We have to drive by a middle school every day on the way to work. This morning it was 30 degrees. The ground was completely frosted over, and we saw this stupid girl wearing short shorts and flip flops and no coat walking to school. What parent would let their child leave the house like that? People really bug me.
I’m not sure why I thought of this, but I was thinking of one time when I was in grad school…I wasn’t used to getting up early at all. But I had gotten volunteered to do lab duty for a computer science class one morning at 8am. As I was walking across campus, I caught a couple of strange looks..but I was still half asleep so I just brushed it off. When I got to the building I went to use the restroom immediately-as I always do because I have an incredibly overactive bladder, and I drink a lot of coffee. Anyhow, finally, in the bathroom I realized that I had a little piece of toilet paper stuck to my face where I had nicked myself shaving that morning. Oh my god. Just as I thought this was an incredibly embarrassing moment, I thought…it was better to find it now than after an hour of pacing up and down the computer lab aisles offering help to 20 or so cs students.
There’s an interesting and might I say relevant topic. If you see something odd or out of place about someone, do you mention it?
“Uh…you got a little boog hanging from your nose.”
or
“Looks like you got a little toothpaste stuck in your beard.”
or
“You have a little piece of something stuck between your two front teeth.”
Hehe. I told Mike the other day that I would rather someone just tell me to spare the embarrassment later. Although, the other day I did see someone with a crusty boog hangin off their forest of visibly jutting nose hairs. I didn’t say anything. I also didn’t try the somewhat obligatory gesture like I’m wiping my nose.
So to my question above…Do you tell them? No. Just pretend it’s like a game. You get see how long the person can stay a big ol’ mess before they clean themself up. It’s not cruel. It’s a life experiment.
