By now, you've likely noticed that we are sticklers for subway etiquette. And we generally believe that when in doubt, you probably shouldn't do it in public—like when it comes to clipping your nails. But here's a situation we're not 100% sure about: tipster Allison Lucas sent us the above photo of a cop who was clipping his nails while apparently on-duty at the Times Square train station yesterday morning. And he kept doing so even as he was approached by people for help.
Is It Gross For Cops To Clip Their Nails In Public?
Bus Driver Claims Boss Licked Her Face, But Continues To Work
Bus drivers have it hard out there—when passengers aren't punching them in the face, they have to deal with their bosses licking their face. At least that's what Bronx driver Nancy Jenkins claims her superior did to her: “He stuck out his tongue and licked me from under my chin all the way up to my eyebrow,” Jenkins told the News. “It was just so nasty.”
Video: When Will People Get That Clipping Your Nails On The Subway Is GROSS?
We've written in the past about how gross it is to clip your nails on the subway—just about a year ago, we posted a video of two men engaged in a long subway etiquette argument over the subject. But in the year since then, it seems some people still aren't getting it. Since people keep doing gross things, we'll keep posting the videos and pointing out their unneighborly behavior.
Kardashian Beau Teams With Fatty Crab To Make Meatpacking District Even Worse
Although we were under the impression that the Meatpacking District was already operating at the highest possible level of douchebaggery allowable by law, it seems there's room for still more skeez. Scott Disick, the Patrick Bateman doppleganger / that one Kardashian who isn't Kim's baby daddy, is apparently joining forces with the team behind Fatty Crab and Fattu 'Cue, who up until this point have been relatively well-respected, to open a new restaurant on Gansevoort Street.
Video: Cops Nab Alleged OWS Protester Who Dumped "Large Quantities" Of Feces, Urine In Public
In the war against Occupy Wall Street, the NYPD is bringing out the big guns: Videos of excrement. A press release featuring the cheeky subject line "It Happens" was distributed by the NYPD press office tonight, announcing that a Philadelphia man has been arrested and charged with "Unlawful Possession of Noxious Matter (human urine and feces)." As you can see in this video, two individuals are seen dragging a big bucket of something black and nasty-looking into the open-air plaza at the corner of Nassau and Cedar Streets in Lower Manhattan, then pouring the waste down the stairs there. The prank is then repeated in the vestibule of a Chase bank on Water Street.
UnderWHERE: Jeremy Lin's "Lintimates" Vanish From eBay
Like a butterfly landing on the tip of your nose, the moment to catch a pair of boxer briefs allegedly worn by Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin was fleeting. With an opening bid of $1,000, one incredulous eBay seller was hoping to cash in on the recent spate of Lin-sanity sweeping the nation, offering up a pair of Lin's boxer briefs from his Harvard days.
Profiting From Panties: 8 Dirty Secrets Of The Soiled Thong Trade
Long after the Valentine's Day roses wilt and the chocolate is eaten, the scent of used panties remains. This is the brilliant premise that two young women behind a used-panties-for-hire business have hatched to weather this tough economy (damn economy!) Our very own Carrie Dennis spoke to one of the women in a chance encounter on the subway last night. The 20-year-old entrepreneur, who directed us towards her Craigslist ad, and said she was on her way to move some product, gave us some insight into her foolproof business model.
Most Frightening Rat Ever Declared Nastiest Subway Rat Of All Time
The Transit Workers Union has been running a contest, asking New Yorkers to submit photographs of disgusting rats, to demand the MTA to improve current garbage cleaning/pick-up standards. And today the TWU has revealed the winner of a free monthly Metrocard. The Daily News reports that Michael Spivack's photograph of a rat with sores or burns or something horrible won over voters.
Horrible: Seeing Guy Masturbate While He Stares At You On The Subway
In the wake of the alleged Whitehall station subway pervert, Gawker received an account of one woman's experience having a guy apparently pleasure himself while watching her on a train. And she has video.
Toddler Samples Mouse In Her Mouth, Nation Gets Queasy
While we remember fighting over the ambulance in day care (you know who you are, ambulance hoggers), we don't recall interacting with rodents until our first apartment. Eight-month-old Alanah Barba was recently found playing with a mouse in her mouth at a Newark day care center. "Lately, she's been vomiting. Everything she's eaten, she's throwing it back up," Alanah's mother Brittany tells ABC. On the other hand, it's never too early to read your children Stuart Little.
Video: Don't Watch This Spider Splat Its Babies All Over
You know that horror story kids used to tell around the campfire about the girl who got a really nasty pimple and when she popped it, it turned out that it was actually a spider egg, and a million spider babies crawled out? You do remember that? Then you probably want to watch this video:
"King Of Times Square" Embodies Everything That's Horrible About New Year's Eve
As if New Year's Eve in Times Square isn't horrible enough, the Post today gives us a peek at the man who's making it even more insufferable: meet Andrew Fox.
Americans Rush To Stuff Their "Stockings" With 5 Big Macs And Fries For $13
With 17 hours to go, more than 100,000 people have gone and paid Living Social $13 for a booklet featuring five Big Mac vouchers and five large fries vouchers. That's $1.3 million+ in sales! To pull out an increasingly old cliche: America? This is why you are fat.
City Tech Cafeteria: The Filthiest Eatery In Brooklyn?
Over the past few months, the Health Department has put the kibosh on many a beloved Brooklyn food institution (see: Di Fara, Turkey's Nest), but now, the DOH has shuttered an actual Brooklyn institute—the City Tech cafeteria—for a slew of health code violations so egregious you may very well lose your lunch.
Di Fara Pizza Shuttered By DOH After Racking Up 67 Violation Points
Perpetual "best-of" list-topper and cultishly loved Midwood institution Di Fara pizzeria has been shuttered after racking up a not-so-delicious 67 violation points by the Department of Health. Perhaps Adam Kuban's wife was right when she griped on pizza blog Slice last week that "eating at Di Fara is like eating in a coal mine."
Would You Drink Wine Cultivated Near The Gowanus Canal?
Yeah, we're willing to spend $117,000 on one bottle of wine, or slurp down a Voveti Prosecco with our Big Mac. We love wine so much, we're even willing to accept an elevated risk of breast cancer. But we may have finally met a wine we dare not drink: a Brooklyn man has been cultivating a massive, 50-foot grapevine a few blocks from the Gowanus Canal. Because who wouldn't want gonorrhea-rich vino?
Mosquitoes Attacking Upper West Side Homes Through Basements, Air Vents
The genteel residents of the Upper West Side are being plagued by super-powered mosquitoes that hide under the cover over darkness—and the Health Department just doesn't care, they say.
"Master Of Disguise Food" Vendor Racked Up $90,000 In Health Violations
A Queens food vendor who allegedly used the power of a foreign name to help him escape from $90,000 in health violations has been busted, after switching one too many letters around. It's kind of like that time no one knew how to spell "Gadhafi", but with more street meat.
Girl Scout Cookie-Flavored Lip Balm Is Happening And You Cannot Stop It
Yes, it's true. Girl Scout Cookies, the innocent childhood treat, are now being whored out to the glitter-and-sparkle overlords at LipSmacker, who are turning the cookies into a sick, sticky-sounding lipgloss.
Video: Joey Chestnut Sucks Down Gallons Of Chili
Want to forget about eating lunch today? We've got you covered. Joey Chestnut, who has been the world champion hot dog eater for the past five years, went down to DC this weekend for the World Chili Eating Championship and, well, you'll see.
Lindsay Lohan At Boom Boom Room: There Will Be Blood
Lindsay Lohan, when not getting Billy Joel tattoos, is apparently still getting invited to high-profile events, like the V magazine party at the Top of the Standard (nee the Boom Boom Room) last week. And, in typical Lindsay fashion, things got a little messy BLOODY.
Do NYU Co-Eds Make The Best "Sugar Babies?"
Are you a rapidly-balding, wealthy male looking for a somewhat-legal aged young lady to dote on in exchange for "mutually beneficial" sexual favors? Then why are you reading this?! You should already be on Seeking Arrangement, the site that proudly strips down relationships into the monetary transactions they truly are at their core. Ah, how sweet it is that people keep finding new and wonderful ways to dress up the world's oldest profession in better-sounding clothing.
Commutes Mostly Good, Except For That Queens Station Filled With Dead Rats
Now that the subways are up and running post-Irene, commuters are getting back into the swing of things, which for some, means a morning spent battling the suffocating smell of GIANT DEAD RATS.
7-Eleven Introduces The Hot Dog Flavored Potato Chip
There are a fair amount of 7-Eleven stores around New York City (let's say... 26? Who's counting? No one.), which means there's a fair amount of stores that will sell you Hot Dog Flavored Potato Chips. That's correct, fellow American, the franchise has just introduced their latest product, which got its flavor inspiration from 7-Eleven's own Big Bite hot dog. There are also ketchup, mustard and relish spiced chips, according to Laughing Squid—so in theory, you could mix all of these up for what one Gothamist staffer called "a symphony in my mouth."
Fishing For Crabs With Condoms In Newtown Creek
Locavore eating is still so hot right now, and so is finding new purposes for discarded refuse. Therefore it comes as no surprise that some urban fishermen are using raw chicken and used condoms to catch crabs in Newtown Creek, which, you might recall, was declared a Superfund site last year.
Putrid Puddle Takes Over West 33rd St
Big news, you guys: there's a giant puddle on West 33rd St and it looks really gross and everyone around there hates it because "it smells like death." Gross.
Woman Served French Fries With A Side Of BLOOD At Cracker Barrel
Great, one more thing to worry about at fast food restaurants: bodily fluids being used as condiments. A woman got her order of fries with a side of human blood at a Cracker Barrel in Texas this week, prompting the restaurant to apologize and send the woman a $100 gift card, because, golly, that blood sure was delicious!
Where Is The Smelliest Block In New York?
Earlier this month, we learned which subway you're most likely to roast in, and today, another of the city's eternal questions gets (sort of) answered by New York Magazine, which deems Broome Street between Allen and Eldridge Streets "the smelliest block in New York."

