A guy in khaki shorts and a plain tee went inside a Lacoste boutique. After quite some time, he noticed that neither of the two sales associates went up to him and offered assistance. They just went on their 'chismisan' and worse, he even got "the look" from one of them. Feeling insulted, he called them both, pointed at several apparels and without fitting them, went to the cashier and paid. In cash.
Bet that's not a really different story for all of us. Fact is, we all get judged most of the time. You know why? Because we love doing it ourselves. But I can't blame us because we're born in a world of stereotyping where long haired guys are addicts, men in turban are terrorists, and people who don't dress up so well are 'jologs.' We don't use our eyes so well as to not give people labels right there and then.
Judging people can also be the other way around, when we overrate the superficial. The 'artista' that looks very pretty is already 'mabait.' The socialite who gets her hands on nothing but Prada and YSL is 'perfect.' And the mayor who did a few photo-ops on a fund drive is already a 'public servant.'
I sometimes don't get how most people could not really look beyond what their eyes show them. It's nice to appreciate, yes, but there's always, always more to people than their physical attributes or whichever way they choose to carry themselves. For one I grew up not putting so much effort on how I look that some actually thought I was a lesbian. But that's where we're comfortable --- being us. And it's either you agree or disagree to this: we judge a lot, but equally trust that people will eventually accept us for what we are. We really are one hell of complicated beings. #
photo credit: escapistsbrewbox
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