It does occasionally worry me that this blog reads a little like my own personal transcript of Grumpy Old Women but no matter how zen-like my usual take on life is, sometimes I’ve just got to vent. Today’s topic: nail jewellery. Specifically nail jewellery on waitresses coming into contact with food I’m destined to eat.
I admit that this is probably completely irrational but when I came across this situation the other day in Fook Yuen Seafood Restaurant in Chatswood it made me feel slightly nauseous. I really don’t know why but there was something about the sight of those 10 talon-like, elaborately painted and bejeweled nails so near my food that turned my stomach.
The waitress in question was a little on the surly side and at one point inexplicably left someone else’s dirty napkin on a corner of our table, but it was the nails that really got to me.
I’ve been thinking about it since and I think it was the fact that the faux gems that encrusted her nails were vaguely reminiscent of warts on a toad. I kept expecting one to drop off into our stir-fried fish with seasonal vegies. Erk.
OK, so Fook Yuen isn’t fine dining but my feeling is that even casual eateries should set a minimum standard for the personal grooming of staff. My personal preference for nails is short, neat and unpolished but honestly, I’d settle for jewel-free.
(NB: I was going to look for a photo of nail art to illustrate this post but I couldn’t bring myself to do it…)
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Right up there with TV chefs that hand-mix food while wearing ring/s, usually including at least one featuring a claw setting guaranteed to catch food particles and other scurf and redistribute it at random. blech
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