When you see someone dragging toilet paper on their shoe, their short tail hanging out of their zipper, mustard at the corner of their mouth, their wig or toupee askew, or other potential embarrassing (for them) situations....would you tell them?

Probably not if I don't know them..

I would & I have! - I figure that I'd want to know if it was me I've done it very tactfully so as not to embarrass them

And ruin a Kodak moment? Seriously, I would tell them because it has happened to me and it is embarrassing.

Yes.

I have and will continue to do so.

I forgot to note that I usually do, if a moment for discretion presents. Pointing it out to everyone else would defeat the purpose. Lol!

So far we are men vs women here. Interesting.

noooooooooo, I said I would.

Sorry Poetrywriter! I read it, but when I scanned again, I was just looking at the first sentence.

My bad.

You get 1 demerit.

I would because I would want someone to give me that same courtesy

Hummm.... tell them...I would want someone to tell me...

I deserve it. I will have to make it up to you.

It depends what it is and who is sporting it.
If they are known A-Holes, no, I wouldn't tell them.
For complete strangers, yes, I would...discretely.
For loved ones, definitely.

If I have a relationship with them (friend, family, coworker) yes.
If they're a stranger, generally no, unless we were in an elevator or something, just one on one.

I have learned (especially from going to Wal Mart, where people walk around leaking poop down their leg) a lot of people don't give a crap about embarrassment anymore and they will use it against those that do.

In order to "warn" them about an embarrassment then I must care about embarrassment.
So many will "escalate" out of some kind of fear response maybe?

I've had guys yell at me "why the f' you looking at my crotch!?" when indicating their fly is down. Or called a pervert really loudly when pointing out a button on a blouse has popped off and she's exposing herself, or her shirts tucked into her underwear that's halfway up her back.
I've been told to f' off and mind my own business really loudly.

Attempts at pointing out potential embarrassment, people have escalated scenes to create embarrassment for me, there seems to be an inherent suspicion and fear involved.

So, I tend to let strangers just continue on being strangers.

I expected to see more jokesters showing up here.

Is it possible saving people embarrassments we wouldn’t wish to endure ourselves actually trumps people who love to laugh at others misfortune? Nice!

So do you feel that to laugh at people’s misfortuneate bloopers online is different, because there was nothing you could have done to help them anyway?

Good point! The guy who was rude to me at the ticket counter is on his own when I see his shoe sporting TP at intermission. Haha!

Well that sucks. I admit to shying away from pointing out personal areas to the opposite sex. Where a guy might get defensive about thinking another man was checking out his jewels, most women would be more likely to thank another woman for pointing out a Janet Jackson at Super Bowl moment.

At the new years eve dance...below her dress was a bit of white... as the dance continued, this piece of white dropped lower and lower below her dress until it was like a tail.. Is that TP ?? We had to tell her.. Her and her guest left shortly after that..