years old I don't hold any bad feelings for him asking the woman to move. When you're that young you really don't really know the right thing to say. | 0.05% | 1 |
| maybe one could ask her to stop the repulsive act instead of moving | 0.05% | 1 |
| were you traveling with him? | 0.05% | 1 |
| selfish, he should move if he is offended, not her | 0.05% | 1 |
| C | 0.05% | 1 |
| would have had to be there | 0.05% | 1 |
| I would offer her a tissue,tell her we don't pick our nose near me so please stop or move | 0.05% | 1 |
| He should have gone through the flight attendant. | 0.05% | 1 |
| idk | 0.05% | 1 |
| would have offered a tissue first | 0.05% | 1 |
| Ask the stewardess to move his seat and quietly explain why. | 0.05% | 1 |
| If the seat is assigned, she can't move | 0.05% | 1 |
| would've asked if she needed a tissue first! | 0.05% | 1 |
| well is this lady the quenn or what | 0.05% | 1 |
| unsure | 0.05% | 1 |
3.
3.
Do you pick your nose in public? Yes - often
4%
•
70 votes
Yes - rarely
16%
•
317 votes
Never!
79%
•
1575 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
22 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.55% | 11 | |
| i do but i hope noone is looking | 0.05% | 1 |
| no unless it is an emergency | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not usually...but my husband sure does! | 0.05% | 1 |
| depends if something (a knat) flies up my nose.other than that i try to do all my picking at home | 0.05% | 1 |
| only if there was something in there causing discomfort and blowing my nose didn't work | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not that i know of | 0.05% | 1 |
| n/a | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't pick my nose at all | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't pick my nose anywhere. | 0.05% | 1 |
| only if I really have to!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| only when it is absolutely unavoidable due to even worse result | 0.05% | 1 |
4.
4.
What do you think is fine to do in public? Pick your nose
7%
•
135 votes
Pass gas
15%
•
297 votes
Bite nails
23%
•
463 votes
None of these
64%
•
1278 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
34 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.54% | 12 | |
| N/A | 0.14% | 3 |
| this is a disgusting survey and it needs to be removed | 0.05% | 1 |
| sometines it can't be helped | 0.05% | 1 |
| Stop Swearing & using foul language | 0.05% | 1 |
| Be Awesome | 0.05% | 1 |
| What ever ya damn well please, within the law of course! | 0.05% | 1 |
| sometimes with allergies, you just have to stop stuff from running out of your nose and down your face | 0.05% | 1 |
| Well sometimes things cannot be helped with the exception of nail biting | 0.05% | 1 |
| NA | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't care | 0.05% | 1 |
| ..... | 0.05% | 1 |
| Speak freely without fear of the PC Police. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Any thing you can,t avoid | 0.05% | 1 |
| anything,it's your body but please don't do it too close to me | 0.05% | 1 |
| Hey--when you got to, you got to! | 0.05% | 1 |
| they're natural and fine | 0.05% | 1 |
| i knew this deaf girl who has a very keen vision and she read lips and could see people from far distance and she always mentiond how many she saw while she riding in a car of people that were picking there nose. | 0.05% | 1 |
| anything that is legal | 0.05% | 1 |
| unsure | 0.05% | 1 |
| Odd Question's is it fine to do in public ! | 0.05% | 1 |
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