Office Talk
I'm sitting at my desk, minding my own business, listening to Howard Stern through a single headphone bud in my left ear...
Office Co-Worker comes up to talk to my manager, who happens to be standing behind me. They talk and my manager goes into her office. Office Co-Worker looks at me and goes, "Sean! I didn't see your beard before."
"Oh, yeah...grew it a while back," I replied.
"I don't come down here often so I haven't seen it."
"I get ya."
"It makes you look older."
"Excuse me?"
"No, sorry...I mean, it makes you look more sinister."
"More sinister?" I was silently annoyed by the exchange at this point, but my manager came back out of her office and says, "I like it. It looks sharp."
"Thanks," I replied.
Office Co-Worker fumphered, "Well, I don't mean you looked sinister before, I just mean it makes you look sinister now."
"Ah, cool. Thank you?"
Categories: Miscellaneous
Office Co-Worker comes up to talk to my manager, who happens to be standing behind me. They talk and my manager goes into her office. Office Co-Worker looks at me and goes, "Sean! I didn't see your beard before."
"Oh, yeah...grew it a while back," I replied.
"I don't come down here often so I haven't seen it."
"I get ya."
"It makes you look older."
"Excuse me?"
"No, sorry...I mean, it makes you look more sinister."
"More sinister?" I was silently annoyed by the exchange at this point, but my manager came back out of her office and says, "I like it. It looks sharp."
"Thanks," I replied.
Office Co-Worker fumphered, "Well, I don't mean you looked sinister before, I just mean it makes you look sinister now."
"Ah, cool. Thank you?"
Categories: Miscellaneous
I get similarly "awkward" comment about my goatee - and I have had it for over a year now but my ID and Security passes for work have my "bald" picture and people seem compelled to make a comment about the "fur".
How about commenting on the 80lbs I have lost since that pic was taken?