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Let’s take a look at this shall we? I don’t know many if any lower income people that eat at restaurants where the most inexpensive thing on the menu is $27.95 for the main course, and that doesn’t come with any thing else on the plate. So typically the people going to Ruth’s Chris aren’t of what you seem to think is “lower” class.
And back to the clothing issue, which if I recall was one of aephi alum’s main complaints, I will post an excerpt from a book I am reading currently.
“Make no mistake, we judge others by their dress, and they judge us too. It may not be fair. It may not be right. But people tend to treat other people as they are dressed. It’s common sense. You will be treated as you are dressed. [...] How much credibility would a bank have if the teller who processes your paycheck was dressed in jeans and wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan “Poverty sucks”? [...] In an ideal world, viewed through rose-colored glasses, it would be wonderful to be accepted for ourselves alone, not for our appearance. In the real world, however, our all-too-visible selves are under constant scrutiny.”
I totally agree with the above, as much as it’s unfair and it sucks that people judge you on what you wear they do. If you dress like a hooker, people are going to think you are one, even if you are the most virtuous person on earth. It may be an extreme example, but it’s true. If you dress like a slob, people are going to think you are one.
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