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Judging People
Do you believe that you can or indeed should judge people on the basis of what you see?
For over 32 years I worked in a job where I met lots of people on a daily basis and found it was possible about 9 times out of ten, to form a fairly basic though accurate impression of the type of person they were.
This 'picture' would be formed by taking into account the persons clothing, hairstyle, manner, gait, general appearance, and sometimes, just good old gut instinct.
Some years ago, this 'ability' paid off when I saw a man walking around the area where I live, not particularly doing anything, just walking. There was just something about his demeanour though that screamed 'something not right' at me. Anyway, he got into a car that I luckily got the number and colour etc of, and drove off.
A couple of days later, a detective called at the house asking if we'd seen anything suspicious as there had been a couple of incidents in the area. I gave him all these details. It transpired that this guy was a long sought after burglar with a liking for jewellry and they caught him as the result of my giving them the car details and putting in the area where burglaries had occurred. They also found an aladdins cave of goodies at his home that he hadn't had time to get rid of.
That's the most prominent example I can give, but I find I can usually judge people well enough to either want to speak with them or give them a wide berth!!
C
For over 32 years I worked in a job where I met lots of people on a daily basis and found it was possible about 9 times out of ten, to form a fairly basic though accurate impression of the type of person they were.
This 'picture' would be formed by taking into account the persons clothing, hairstyle, manner, gait, general appearance, and sometimes, just good old gut instinct.
Some years ago, this 'ability' paid off when I saw a man walking around the area where I live, not particularly doing anything, just walking. There was just something about his demeanour though that screamed 'something not right' at me. Anyway, he got into a car that I luckily got the number and colour etc of, and drove off.
A couple of days later, a detective called at the house asking if we'd seen anything suspicious as there had been a couple of incidents in the area. I gave him all these details. It transpired that this guy was a long sought after burglar with a liking for jewellry and they caught him as the result of my giving them the car details and putting in the area where burglaries had occurred. They also found an aladdins cave of goodies at his home that he hadn't had time to get rid of.
That's the most prominent example I can give, but I find I can usually judge people well enough to either want to speak with them or give them a wide berth!!
C