Some People
I met, and talked to, approximately 12 people that I knew, before 11am this morning. These people can be divided into two groups:
- The ones who didn't tell me I had Marmite on my face, and
- the ones who did tell me I had Marmite on my face.
I much prefer the second (much smaller, as in one person) group. They are nice.
Question: If you saw someone you knew, in work (or in a café, or shop even), with Marmite (or other condiment) on their face, would you:
- Tell them, or
- Not?
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Comments
I'd tell them, but only once I'd taken a photo...
Posted by: Lyle | July 3, 2006 12:20 PM
I'd tell them. But I wouldn't take a photograph because I'm too nice to want to embarrass them later.
Posted by: Winds | July 3, 2006 12:21 PM
Depends on how low cut a top she was wearing.
Posted by: Adrian | July 3, 2006 12:28 PM
You have to tell them!! things that you don't tell people are things like "oh my god, do you know that you have a massive spot on your nose" and they are like "really, I hadn't noticed that at all man, thanks for pointing it out to EVERYONE" but you should always tell them if they have food on their face or newspaper print from having 40 winks in the canteen, or just dirt, or snot / bogies in your nostril. Who didn't tell you? Or more to the point who did? Also if it's food on the face you can lick it off, that's bold though!
Posted by: Babs | July 3, 2006 12:38 PM
So what's the etiquette for point our to a girl that her underwear label is sticking out the top of her jeans ...
Posted by: Adrian | July 3, 2006 12:40 PM
Lyle, Winds, Babs, right answer(Lyle, photos are allowed, so long as you tell the person about the gunge afterwards).
Babs, I will not reveal who did or didn't, at risk of embarrasing the parties involved.
Adrian... sheesh. What am I going to do with you? I talk about condiments on my face, you bring up low-cut tops and underwear (in answer to the underwear label question, it depends on whether you fancy her or not).
Posted by: Matt | July 3, 2006 12:51 PM
I am still too busy laughing at the thought of you wandering around with marmite on your face to answer....
Posted by: NKL | July 3, 2006 1:48 PM
You are such a meanie Nikki!!
Posted by: Babs | July 3, 2006 1:57 PM
Adrian: You tuck it back into her underwear for her. It's the right thing to do.
Posted by: Ian | July 3, 2006 3:24 PM
Ahem?
Anyhoo - you tell them. Always.
Posted by: nrgza | July 3, 2006 4:54 PM
Don't feel bad. Last week I was officiating a swim meet in a white skirt, and nobody told me that my skirt hem was tucked in my knickers . . . .
Posted by: FavoriteApron | July 3, 2006 5:26 PM