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Originally Posted by First Lady
Rightly or wrongly; it's human nature to form first impressions based on how people look, what they do for a living, what their hobbies are, etc.
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Again, I disagree. It might be
your nature to judge a book by its cover, but it's not
human nature.
I treat everyone I meet with the same level of trust and respect that I would like to be treated with... and I leave it up to them to either keep that level of trust/respect, or to lose it.
Obviously, I have bad days. I'm not perfect in any stretch of the imagination... but I do my best to be a decent person and not treat others differently just because of what they do, or how they dress.
I've had a lot of different jobs in my time.... I was a social worker, an addictions counselor... I managed a drop-in center for homeless people... I've even been in their shoes a time or two.
I just don't see the point in walking through life with blinders on. It takes all kinds of people to make the world turn, and I'm no better and no worse than any one of them.
I need to add, though, that I am not naive. Obviously, it takes some people less time to lose my trust and respect than others. If I see some jackass roll up beside me in pimp-mobile, with thug lights and an uzi... I'm probably not going to lend him 20 bucks.
