Non verbal communication is quite the thing.
Itās mostly for young people that it matters to not judge them based on their appearance, they lack the skill and experience to show who they are.
Its a good lesson to teach kids, because humanās first instincts is to always judge and believe first impressions. This is obviously not a good outlook on life and will lead to issues and unnecessary conflict.
But yeah it is kind of bullshit once you are able to understand that first impressions CAN be wrong.
Also, children donāt dress themselves usually. So the advise is definitely more relevant as a child than an adult working retail.
And honestly the OP should have a 95% accuracy if they are seasoned in retail. As a former retail worker, those skills were ingrained after the first month working there. It is actually baffling how easy it is.
Itās mostly to try and say that ugly people arenāt bad people, because thereās a natural human instinct to be drawn to pretty people with symmetrical faces. Thatās why itās a simple message for children. As OP said, with experience you learn more and you can draw your own conclusions.
the people who cause problems in retail environments are not the people who would think to mask the intentions their body language communicate
that being said, people will still surprise you and itās usually right when you stop expecting them to have any capacity to surprise you
People lie with words all the time, but their body language always tells the real truth if you learn to listen
Only terrible publishers pick covers that donāt match the bookās contents is all I have to say.
A bookās cover really only has two functions:
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Protect the book
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Tell you little bit about the book so you can judge whether or not to read it
Precisely. Some folks role play ānormalā people in public to make it easier. Others rp as ācrazyā people to make you keep your distance.
When a book stops just being a ābookā and instead becomes ālord of the ringsā, thatās when cover-judging no longer applies.
In that same way, a person becomes a friend/coworker/family. Until that happens, the only thing you have is the cover.