“Hello?”

“Hey, what’s up?”

“My man. What’s up?”

“I’ve got a question.”

“Fire away.”

“So, a woman at work had a tag on her sweater and I didn’t tell her about it.”

“OK. Like, she’d left the price tag on?”

“No. It was one of those sticker kinds. This one told the size. The sweater she had on was extra small.”

“Alright. So, what’s the issue? You don’t like her?”

“No, that’s not it. She’s actually pretty cool. The issue was that the sticker was on her boob.”

“Interesting. So, how was it positioned on her boob? Was it like dotting the nipple?”

“No, it was much more discrete. It was sort of on the side. Like, if she was standing in front of you and her left boob was a clock face, the sticker would have been back behind 4:00.”

“Gotcha.”

“Even more, the sticker was not too far from where the boob begins to protrude off the chest.”

“I’ve got a visual.”

“Perfect. So, you see the dilemma?”

“There’s no way to tell her that isn’t self-incriminating.”

“Precisely.”

“Is she attractive?”

“Not really, but kind of. She’s older. Probably late 40s or early 50s. She’s relatively fit and tries. She’s reasonably attractive for a random 50 year old co-worker.”

“Is she in the office top 5? Top 10?”

“Definitely top 10, possibly top 5. But, that also speaks to the weakness of the talent pool.”

“OK, well, continue.”

“Anyway, so she comes by while I’m talking to another guy and enters the conversation. I notice she has on a tight sweater, as most men would have, and see that her boobs are well displayed. They aren’t particularly big, but this outfit highlights their prominence.”

“Yep, probably her good boob sweater. She knew it when she put it on that morning.”

“So, as I’m making this assessment, I notice the sticker in the back corner of her boob. My first reaction was to say something, but I stopped myself.”

“Right, because the obvious question would have been, ‘How did you notice that?’.”

“Exactly. So, I remain quiet. I let her continue talking and then allow her to go on about her day with the sticker on boob. It wasn’t easy, but I think I did the right thing.”

“I don’t know what other choice you had. No good would have come from you speaking up. That was your only option. I do question this, what if she wasn’t attractive? Does that change things?”

“Good question. I don’t know, because that kind of flips the script. You’d think an ugly girl might be flattered if you were checking out her boob, you know?”

“Right. She might have the reaction of, “Oh my, were you looking at my boob? Did you like what you saw?’.”

“Yes. Maybe she’d like that attention. You know, take what she can get.”

“I think so, but it’s tough to say. Hard to determine at what level of attractiveness you’d need to draw the line.”

“Quite the dilemma.”

“Such is life, my friend. Such is life.”