Never judge a book by its cover..

Caoimhgh1n · 05-01-2016 01:29AM #1

Are you prone to judging books, and people by their covers?

If so, are you usually right?

Bigus · 05-01-2016 01:34AM

Yes and yes 9/10

The Backwards Man · 05-01-2016 01:34AM

I'm a great judge of character, and you're the best Mickey Mouse I've ever seen

RayM · 05-01-2016 01:36AM

"My father said, 'Never judge a book by its cover'. It proved an unpopular opening gambit for his keynote speech at the national conference of illustrators, designers and marketing executives from the publishing industry." - Stewart Lee

05-01-2016 01:38AM

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

Are you prone to judging books, and people by their covers?

If so, are you usually right?

When I was younger I often judged people based purely on something superficial. Not anymore. Life has taught me that there is often a hell of a lot more going on inside a person than how they appear. I am often right in my estimation of a person but that doesn't come from the old judging a book by it's cover mentality.The kind of work I do requires me to be very sharp at reading people. It's intuition.

What about you Op? Is it something you do?

the_pen_turner · 05-01-2016 01:38AM

i absolutely hate that phrase.
total crap . how else do you judge a book. only by its cover. the purpose of the cover is to give you a brief overview so that you can make your mind up whether to read it.

as for people . yes I do judge people by their cover (in this case its their actions when I first meet them)
my judgement is usually right. iv very rarely met someone who acted like a horrible person but wasn't.

Caoimhgh1n · 05-01-2016 01:39AM

Deleted User wrote: »

When I was younger I often judged people based purely on something superficial. Not anymore. Life has taught me that there is often a hell of a lot more going on inside a person than how they appear. I am often right in my estimation of a person but that doesn't come from the old judging a book by it's cover mentality.The kind of work I do requires me to be very sharp at reading people. It's intuition.

What about you Op? Is it something you do?

Yes, I am trying to get out of the habit.

Stheno · 05-01-2016 01:39AM

IN the field I work in I get regular client evaluations and generally they match what I think they will say!

One eyed Jack · 05-01-2016 01:42AM

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

Are you prone to judging books, and people by their covers?

If so, are you usually right?

Books I judge by their cover all the time, just take a look around any book store or library and I'm usually spot on.

People, of course I judge them on how they look, and usually I'm fairly spot on about that too.

SteelyDanJalapeno · 05-01-2016 01:44AM

Stheno wrote: »

IN the field I work in I get regular client evaluations and generally they match what I think they will say!

AND WOULD YOU GET MUCH WORK OUT IN THIS FIELD?

Stheno · 05-01-2016 01:44AM

TiltedBrain wrote: »

AND WOULD YOU GET MUCH WORK OUT IN THIS FIELD?

Eh yeah, pretty much booked up from now until April

The Backwards Man · 05-01-2016 01:44AM

I'm out standing in my field

Permabear · 05-01-2016 01:45AM

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Never judge a book by its cover..

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