Have you ever heard the story of the old man who came into the car dealership looking at trucks. He was dressed in overalls and generally just looked...bad. Not one sales person paid any attention to him so he left the dealership. He went to another dealership across town dressed exactly the same way and while still hesitant a sales associate finally approached him. The more the sales associate talked to the older gentleman he realized the man knew what he was talking about and walked him around to look at all the different trucks thinking he was just being nice to an old man. At the end of the visit the man pointed out which one he wanted and the sales associate was floored, only to be even more surprised when the gentleman paid cash.
I don't know if it's true or not. It kind of reminds me of that scene in the movie Pretty woman with Julia Roberts where the sales associates won't wait on her because of the way she looks and then she goes back looking fabulous and they are fighting each other to wait on her and she reminds them that they wouldn't wait on her the day before and what a huge mistake that was.
You never know what a person is going through on any given day. You can't go off of what a person looks like to know what their heart has to tell you. I've seen many a woman dressed up and gorgeous only to find out that she is selfish, rude and inappropriate. I've also know the feeling of being dismissed because I wasn't dressed a certain way.
Don't judge a person by the way they look. There is no way that you can tell what they are like on the inside just by looking at the way they have chosen to present themselves that day. I have found myself to be pleasantly surprised many times when I engage a person who on first look scares me a little.
Before you assume that you know exactly how a person is, talk to them first. You might be surprised.
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