[rescue] Do you remember when? Security software.....

[N. Miller]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:42:43 -0500, "Jonathan C. Patschke"
<jp at celestrion.net> said:
> On 14 Aug 2003, Daniel de Young wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 11:21, Kevin wrote:
> >
> > > in a D&G suit or jeans and a Tee shirt.  Some people
> > > seem to believe that showing up a crumpled Iron Maiden
> > > shirt and torn jeans is OK, because "it's them", and i
> > > happen to believe otherwise.
> >
> > I interviewed that guy! <g>
> 
> Why does it matter, if the person can do the job?  I'm -very- rarely
> (read as: less than once a year) more formal than a pullover shirt
> and jeans, but none of my bosses have ever seemed to care.  Are you
> paying the guy to work or are you paying him to fit in well with the
> furniture?

<geek hat>
Assuming you are not an on-site customer service kind of geek...I'm 
not saying that it *should* matter ('cause I don't think it should).
But in reality, it *does* matter, since the world is not a perfect place 
that we geeks get to run (more's the pity).

Since reality is there, you have to cope with it.  *Especially* now with
the current job market.</geek hat>

<biz owner hat>
Because I don't know what every customers will tolerate in my store, I
have to worry about my employees' (and my) appearance.  Better safe
than lose a sale.</biz owner hat>

Audience analysis, pure and simple.  Tailor your message to those you
are talking to.

=Nadine=
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  N. Miller
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