# Are any of your colleagues distractingly attractive? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 22, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111 "2003-07-22T10:45:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/1 "2003-07-22T10:45:48Z")
I guess I’m a pretty lucky guy in that there are more than a few good-looking women here at my office. All of them are nice people to work with, but there are a few in particular who are so attractive that I have to make a concious effort to keep my eyes on my screen if I want to get any work done. Please don’t get me wrong - I’m not normally a leering Cro-Magnon, but when one of these women walk into the room, they somehow manage to disrupt all of my higher cognitive functions. One girl in particular has a habit of standing by her friend’s desk and leaning over to rest her elbows on it as they chat. This obviously has the effect of sticking her incredibly fine ass out into the air and turning me into a complete wreck. (Insert bumbling, hot-and-bothered smilie here) So, anyone else get that where they work? Are any of your colleagues hotties? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/2 "2003-07-22T12:08:03Z")
Yes. I work in Miami, which has an abundance of Hotties, and they dress to show it. There are probably eight to ten in my office (200 people) who swivel my noggin. None on my floor, though. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/3 "2003-07-22T12:11:00Z")
Well… yeah. A couple of real hotties my age, but the most difficult one to handle is sitting right across from me. A tall, blond woman 11 years my senior, but so drop-dead beautiful that words fail me. And sometimes, she eats a banana. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/4 "2003-07-22T12:16:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Priceguy \* > \*\* > > And sometimes, she eats a banana. \*\* :eek: Ack! Good God man, how do you withstand such merciless torment! ---
**Author:** ![Phatlewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Phatlewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phatlewt)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/5 "2003-07-22T12:42:12Z")
I don’t even have any colleagues who are women, sadly. I wish more women were interested in IT. 🙂 I guess that makes work a pretty bad place to get a date for Saturday night, but at least I’ll be less distracted, eh? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/6 "2003-07-22T13:07:04Z")
Yes, but they’re all women. Several of my coworkers are 20-somethings who would make Catherine Zeta-Jones and Gwyneth Paltrow curl up in a tiny ball and die of envy. All they make _me_ do is feel like the Hindenburg in a dress. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/7 "2003-07-22T13:18:39Z")
There’s a guy here at work who just turns me inside out. We’re both happily married, but I sure like lookin’ at him. There’s a very beautiful woman here, too. But she’s an Ice Princess. She looks like she belongs on a beach in Ipanema or something. Bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/8 "2003-07-22T13:28:49Z")
Many beautiful women at my work. And they tend to, frustratingly, be either a) married, or b) too young for me. _SIGH_ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/9 "2003-07-22T13:39:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kalhoun \* > \*\*There’s a very beautiful woman here, too. But she’s an Ice Princess. She looks like she belongs on a beach in Ipanema or something. Bitch. \*\* _Tall and tan and young and lovely, The girl from Ipanema goes walking … And when she passes, each girl she passes goes, “Bitch.”_ ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/10 "2003-07-22T13:41:18Z")
“Hey look! Somebody’s attractive cousin!” ---
**Author:** ![Retief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Retief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retief)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/11 "2003-07-22T13:47:15Z")
No , Worse luck ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/12 "2003-07-22T13:57:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*_Tall and tan and young and lovely, > The girl from Ipanema goes walking … > And when she passes, each girl she passes goes, > “Bitch.”_ \*\* Hah! Luckily, we don’t have that kind of sniping where I work. But how in the hell am I supposed to concentrate when I’m presented with a vision of firm and peachy fundamental loveliness, eh? Answer me that! Honestly, sometimes I don’t know whether to stand and applaud or collapse weeping into my keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/13 "2003-07-22T13:57:08Z")
Last place I worked had four that drove me to distraction. One quit, one was married (and my boss), and the last two ended up going out with each other. No luck at all. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/14 "2003-07-22T14:41:42Z")
There are a couple here, but I’ve gotten pretty good at ignoring that bit. The real treat, though, is when I’ve got a meeting scheduled on the marketing floor. I’m in the wrong career. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/15 "2003-07-22T14:46:30Z")
Funnily enough, I’m in marketing as well. What is it about this industry that attracts great-looking women? In fact, the women outnumber the men by about 70-30 in my office. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/16 "2003-07-22T18:02:23Z")
Well. I’m a student in a large Florida university. My “colleagues” are my fellow students, most (seriously, most) of whom are astonishingly good looking women. Walking from one class to the next isn’t just a journey. It’s an adventure. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/17 "2003-07-22T18:28:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bibliovore \* > \*\* What is it about this industry that attracts great-looking women? \*\* You asked for it! Basiclly, they are “face-whores” and they are the only real product for the customer to look at. This is why all radio advertising people are cute, jiggly young women. Sorry to be the one to break it to you! 😃 The place I used to work had about 90% women and of all of them, there were about 2 worth mention. Both were married. One had about a million kids! :eek: Where I work now, we have **distractingly UNattractive** people. * * * _“Lets get them meek bastards **NOW!** ”_ ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/18 "2003-07-22T18:56:35Z")
Personally, not particularly. But my cow-orkers, OTOH… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/19 "2003-07-22T23:31:02Z")
Yes. There is, of course, one in particular. Married, of course. But in addition to being very attractive, she wears some perfume that does…something…to me. I’m waiting for the day when she asks me if I have some respiratory problem, since I always inhale so deeply as she goes by. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111/20 "2003-07-22T23:57:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > **You asked for it! Basiclly, they are “face-whores” and they are the only real product for the customer to look at. This is why all radio advertising people are cute, jiggly young women. Sorry to be the one to break it to you! 😃** That’s not marketing, that’s commercial acting. Marketing are the people who come up with the campaigns to get people to buy a product. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-your-colleagues-distractingly-attractive/190111.md?page=2)