jetset1

Kal-sy..
a. Bailey's is perfectly fine, in the morning w/coffee, in the afternoon/evening w/amaretto!
b.I can't forget the fumes of Johnny Walker after someone did some creative bungie barfing from a third story dorm dorm window in the early 80's. To this day, when I see a bottle of ye old Red Label, I start to get shaky.
c. Statia~ I sympathize with your island commute. For several years, I did did the small bush plane trips in the wilds of Alaska, and thought if a match was lit, people would be combustible from their alcohol fumes......... true story for the TLC channel,lol.

kimmieokc

I was flying once and someone on the plane was doing her nails. I asked the flight attendant to ask her to stop and she made a big deal out of it and said she couldn't do that. A couple of others also complained and they finally made her stop. Is there not some rule?

missjanna

I will admit I had a moment of retardedness and did my nails on a plane - ONCE. It was from LGA - Miami, and since I know the smell is bad, I kept closing the bottle after every use to minimize the smell as much as possible. The flight was relatively empty, and no one said anything. Had anyone said something, I would have stopped. (I try to be a speed painter, so that I finish my nails in less than 2 minutes).

The flight attendant even came up to me and asked me what color I was using!! So apparently she had no problems with it.

I am by no means excusing my behavior from 6 years ago. However, I will say that with age comes wisdom, so of course I now know better and have more consideration in public places.

Mary2Go

Problem Solved! Avon has these new nail polish "decals" I just stuck some on at work and no smell. A little tricky but something to help pass the time on a flight and arrive with fresh nails!

kswl

Don't worry--I'm sure someone will object to them anyway!

ilovetotravel29

I wear nail polish and I wonder how anyone could do their nails and not realize that the fumes in an enclosed space would bother others.

ggreen

I'd kind of forgotten about this thread by now - my last post was just hours before my trip to Paris via Rekyjavik, and there were many wonderful memories that made me forget about nail polish on airplanes.

HOWEVER, on my outgoing flight on the Rekyjavik-Paris leg, it was my luck to sit next to a woman *painting her nails*! The whole time I kept thinking about this thread and laughing to myself at the irony - second time in my life I've had this happen, and it was right after posting about it! Talk about karma...

My BF was asleep in the window seat and the Icelandic woman's husband was reading his book across the aisle. Despite my earlier post about being a loudmouth, I decided it was impolite for me to say something to this older woman, especially given the language barrier and my groggy night-flight state. I watched her delicately paint each tip, first on one hand, then on the other... and then start back on the first hand again! At that point I couldn't take it any more and leaned over and asked her to stop, holding my nose and waving my hand in front of my face to indicate that the fumes were bothering me. She looked so surprised!! She did put the bottle away - after she finished the hand. By that point I was feeling pretty queasy from the smell.

To you women who paint your nails while inflight, I beg you not to do so. You may not mind the fumes, but please be kind to your fellow passengers who do.

socialworker

Isn't it funny--in a sad way--how we worry about being "rude" to people who are behaving inappropriately? I have always admired those who have the ability to set limits on others without coming across as offensive or hostile themselves. My problem in such situations is that I am feeling so outraged by the offending behavior that I lose the ability to word my displeasure in the reasonable way I would like to....

soccr

Dear Cousin once was doing her nails in the car on the way to a wedding for which they were late. Her husband pulled over and rolled down all the windows and told her she could have perfect nails or be on time, but not both.

ggreen

So true, socialworker! I have the best of intentions sitting here in the quiet at my computer desk, but in the real-life situation, I was so upset (and groggy from lack of sleep) that all I wanted to do was scream! That plus the language barrier and I ended up resorting to pantomime... It worked, but it certainly wasn't elegant. Nor do I think I impressed on this woman that this was something she should consider not doing in the future!