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Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Why don't people dress up anymore?
So I got a traffic ticket the other day and had to go to court. In North Carolina you can plead guilty and request a "prayer for judgment" ... which I did ... basically throwing yourself at the mercy of the court and saying you would never ever ever ever do it again -- or at least that you'll never ever ever ever get caught for doing it again : ) The ticket sorta goes on your record but isn't reported to your insurance company (you can only do it once every 3 years, so they do remember it).
Since my Momma done brung me up rite, I actually dressed up for my day in court: suit (a real suit no less, not off-the-rack separates from JC Penney), tie (no, it wasn't a clip-on), dress shoes (ok, I didn't actually shine them), the whole 9 yards. And as I sat there waiting to talk to the judge, I looked around at the maybe 200 or so people that were in the same court room ... and exactly 2 people were wearing ties. Myself and one other guy (who I knew, oddly enough), maybe another 2 women were in business/professional attire. But that's it, 4 people out of maybe 200.
And don't get me started on the gangsta's who came in all their finest. Pants down around their knees (that just looks stupid *and* uncomfortable), logo attire out the wazoo (why why why are you paying $50 for a cheap cotton t-shirt with some dude's name on it), or t-shirts that were about 5 X's too big for them. Yeah, that's dressing to impress.
I really can't understand that. Why on earth would you not dress up at least a little bit? Even for the purely selfish/childish reason of swaying the judge to be nice to you because you look like a nice guy. How can dressing up be a bad thing? Is it really that painful? You'd rather get a $300 traffic ticket?
I'm not trying to say how to dress on the other 364 days a year that you are hopefully *not* in court -- wear your wife-beaters and K-mart gold chains, I don't care (actual attire seen in court!). But just one day out of the year, you can't wear a suit? Even if it might help you?
So I got a traffic ticket the other day and had to go to court. In North Carolina you can plead guilty and request a "prayer for judgment" ... which I did ... basically throwing yourself at the mercy of the court and saying you would never ever ever ever do it again -- or at least that you'll never ever ever ever get caught for doing it again : ) The ticket sorta goes on your record but isn't reported to your insurance company (you can only do it once every 3 years, so they do remember it).
Since my Momma done brung me up rite, I actually dressed up for my day in court: suit (a real suit no less, not off-the-rack separates from JC Penney), tie (no, it wasn't a clip-on), dress shoes (ok, I didn't actually shine them), the whole 9 yards. And as I sat there waiting to talk to the judge, I looked around at the maybe 200 or so people that were in the same court room ... and exactly 2 people were wearing ties. Myself and one other guy (who I knew, oddly enough), maybe another 2 women were in business/professional attire. But that's it, 4 people out of maybe 200.
And don't get me started on the gangsta's who came in all their finest. Pants down around their knees (that just looks stupid *and* uncomfortable), logo attire out the wazoo (why why why are you paying $50 for a cheap cotton t-shirt with some dude's name on it), or t-shirts that were about 5 X's too big for them. Yeah, that's dressing to impress.
I really can't understand that. Why on earth would you not dress up at least a little bit? Even for the purely selfish/childish reason of swaying the judge to be nice to you because you look like a nice guy. How can dressing up be a bad thing? Is it really that painful? You'd rather get a $300 traffic ticket?
I'm not trying to say how to dress on the other 364 days a year that you are hopefully *not* in court -- wear your wife-beaters and K-mart gold chains, I don't care (actual attire seen in court!). But just one day out of the year, you can't wear a suit? Even if it might help you?
Comments:
Oh, Johnny Boy, they ARE dressing to impress!
Either that or they are unwilling to "play the game" of life - unwilling to show weakness to "The Man" because playing by his rules means The Man will win. Well guess what? The Man always wins when you don;t play by the rules.
As I've always said, if you want to play the game to win, play by the rules. That what I told all my job hunters in those seminars I taught. So many stupid kids out there without a clue - "I don't know why I can't get a job." Try not wearing a baseball hat backwards to an interview - better yet - just ditch the hat. And the nose ring. And wear socks with your shoes. Ladies, trying wearing pantyhose and covering up your bar straps.
People, it's not hard!
We could argue all day about how it's not fair to judge people by how they are dressed, but there is scientific research that PROVES that as human beings, we DO judge appearances. So stop fighting it and play by the rules.
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Either that or they are unwilling to "play the game" of life - unwilling to show weakness to "The Man" because playing by his rules means The Man will win. Well guess what? The Man always wins when you don;t play by the rules.
As I've always said, if you want to play the game to win, play by the rules. That what I told all my job hunters in those seminars I taught. So many stupid kids out there without a clue - "I don't know why I can't get a job." Try not wearing a baseball hat backwards to an interview - better yet - just ditch the hat. And the nose ring. And wear socks with your shoes. Ladies, trying wearing pantyhose and covering up your bar straps.
People, it's not hard!
We could argue all day about how it's not fair to judge people by how they are dressed, but there is scientific research that PROVES that as human beings, we DO judge appearances. So stop fighting it and play by the rules.
