Should we stop trusting people who wear suits?

Chuck Stone · 31-12-2011 11:21PM

hooradiation wrote: »

It pretty ****ing obvious.
The only people who ever complain about "suits" are adolescents and who gives half a fuck what they think.

I realise I'm not explaining myself so much as just repeating myself, but I'm hoping that'll be enough. It's not a tough concept.

It wasn't so much complaining about suit wearers as exploring prejudice based on the apparel a person chooses to wear.

You seem to have missed the point somewhat.

paddyandy · 01-01-2012 12:03AM

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

Why can't they wear a suit?

Do they have 3 arms or something?

You can put a track suit on a monkey but it takes a certain dignity and deportment to wear a suit .I SEE the young fellahs in track suits outside churches at funerals and it's a total lack of decorum .What sort of display of respect is that ?

Noreen1 · 01-01-2012 12:28AM

It's certainly true that, historically speaking, men in suits have caused more harm to Irish people than any other group of "professionals".

It's equally true that many people who wear suits behave with the greatest of integrity.

Personally, I tend to judge people on their actions, rather than what they wear.
Which is just as well. The largest contract I ever secured for my employer was from what appeared at first glance to be a college student, wearing scruffy jeans and a torn t-shirt, at a business exhibition. It turned out that he was the son of a multi-millionaire, and held a senior position in the company.

If I had judged him by his dress code, I'd probably have brushed off his enquiries, since we were busy at the time.
It's one lesson that I've never forgotten - judge the character, not the dress code.

paddyandy · 01-01-2012 12:46AM

Noreen1 wrote: »

It's certainly true that, historically speaking, men in suits have caused more harm to Irish people than any other group of "professionals".

It's equally true that many people who wear suits behave with the greatest of integrity.

Personally, I tend to judge people on their actions, rather than what they wear.
Which is just as well. The largest contract I ever secured for my employer was from what appeared at first glance to be a college student, wearing scruffy jeans and a torn t-shirt, at a business exhibition. It turned out that he was the son of a multi-millionaire, and held a senior position in the company.Nothing like wealth to blind people's reason .How did you judge his character ????????

If I had judged him by his dress code, I'd probably have brushed off his enquiries, since we were busy at the time.
It's one lesson that I've never forgotten - judge the character, not the dress code.

You were impressed by his position in the company that was his 'character' .Money covers a multitude of social sins ...you know that !

later12 · 01-01-2012 02:08AM

paddyandy wrote: »

You were impressed by his position in the company that was his 'character

Where did she mention anything about being impressed?

She said this man held a senior position that his appearance belied; what's that got to do with being "impressed" by him?

paddyandy · 01-01-2012 02:51PM

There is no doubt about the effect of Dosh on ordinary folk...the elastic snaps along with the reason ...If i walk into a place and the guy behind the counter displays foppishness in his appearance then that's the end .If somebody has not the Decency to dress in a conventionally acceptable way then i will take my business elsewhere .Doormen on dublin's pubs and clubs keep a lot of trouble out by the same token rule .If in doubt ''keep 'em out'' .Novelty for it's own sake is a plague on present day Ireland .There is nothing wrong with a Louis Copeland Suit .

Logical Fallacy · 01-01-2012 03:20PM

paddyandy wrote: »

You can put a track suit on a monkey but it takes a certain dignity and deportment to wear a suit .I SEE the young fellahs in track suits outside churches at funerals and it's a total lack of decorum .What sort of display of respect is that ?

It really doesn't, it takes two arms and two legs, and a head sticking out of the neck hole.

Your whole "dignity and deportment" thing is just your usual superiority complex shining through.

gf2009 · 01-01-2012 03:32PM

Clothes (trackies, denims, suits, robes, shoes, runners, colours, naked) are an outward portrayal of how a person wants to be perceived. They should be taken as part of a persons behaviour just like words, body language, gestures, behaviours, friends, actions etc

That doesn't mean how they like to be perceived is exactly who they are - they can be worn to deceive just like words can be used to deceive. Anyone who assumes that they are not taken into consideration (along with others mentioned above) when judging a person is simply wrong.

Clothes are tribal

Should we stop trusting people who wear suits?

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