Never trust a man in a suit
by Justin Becker
Issue 9.9
Wed, February 28, 2007If you’ve ever wanted to punk Ashton Kutcher, receive handcrafted gift boxes from Charles Manson, or pay for highway tolls with oranges, there’s a way to do it, and it’s easier than you think: Just wear a suit.
When you wear a suit, everybody trusts you right away. ‘Why would some freeloader be wearing a suit? He must be trustworthy,’ ” says Sir John Hargrave. “That’s how these corporate criminals get away with it. They’re wearing suits.”
(more at Boston's Weekly Dig)
- A link to Hargrave's site ZUG - The World's Only Comedy Site
And I own a pretty damn good suit.
(Blank Snag @ work)
2 comments:
Its the same for women...there is a way of dressing the power suit for women, or other such and they never get creased, they never sweat, never get flustered, never drop their bag...
they look cool (as in temperature...nto grooviness) and they talk loudly to those they assume are poorer than them...
some years back we finally sold a building my husband had bought after breaking his neck at work...it was bought with the compensation and with the income it brought in we were only just able to raise our two girls, pay nurses and medical and medical and medical... but when we saw it dissapearing in a welter of new world order taxes we decided to sell it and just put it into something simple ...?...does that exist? So we could continue to pay those medical bills...
when I deposited that check, marching in in my old jeans and shirt, my 50 year old hair showing its blowsy grey roots, etc etc.,
the tellers nearly fell off their bloody stools which gave me a little buzz because I knew they would... ; )
but we'd been treated so badly by this lot, once it cleared we whipped it out hee hee hee...such power.
I might go down to the Op shop and get myself a power suit and see...but they are awfully uncomfortable...and I would still feel hot and blowsy...AND I LOVE IT!
Its all illusion and jiggery pokery as you know...but the sad thing is they think its real...
I exercise a lot of power at work, deciding when I can and can not use force based on my own judgment. I wear a suit there.
In the military, I had a uniform.
Both senses of power are fleeting because they're based on an illusion. Authority was bequeathed from on top and while I may have earned the positions, the premise was still essentially false.
Without turning this comment into a deep psych-social analysis, real power comes from within. Real power is raising good kids, keeping together a good family, supporting and earning the support of others. In the long run, you can't buy that.
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