It may be geography, but I can tell immediately looking at the people on the bus in Seattle if they also work for my current employer. Sort of like when I went to University, we could always pick out the polygamists (I went to school in Utah.)
There’s a variety of looks. There’s the khaki chino with denim button down guy with the branded laptop bag. There’s the woman with Birkenstocks and Gap jeans and a North Face fleece vest. There’s the guy in Buddy Holly glasses, flannel shirt and studiously scruffy hair with just enough 2 day growth on his face. Then there’s me. I’m not sure what stereotype I fall into.
One thing that amuses me when I people watch my co-workers. . . 86.7% of them have iPhones.*
*This number was not arrived at with any sort of scientific statistical reliability and you should seriously consider its veracity given the authors penchant for hyperbole and mendacity.
May 16th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
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