Dont Judge

Unless Your Name is Judy Don’t Judge What does your appearance say about you? Is your look, swag, or gear telling others what you want them to know? In this the 21st century are we judging books (people) by their cover? Before you answer any of these questions I will attempt to convince you that we as a society do in fact pre judge people before they’ve even spoke. I’ve heard it said “If you knew better, you’d do better”. For the first example of how we all judge people before we know them, I ask you to imagine with me. Picture yourself really hungry and own your way to your favorite fast food spot. Just for reference we’ll say you’re headed to McDonalds for a Big Mac meal. You pull into the parking lot and smell that fresh golden fry goodness. Your mouth starts to water and you can darn near already taste that burger and fry. You walk through the front door and up to the counter to place your order. Out of the back comes a young lady to take your order. As she walks towards the counter you’re checking out her appearance, and you notice that her uniform is completely stained from what looks to be food related spills. However, none of these stains look as if they happened today, this week, nor this year. As she draws nearer to the cash register you get a whiff of a pungent body odor that puts you in the mind of underarms and lucky gym socks. She completes her journey to the counter and asks that age old question “How can I help you”. You notice that she has what at some point in the past had to have been teeth, but is now jagged pieces of tooth remnants that are covered with plaque and decay. You also notice the worst possible smell on earth coming from her mouth. It has the odor of a fart puking on the interior of a colostomy bag. Do you feel the expression on your face right now? Are you still going to eat there? Do you see how you just judged this fictitious young lady by her appearance? I can guess that some of the readers of this paper would say “that’s