ponderings of a lone female

[Pax]

Money talks; when this happens to me (and I'll bet it happens to every one of us) I make sure to either visit of write a letter to the person that lost my business and explain how their treatment of me relates to a monetary loss for them. Hopefully they'll learn one of these days.

[skhill]

It's happened to me too. I've found a mechanic for my car who I trust, but if I ever have to go looking for a new one, I'll bring my brother along. It makes a difference.

A tale from the distant past: back in high school, every junior had to meet with a guidance counselor to talk about what would come after graduation. I almost always dressed very scruffy in those days, grunge about 5 years before it became popular. So I walked into her office wearing ratty jeans and flannel, and she was treating me like dirt. Then she actually opened my file, saw that I was in the running to be valedictorian, and her attitude completely changed...

[Sylvia]

This is so true!!

I work in software engineering and most of us come to work in jeans and a shirt. If you aren't dealing with customers, the computer companies typically are fine with that. Personally, I prefer to wear comfy clothes rather than a business suit all day. But its true, if I were to go shopping for a car, I'm sure they would presume pretty quickly what I could afford. I had that happen the last time I went car shopping. I took my business elsewhere.