While we're on the subject of subway etiquette, can someone please do something once and for all about people who clip their fingernails on the MTA? Gothamist sat next to yet another morning manicurist on the way uptown yesterday and, with nowhere to go in the packed car, was forced to hear each click and was even hit by a stray piece of fingernail. To make matters worse, a man came through the car selling manicure sets for "the amazing low price of two dollars," thereby encouraging more of this behavior.
In the spirit of Bill Maher, here's a new rule: don't do anything on the subway that most people do in their bathrooms at home. Of course, Gothamist can make an execption for newspaper reading. That's something even we've been known to do in the loo every so often.





The ladies that do their makeup on the subway always amazed me. You have to have mad skills to deal with a bumpy subway ride without drawing all over your face.
i am SO glad that you posted this! nailclipping is one of the most vile things to do in a crowded public place--and i was most grossed out when i saw a mother cutting her 10 year old child's nails on the train, letting em fly everywhere. the next generation will carry on the habit. bleh.