I've got used to people doing all sorts of things as they drive, but increasingly people are using public places to do what once were purely private acts, such as applying makeup. Before I got my camera out, this woman spent some time plucking her eyebrows. I was sitting right next to her and debating with myself whether to take a picture, and then I thought "Well, she's oblivious to my idea of privacy, so let's see how she goes with the camera." She didn't miss a beat, just put away her lip pencil and got out her mascara.Maybe she was also going back to work for the first time in ages and hadn't calculated the morning time?
Do you think people have claimed zones of privacy in public places these days? She likely felt she was entitled to do her thing wherever she wanted to do it. I think cellular phone use has been one of the behaviors that's allowed us to re-create our ideas about private behaviors.
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PLUCKING HER EYEBROWS IN PUBLIC??? For gods sake! A touch of lipstick in public, yeah, but that!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL Sally!
You won't believe but it's true, somedays ago I was in a coffee-bar and there were 3 women talking with the boss (another woman) while one of them was plucking the eyebrowns of the other women.. It was such a pathetic scene... Me and my frineds just freaked out and laughed about it.. but it was really weird.
ReplyDeleteI guess I'm very Anglo about my personal space and what I do in public!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNathalie - the best I saw was someone PICKING THE CALLOUSES ON THEIR FEET while waiting for the train.
this is too funny! something I'd never have the courage to do!
ReplyDeleteYou know, I think I'd rather people do this on the station or the train than in their cars... At least it's safe and they're not likely to cause an accident!
ReplyDeleteI agree Sally, the amount of people, male & female, I see grooming themselves in their cars while driving in the morning is astounding. It's as bad, if not as worse, as holding a mobile phone.
ReplyDeleteOpps, sorry about the appalling grammer in that last comment. I'm sure the teacher in you will wish to correct me!!! lol
ReplyDeleteI can't throw any stones, Paul. Picking the callouses on HER feet. Someone ...their. Hmmm ;-)
ReplyDeleteJe ne vois pas l'image aujourd'hui ;o((
ReplyDeleteI do not see the image today; O ((
The worst I've seen is someone clipping their nails in the train carriage. Yuck.
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