I would Really Prefer to Know

This morning, Tom Tom was feeling playful and scratched my face. There is now a red line leading from the corner of my mouth down my chin.

Half-way into my shift, a coworker said, "Oh, that's a scratch on your face. I thought it was smeared lipstick." Now, I'm wondering about that. If she thought that I had lipstick smeared down my chin, then why didn't she say something earlier? I wouldn't let her walk around with smeared lipstick. I only do that to people I don't like. Uh oh....