This whole ordeal stemmed from something i noticed at work one day. I was eavesdropping while i was cleaning off a table and I overheard a group of older women talking about what they thought some members of the staff of the restaurant did on their days off.
One woman pointed at a girl who had visible tattoos and mentioned drugs and alcohol. Another woman pointed at one of the younger girls and said something about high school and cheerleading. What got to me was that these women were judging these people based solely on their looks, and happened to be 100% incorrect.
That gave me an idea... I have this pair of cheap-o reading glasses that I've used as a prop for my youtube videos, and I decided I was going to bring them to work and wear them, and then have other girls wear them, and see how people judged them, and me.
The second I put them on, the first person I saw said, "Heeeyyyy Professor!" Guess who that was? My fuckin' manager! wtf! I knew I was going to have a fun night after that.
I got called teacher, librarian, smarty pants, you name it... and then I passed the glasses around to some of the female servers. First table, this girl got an excessively large tip after being told she was "one of the most intelligent waiters" to have ever served them. In reality, the only thing this girl did different was put on these glasses.
Next girl, next table, happened to be 6 college aged males, and one of them gave the server their phone number. There seems to be a trend brewing...
The next girl who wore the glasses was the same girl who was criticized earlier in the week because she has visible tattoos... a table of 2 older couples was her mark. At first I could see the looks she was getting, so I circled tables nearby to theirs as to easily listen in to their next conversation with her...
One woman then said, "Dear you look like such a pretty girl, why would you cover yourself with those tattoos?" She then explained the meaning of each and every one and the couples listened intently. She also mentioned what she was studying in school and her other hobbies, and by the time she brought them their check, she'd built a good relationship with all of them. They tipped her nearly 30% and as soon as she walked back to the host stand, she handed me back the glasses and shook her head. I asked her what went wrong and she said, "They mentioned how they saw the other girl with the tattoos and her she wasn't nearly as pretty or as smart looking as I was... Look around, Lauren. They were talking about me, without the glasses."
Checkmate mother fuckers. This is just a message about judging books by their covers. Fucking stop it. Glasses don't make a girl smarter. Tattoos don't make a girl a drug addict. Clean cut hair doesn't make a man more responsible than a man with some bed head.
Another lesson... ladies, want higher tips? Dress up as a teacher/librarian. ...Just kidding. (not really)
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