Miss Manners: Torn about alerting colleagues to wardrobe malfunctions
A worker asks whether to discreetly alert colleagues whose zippers have been damaged by rotating plastic molds on the job.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I work around machinery that features rotating plastic molds. While not common, the molds occasionally catch on a person’s clothing and damage the zipper of one’s pants. When that occurs, it is impossible to rezip the pants and the person has to replace the zipper when they get home.