OK, that was weird

[bluegargantua]

Hi,

So I've got this co-worker. He's been with the company for nearly a year. We're not in the same department, but we do see each other regularly and we chat and since the office move, we're in diagonally opposite corners. So we're pretty familiar with each other.

Today I pop up over the cube to crack wise at him about something and he looks at me funny and goes. "Have you always had that goatee?"

Um...yes. For well over 5 YEARS now.

Cripes. I'm the indistinct tall guy.

later
Tom

Comments

[trom.livejournal.com]

Clearly you need to go shave it off _right now_. And when he asks about it, say "What goatee?"....

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

no no no no no

[twwombat.livejournal.com]

Must be all the clouds at that altitude blocking his view...

[primal-pastry.livejournal.com]

Darlin' it's not that you're indistinct and tall, it's that you're a guy. If he looked too closely at you he'd get The Gay. And that can't go anywhere good, now, can it?

[bluegargantua]

How close do you have to look to identify facial hair? He even has a goatee of his own, and I've noticed that since I first met him! And I'm not...

SHUT UP!
Tom

[kcatalyst.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, the gay.

[bluegargantua]

LA-LA-LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU LA-LA-LA!

heh
Tom

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

No, you're the guy who looks vaguely like me.

[doctor-toc.livejournal.com]

Wait, you've got a beard?

:-)

[foxtown.livejournal.com]

Well most people's eyes don't get that high, Tom...

But seriously, facial hair becomes part of the person and can be strangely abscent from people's memories. Everytime that I have shaved off my beard, I have gotten the puzzled question: "Did you get a haircut? There is something different."