Can't believe you just did that: nose picking edition

Today I saw something I'd never before witnessed in my life. An act of such outrageous proportions, made with such disregard to social norms, that I could hardly believe my eyes.

As I was leaving my swimming class in Bohler gym I saw a young woman. She was small, bespectacled, wearing a hoodie and shorts – nondescript.

We were the only people on the sidewalk and from about 25 yards away, as she approached, I lifted my eyes and watched her take the skinny index finger of her right hand and PLUNGE it into her right nostril. I mean from that far away I could tell she was on a mission.

A random nose pick – no big deal. Happens every once and a while. You catch someone off-guard.

But she wasn't done. Once she located the pesky booger, she extracted it and held it out, up into the light of day to inspect. Only once she'd given it a moment's consideration did she then proceeded to wipe the end of her finger on the front of her hoodie.

But wait ... STILL not done. At this point we were nearing each other and she had to acknowledge my presence on the sidewalk. But before she did she took the thumb of that same hand and jammed it back up her nose!

As her thumb entered her nostril, her gaze lifted and our eyes met. She didn't remove the thumb and held my gaze. We passed each other. I didn't dare look back. I couldn't believe what I had just seen!

I mean I've seen secret picks, sly picks, curious picks, painful picks, church picks, school picks, but NEVER had I witnessed such an audacious nose pick. She knew I knew she was picking her nose and she didn't give a shit ...

So to the girl who picked her nose on the sidewalk today – thank you for letting me be a part of that experience. It was like watching a baby deer being born in a meadow ... except grosser.