Booger Etiquette
Question for you guys.
I just had a lady in my office here. I'll just say she's not really model material, and leave it at that.
Anyway, she had these huge nostrils, and a booger that was minutes away from plummeting earthward. It was all I could do to keep my eyes above her nose.
Should I have told her about it? I *almost* did, but didn't have the heart to do it. I was thinking that it could save her some embarassment at the next place she stops.... but that big thing was SO close to dropping that I'm sure it'll just fall into her coffee in the car or something in the next 10 minutes.
I imagined me saying "um, you have a, little... something.." while brushing my nose to hint that she has a booger... but damn, I didn't want that thing landing on my counter! Am I selfish?
That would have been pretty embarassing for her - she'd have to make a split second decision - "Do I flick this on the floor and leave it, knowing he'll have to clean it later... or do I keep it in my hand? ask for a kleenex and take my booger out to the car with me when I leave?"
Might have been hard on the old gal.
Discuss.
[ 01-08-2003: Message edited by: murbot ]</p>
I just had a lady in my office here. I'll just say she's not really model material, and leave it at that.
Anyway, she had these huge nostrils, and a booger that was minutes away from plummeting earthward. It was all I could do to keep my eyes above her nose.
Should I have told her about it? I *almost* did, but didn't have the heart to do it. I was thinking that it could save her some embarassment at the next place she stops.... but that big thing was SO close to dropping that I'm sure it'll just fall into her coffee in the car or something in the next 10 minutes.
I imagined me saying "um, you have a, little... something.." while brushing my nose to hint that she has a booger... but damn, I didn't want that thing landing on my counter! Am I selfish?
That would have been pretty embarassing for her - she'd have to make a split second decision - "Do I flick this on the floor and leave it, knowing he'll have to clean it later... or do I keep it in my hand? ask for a kleenex and take my booger out to the car with me when I leave?"
Might have been hard on the old gal.
Discuss.
[ 01-08-2003: Message edited by: murbot ]</p>
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just tell her that she has a booger, what's wrong with that? she your boss/customer or something?
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It can't be felt in your nostril, because of the limited skin contact. It was hanging precariously by a very short, single thin strand of boog, free to swing as her head turned but careful not to make nostril contact and alert her.
Dangerous little bastards.
poor woman...... I wonder the fate of the lil critter?
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[ 01-09-2003: Message edited by: Matsu ]</p>
:eek:
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[ 01-08-2003: Message edited by: burningwheel ]</p>
<strong>Just start picking yours, fiercely, so she's not TOO offended when you try to pick hers.</strong><hr></blockquote>
"you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose. but you can't pick your friends' nose."
-quoth My Shoe
My general rule of thumb is, tell them if you are close enough with them to discuss such things. So if they are neither your friend, your roommate or a member of your family, don't mention it!
That reminds me a of a friend of mine in high school. Every time I would politely nudge my nose to cure an itch (You know those itches that just bring tears to your eyes?) in class, she would see me doing it, and freak out that I was trying to send her a secret message about something dangling from her nostrils... After I realized how sensitive she was, I used it so much to torture her in the perfect situations...
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Give that lady a tissue!
<strong>Another thread that makes AI fun!
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Give that lady a tissue! </strong><hr></blockquote>
which has doomed it for potential locking.