A street food vendor at Pantip Market shocked social media by cleaning her toenails with a knife

At Pantip Market in Thong Sala, a Russian tourist filmed a fruit stall vendor cleaning her toenails right at her workplace — with a large kitchen knife. The clip, with an ironic caption about locals wondering why tourists don’t buy cut fruit from them, quickly spread across social media and has already racked up over 800,000 views, writes ZoneSamui.

Under the video, commenters split into two camps: some are outraged by the unsanitary conditions and demand an inspection, while others defend Thai street food and see the clip as an isolated incident that unfairly tarnishes the reputation of other vendors. It remains unclear whether the same knife was used for cutting fruit or was kept separately.

Do you buy pre-cut fruit at the island’s night markets, or do you prefer to buy whole fruit and cut it at home?