Have You Ever Heard of Snot Loggers?

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When I worked, of course, there was often a considerable amount of time spent in breakrooms with coworkers shooting the breeze, and of course, there was the occasional argument to be had. The conversations were the fodder of many things for me. Many of which, over the years, I have of course written about as they occasionally come to mind for whatever reason that the memory gets jogged. Like the term "snot loggers." The term was related during a story one coworker was telling of his grandpa who was a stickler for decorum at the dinner table. When guests served themselves there was a right way and a wrong way. Spoons, ladles, and tongs. Like for biscuits. There were tongs out for biscuits to be put onto your plate, according to him. On one such occasion, he said, his sister invited over her boyfriend for dinner, who proceeded to reach across the table to grab a biscuit... Without the provided tongs... At which point his grandpa tapped his fork upside down abruptly on the table and yelled at the boyfriend, "Get your biscuit grabbing snot loggers off that plate. Use the tongs!" Of course, I am sure the boyfriend was rather taken aback from the outburst. But when I heard the story... I burst out laughing.