A woman who was born with no ears worked in the personnel department of a large company as an interviewer of prospective employees. Most of the time she wore her hair down to cover her lack of ears, but when interviewing applicants for jobs that involved dealing with the public she'd pull her hair back so that her lack of ears was apparent. She would use the applicants' reactions to her deformity as a measurement of their ability to be discrete and tactful.

One day she interviewed three men for a sales representative position. All three went through their interviews with flying colors and none had seemed to pay any attention to her lack of ears. So, she called each man back in and asked him one question: "Do you notice anything unusual about me?"

The first applicant replied, "No, nothing at all."
"Are you sure?" asked the interviewer.
"Absolutely!" replied the man, "Nothing at all."
"Thank you," said the interviewer, showing the man to the door.

The second applicant answered, "Well, since you mention it, I couldn't help but notice that you don't have any ears. I'd never have mentioned it, but since you brought it up...."

The third applicant looked at the interviewer and replied, "Yes, I do notice something unusual about you. You wear contact lenses, don't you?"
"Why, yes," replied the interviewer, a bit stunned by the man's answer, "I do wear contacts. But how did you know?"
"Simple," answered the applicant, "You sure as hell don't have any ears to hold glasses up!"