Early this morning, after stopping in the cafe and filling my large commuter coffee cup with an ample supply of coffee, a co-coworker stopped me between buildings, and commented that they'd been thinking that I had some bad skin condition, but they'd figured out what it was.
"OK" I replied as as continued to enjoy my fresh cup 'o joe.
They proceeded to explain that they had noticed a brown path on my nose a week or two back, and they had been wondering if there was something medical behind it, but over the course of the past two weeks they had observed it's presence, absence, presence again, and finally, it's origin.
They sit in daily morning meetings with me and noticed that, after drinking from the cup, the brown spot would appear. Sometimes I'd be conscious of it and wipe it away, and other times I'd be oblivious and walk through the rest of my day with a small coffee marking discoloring the tip of my nose.
Sadly, I'd been made aware of this awhile back by another co-worker that simply pointed it out the moment it occured. I have tried to adopt a habit of sipping differently but this particular coffee cup has a flip-back seal that retains just enough coffee splash and it's position when drinking is to rest directly on the tip of my nose. Leaving the coffee residue behind. Resulting in the opportunity for others to refer to me as a brown noser with valid reason to do so.
Time for a new commuter mug.
