Pink Elephant

What do you do when there is a pink elephant in the room?  If the person you are talking to has a big chunk of spinach in his or her teeth do you tell them or just ignore it?  What about when someone has a giant pimple that you can tell has been freshly picked at and is oozing blood?

Today at work I saw a coworker with the biggest booger I have ever seen in my life hanging from the end of his nose.  He’s not someone I interact with on a regular basis so I felt a little awkward approaching him to let him know.  If it was one of my girl friends or closer coworkers it might have been easier.  But, I asked myself if I would want to walk around with a huge booger like that hanging from my nose and of course I said no.  So I walked up to him and very quietly whispered that he might want to use a tissue.  He turned bright red and instantly shielded his nose.  I told him it happens to us all and walked away.  I’m sure he was humiliated but, at least I prevented him from walking around longer with that monster hanging out.