When it comes to the work world, appearance has quite a bit of meaning. After all, most people judge others based on looks without even realizing it. That’s how our mental biases work. That said, there is no way to truly judge if that man riding a motorcycle is a careless miscreant, or if the man wearing a 3 piece suit in the middle of the day is truly a professional. 

We tend to judge those around us based on how we feel that the person in the position they appear to be in should be. This can go as extreme as seeing a person wearing bright and colorful clothing and thinking that they work with children, to as mild as seeing a teenager who just happened to dye a portion of their hair purple and assuming that they are goth. 

This type of judgment can also be based on a number of other items, such as speaking voice, race or ethnicity, clothes, hair color, and of course, hair length. …

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