disciple-to-[n]one

ignore me, I’m actually poor

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

A friend tells me she gauges her appearance by promo peoples’ approach towards her. So if those men with pointed shoes, long sleeved polos and well pomaded hair insist on spraying the latest Bulgari scent on you, take it as a compliment. It means you look like you can afford it. You appear elegant. The same goes for people who hand out glossy paper flyers on condos & townhouses. However, if the flyers advertise  overseas jobs or herbal meds, then the above rule does not apply. They’ll hand it out to anyone who has a free hand. That’s why I try to avoid eye contact with them; and keep both hands full.

My office lies just accross the street from R. Galleria so I frequent the department store. If I’m wearing corporate clothes, the sales people almost rush towards me as if I were a potential customer (little do they know, I’m only on my lunch break & have less than 50 bucks in my pocket). If I wear more casual clothes, I’m grayed out and they look for people with flashier outfits.

It’s a sad truth that we get better service based on our appearance. I now learned that I need to look decent while out shopping for clothes or shoes. There was one time I was handing out a blouse to the cashier for payment, and then she called out to the sales clerks, asking who assisted me, and one of them merrily walked & owned the sale. The lazyass gets a commission.

Everywhere, most of the time, we are judged by our physical appearance. What a sad, sad world.

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I leave you with a Gilmore Girls line from the very indifferent, most lovable egotist, Michel:

Michel (on Jackson’s family staying at the Inn):

“They’re so cheap, they get paper cuts on their wrists from prying perfumed magazine pages…”

 

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