[The_Toecutter]

I'm trying to say that I'd pick the first person I found who was qualified enough to do the job, regardless of appearance(if it had any influence at all, it would be nearly zero). I'd know what order the candidates were interviewed in by default of having interviewed them. I might even find the person wearing the ripped jeans to be more 'likable' by default of not being too concerned about maintaining appearances. He's there to do the job, not to ass-kiss to the boss.

As a side note, a con man can wear a fancy suit just the same as anyone else can. Someone being well-dressed merely tells me that they are well-dressed. It doesn't say anything else to me.

I realize in the real world, that people are not at all likely going to be inclined to select the way I would, for whatever reason. The guy with tattered jeans is less likely to get hired. To other people, dress does say something.

[JJ]

I'll bet the CEOs taking the million dollar severance packages for the companies that they have raped aren't wearing jeans. They are probably respectable.

I wear new jeans and have a crew cut and glasses and look like a dork. Everyone thinks I am so nice. My opinion of myself is something else.

Bing has sewn up every hole in every pair of jeans I have. Some of them are truly amazing.

[eastbay]

BigTex was asking what the choice would be if the ONLY thing you knew about the two applicants was the tattered jeans vs the untattered jeans.

Nothing else allowed. I think most would select the applicant with the untattered jeans. It's an easy choice.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'B')igTex was asking what the choice would be if the ONLY thing you knew about the two applicants was the tattered jeans vs the untattered jeans.

Nothing else allowed. I think most would select the applicant with the untattered jeans. It's an easy choice.

[The_Toecutter]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'B')igTex was asking what the choice would be if the ONLY thing you knew about the two applicants was the tattered jeans vs the untattered jeans.

[WildRose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'W')hen I was in high school one of the rules in the student handbook was that blue jeans had to be "completely in one piece."

Since I assume that every rule is in response to some violation at some point, I always wondered what the jeans that were in more than one piece looked like.

Perhaps it was cut-offs with just the bottom couple of inches of the severed pant legs pinned to the socks.

[Ayoob]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('The_Toecutter', 'I')'m trying to say that I'd pick the first person I found who was qualified enough to do the job

[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('The_Toecutter', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')'m all for living a bit frugally.

However, I wont look like a shit eating bum in doing so.

Have at least a modicum of pride in your appearance man.

Do you realize there was a time when a man wasnt considered fully dressed if he wasnt wearing a hat? And I dont mean your favorite sportsteam ball cap, I mean a proper hat.

While I dont give much thought to a hole in the knee it sounds like your pants just scream "I'm a bum".

[The_Toecutter]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') have to call bullshit. No one with any dignity is going to go riding their bike around town in their undies.

[DomusAlbion]

Not only are my jeans frayed, ripped and holey, they're second hand. Either from St Vinnies or Good Will. We can afford new jeans, but why bother? There's work, dirty work to be done.

Actually, the wife did buy me a new pair of denim overalls. They're the best.

[lawnchair]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DomusAlbion', '
')Actually, the wife did buy me a new pair of denim overalls. They're the best.

[lotrfan55345]

yes.