Do you think it's disgusting when...

Philippines
June 12, 2011 6:49pm CST
People spit...repeatedly, and just anywhere... I really abhor this practice, it seems to unhygienic and so totally gross...I cant abide them, I once had a suitor who was like this, needless to say we never became us... Do you deem it okay, or also disgusting?
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19 responses
@ladysakurax (1161)
• Canada
13 Jun 11
i agree with you. It's prety isgusting...especially when they make a noise with their nose our throat. *shiver*
@stary1 (6612)
• United States
13 Jun 11
ohhh yuck..you made me shiver
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
that would make me wanna puke...eeeew
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
Pretty graphic lady and I agree it's pretty gruesome. A disgusting sight with sounds effect accompaniment. Your classic true horror movie!
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
I agree. Spitting is a sign of no "breeding" and civility. I think people who spit conspiciously are those who are inconsiderate. It is downright unhygienic and disgusting! I personally think that if one need to spurt out saliva or something..he may need to do it as discreet as much as possible. For me I find it offensive when you just spit anywhere.
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
totally!!! When I cough(it's inevitable when I get the flu) and we all know what comes out, I make sure that I bring tissues with me so I could spit there and throw it in trash cans or keep it inside a sealed plastic to be thrown later if I'm can't throw it yet...or spit inside the ladies room if it's available...
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
Yes, we need to be considerate with the people surrounding us. People who unabashedly spit in the public awfully turns me off.
@veejay19 (3589)
• India
13 Jun 11
Yes, it is a very disgusting habit and very repulsive too.In my country many people are habituated to eating betel leaves,known as "paan" and after chewing it they spit it out anywhere discoloring walls,pavements and so on.there is a fine for doing this but more often than not people get away by bribing the keepers of the law, who themselves are also into the same habit. I also have seen many eminent sportspersons like footballers, hockey players, cricketeers also spitting on the playing field.Now many of these people are hero-worshipped by,especially the younger generation who are influenced by the mannerisms and idiosyncrasies of such icons and ae copied by them.Of course no laws can change these disgusting habits, its only education,not the book stuff, but moral and civic, which cna do something to change peoples habits.
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
hmmn, so right veejay...and it's saddening!!!
• United States
13 Jun 11
Oh gosh it is pretty gross and if someone spitting right in front of us is not gross enough. I find that walking anywhere and seeing it on the ground makes me want to gag. Yucky.
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
especially if there's phlegm!!!
@SIMPLYD (90727)
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
I totally find spitting disgusting! Imagine spitting on the road, and here comes other people and accidentally stepping on them . The germs is spread! I hope we could be like Singapore, where spitting and sticking gums anywhere is prohibited. If Singapore can do it, why can't we here in the Philippines?
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
Because the enforcers would be the first not to follow the law if there was ever any law made like that here in the Philippines!!! Imagine the simplest traffic rules can't be followed...people jaywalk all the time...worse police officers do the same!!!
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
Very! Yukk! Argh!
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
yeah...
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
It's so yucky...I think all people are spitting but we should not do it in public places.It's not only disgusting, you can make some people ill just by spreading those germs.
@choybel (5042)
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
We are on the same page. I hate it and I, myself would always choose not to spit if there was any other option, and if I really had to, I would definitely go to a proper corner or a trash can.
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
yes, I do the same...we need to consider other people since we don't live alone in this world...
@apples99 (6556)
• United States
13 Jun 11
Ew yuck your right spitting in public is gross lol I've never done that though I know people who have, and its a nasty habit people don't care where there spitting or how gross it is and looks I never felt comfortable enough in public to do that its just nasty eww.
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
Ohhh pretty disgusting apple! I also hate it when people spit too much...they should learn how to do that just at home! well i could remember one incident while i was travelling on the bus and it was a non-aircondition bus and some guy was sitting behind my seat and he was spitting! urgggg gross..its like i wanna puke!
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
I feel for you!!! totally gross... but your lucky to be in front of him not at the back since I once had a classmate who got showered with spit...we were together, I felt so sorry for her but was no help since I pukedthinking about it makes me want to puke again!!!I never sit in the back anymore!!! got a phobia...
@Masihi (4413)
• Canada
13 Jun 11
Yep, it is gross, for sure, and I used to spit all the time when I used to smoke. And boy, I spat like a man! Now as I look back, I realised how gross the habit was, and am glad I don't do that anymore. I may spit now, as discreetly as the situation allows if I have phlegm (which isn't often, because normally the phlegm doesn't rise up far enough for me to get rid of it orally), but as a rule I don't spit anywhere in public or at home. People who spit left and right are either being smart alec or just plain ignorant. I did it just to be a smart alec.
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
good thing you've changed...I hope that those people might find it in themselves to change too...because it really can disgust other people..
• United States
13 Jun 11
I get why people do it and it's because it's convenient. But convenience isn't the answer! I find it disgusting. It's not okay. It's unhealthy. More importantly, it's gross.
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
17 Jul 11
hi, for me its a definitely disgusting when i saw people who spit in both public and private places,and i am easily get annoy when that person spit beside me,so that i always avoid to spit and when i want to spit i will use tissue paper or i will go to the comfort room.
@stary1 (6612)
• United States
12 Jun 11
I agree...it is gross. I don't understand why some think it's ok. Do they need to be told it's disgusting?? People can't figure that out on their own??
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
totally gross!!! yeah, why can't they figure it on their own...it's not like it's okay in many cultures...
• United States
13 Jun 11
Funny...While I was out shopping today I was sitting on a bench outside a store to wait for my sister to come out. This man walks out of the store makes a loud hawking noise then spits as he was walking through the parking lot! That is just so gross! Some people are so uncouth! I hate it when people do this and one of these days I am going to get up the nerve to say something to the next culprit!
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
I would tell him off if I were there!!! I usually get dagger stares from men I've told off, and I don't care...
@p1kef1sh (45681)
13 Jun 11
I hate to see people spitting in the street - or anywhere else for that matter. Football players seem to do it a great deal. Apparently in Britain in the 1930s it was very common but I am pleased to say that we have cleaned up our act at least in that respect. Apart from being unsightly, all that sputum is unhygienic and makes for an unpleasant walk down the road. Definitely disgusting!
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
13 Jun 11
AW,...So disgusting really yuck. But true..some people never mind where to spit,they just spit everywhere! uh uh
@nangisha (3496)
• Indonesia
13 Jun 11
Yeah its really disgusting to see it. I usually wonder why they even need to spit and usually think they are carrying a disease. I mean I can life with out spit all fay and when I see people do it just wonder what wrong with them. I rarely see this but there are chance I see it, I usually give the meanest look to them and how its grouse to me. I think its bad habit and unhealthy for others.
@polaris77 (2040)
• Bacau, Romania
13 Jun 11
I think people who spit are really disgusting;I don't understand their behavior,but I guess the main explanation is lack of intelligence.I don't think many of them realize how disgusting it is for others to see them.
13 Jun 11
That absolutely turns my stomach! A lot of people in my town do that and the pavements are covered in very unpleasant goo of every colour! Nose-picking or blowing noses in hankies and checking the contents comes a very close second! My Granny once stopped going out with her suitor because she didn't like the way he blew his nose!