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Oct 22 2008

The Trouble with Appearances

     We have all heard not to judge a book by its cover, yet many still do.

When you walk into an upscale store in your sweats and baggy t-shirt, the service people seem to glare at you in distaste. It doesn’t matter if you have a million bucks. If you are dressed that way they think you are a waste of time and have no money. They wonder why you are even in their store. Then they are shocked when you buy their most expensive item. You wonder whould I have even bought from them with there mean attitude. Rich or poor, everyone deserves the same treatment.

I was in the psych ward one day and as you know I have been sick for months. People were telling me it was all in my head. Well, I sat up thiinking if it is all in my head I am anerexic or bulimic. I asked the nurse if she knew the effects of mold. She said no and asked why. I told her I suspected mold might be in our house, but if my illness was all in my head I may be anorexic or bulimic. She informed me I was to well nourished to be. I was so angry. Their scale had said I lost 45 pounds in the last month and I had been throwing up almost everything I ate. I didn’t know you had to come in skinny and dying before you could be considered sick. Anyways, I still don’t know whats wrong. I do have an appointment with a g.i. doctor soon, though.

There is also the misconception that anyone who isn’t thin must eat five  big macs a day and a gallon of ice cream. This simply isn’t the truth. People are always talking about equality. Overweight people are discriminated against. Some people may have a type of thyroid disease. Yet they are all taken to be gluttens. They have done talk shows on this. People will not be able to get jobs because of their weight. People will not give you the time of day even, because they see you as lazy. It is not just weight that people have a problem with. Beards and long hair on men are an issue also.

People look at men with beards and think they are bums. If Jesus were here today he probably wouldn’t be able to get a job. Hmmm. When did the beard become a sign of terrorism anyways? And just the same people have to dress a certain way for work. We must be professional. I think people should be able to work in their sweats if they want. I understand a dress code so people don’t come to work dressed as a hooker. Yet, why do we have to dress so nice. It is an appearance that the company has money. It reminds me of the guy who only has one suit and wears it to the bar to make himself look rich, so women will want him. And, people are fools. They fall for it.

I wear sweats a lot because I am sick and they are comfortable. I wish the businesses would treat me nicer. They do when I wear my nice clothes.  Well, I guess it is like one of my favorite songs “signs” by Tesla. If you think things have changed since it was written, they haven’t

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