I would say it's highly unusual in a workplace to have small cut-out news photo of a firefighter placed on a desk, and likely to attract questions from others, wanted or unwanted. Would have you thought it as 'forward' if he'd asked, 'Is that your grandson'? Sounds like friendly conversation to me.
I think this is partly why I did it, johnk. Plus, the picture was in no way framed. I just cut it out of a newspaper and stuck it on the wall where I sit, so my boss obviously saw it. The pic is only 9cm x 6cm. He obviously had a sharp eye and our office is full of people's pictures anyway.
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