How Does Your Appearance Impact Your Life?

  Alex  and Carmen  were ready for a new car.  They agreed to meet at a dealership in the evening when Alex got off from work.  Carmen dressed neatly, but Alex had on his  stained paint overalls and hadn’t had time to go home and shower.  Neither one of them thought about their appearance– after all they were just looking at cars.  They spotted an  auto which really took their eye.  All they needed was a salesman who could wait on them.  They stood around in the showroom and noticed that the salesmen virtually ignored them.  After about 15 minutes of not being waited on, and seeing others coming through the door being cordially greeted, they left.  Carmen said she believe it was the painted, stained overhalls that Alex had on was the cause of their being virtually ignored.  She felt the salesmen viewed them as a couple who couldn’t afford a car.  The following year the couple had saved enough money to buy a car with straight out cash, but the dealership who scorned them did not get that sale. 

 Appearance has a lot to do with how people treat you.  On  television, a reporter did an experiment.  He wanted to see how men treated slimmer women, versus those with a few extra pounds.  He used the same woman.  When she was herself, nice and slim, the men seemed to rush to her side to assist her when she was seeking help with her packages.  However, when he added about 20 more pounds to her by using additional padding, the  majority of men seemed to ignore her pleas for helping with the packages.  He tried this several times, and the results were the same.  He concluded therefore, that appearance does indeed impact how people treat you. 

It is a known fact among educators that children who have been endowed with beautiful and handsome appearances are sometimes treated better in the educational setting than the other children.  It is the same on jobs, where bosses like the “out front” person to have an attractive appearance and demeanor.  They feel it will draw business.  Women who are not as endowed are sometimes passed over even during the interview process despite qualitificaions.  Some women who have natural beauty and who add to it by dressing appropriately and showcasing their beauty will tell you that they have very little trouble landng jobs.