Don't judge a book by the cover

[WV Cowboy]

Anyone have an example where they judged a person(book) by their appearance(cover) only to be proved wrong when they "opened the book."

I'll go first:
One summer while at the beach I had to take my son to the ER at the local hospital. At first I sat out in the waiting room for a while, but then got to go back and sit with my son right in the middle of the chaos of the ER.

One kid working there was covered with tattoos up and down both arms, on his neck, ... piercings on his eyebrows, nose, lower lip, tongue, and many on his ears.

I looked at him and felt he should be strolling through WalMart, and not working at a hospital. I wondered if he was even qualified to be a Doctor.
I wondered just how qualified he was to be working in the ER.

But over the next couple of hours of sitting in the ER, watching patients come and go, watching Doctors scurrying around, seeing the ambulances coming and going, .. I watched this kid in action.

He was awesome.

Not only was he going from room to room, patient to patient, he was helping other Doctors with their patients, he was overseeing each ambulance that came in, tending to each patient as they were brought in. He was even filling cabinets and stocking shelves when not with a patient.

He was everywhere.
He never stopped.
He was so impressive.

So I was guilty of judging a book by the cover, .. and he changed my thought process to not think something so quick based on appearance.

Anyone else ever do that?

 

[BoysFan4ever]

Sure. I am learning but it's easy to profile sometime.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

All I care about is the inside.

 

[WV Cowboy]

9 hours, 26 views, ... nobody else ??

Guess I'm the only one.

 

[kimrose]

9 hours, 26 views, ... nobody else ??

Guess I'm the only one.

I can't believe you just posted this, WV. I was just on this thread about 10 minutes ago, thinking back in my memory to some story I could share, but Husband called me away to go look at the Vick thread in FanZone, he had posted some gifs he wanted me to see. lol. So, I left your thread to go look at his gifs. I feel like I have let you down, now, friend. Give me a moment to think of one, and I will back to you.

 

[kimrose]

My son has a friend who he used to hang out with a lot. He is a sweet kid, very well mannered, great heart. Really a wonderful guy. I got all that right. But what I didn't see in him, I learned later and it alarmed me greatly, to the point that I didn't want my son to go anywhere with him anymore. The guy has a side of him that is extremely detrimental and dark. He will literally do anything, including impersonating his friends for job interviews. He drives like a frikking maniac, laughing maniacally while he is playing with his and his passenger's lives on the road, I mean suicidally so, seriously. I thought he was a mature and responsible kid. He wants to be and actually tries to be mature and responsible, but he has this side of him that comes out now and then, that is utterly rebellious and risk taking and suicidal, due to a less than stellar childhood. I am usually pretty perceptive and extremely good at discerning, and was very disappointed in myself for not seeing this, but this child has "perfected his craft" so well, that even I did not sense it. He is a master.

But I still loved him anyway back then and still love him today. Nearly two years has gone by since that time, he is doing much better, and he and my son are still friends, and the boy is repairing his relationship with his folks, and hopefully he is going to be alright. I sure hope so, because he really is a great kid. Just talked to him on the phone the other day, and although I really can't "read" him, he seems to be alright.

I'm sorry it took longer than I thought it would, WV. Had some unexpected family time with my family, with my son, yes this son, lol, and so took some time away from the Zone. Gotta cherish these moments, kids are getting older and these times are becoming fewer. I know you know about that.

 

[Tabascocat]

Quite often and am pleased when I am proved wrong.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Quite often and am pleased when I am proved wrong.

I see your sig line.

 

[Tabascocat]

I see your sig line.

Guilty as charged

 

[kimrose]

Guilty as charged

Hey, yeah. I just noticed your sig, Dex. That is awesome.

But I thought WV wanted us to share stories. Do ya have one you could share, so mine don't stick out like a sore thumb now?? lol

 

[Tabascocat]

Hey, yeah. I just noticed your sig, Dex. That is awesome.

But I though WV wanted us to share stories. Do ya have one you could share, so mine don't stick out like a sore thumb now?? lol

No................

Don't want to get into stereotyping really. The restaurant industry is a fickle thing

 

[kimrose]

No................

Don't want to get into stereotyping really. The restaurant industry is a fickle thing

Customers? Oh, ok. I was in retail for many years. Alright.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Guilty as charged

So is everyone else, .. they just don't want to admit it.

 

[Rack]

It works both ways. Some times the cover looks good but the book is bad.

 

[WV Cowboy]

It works both ways. Some times the cover looks good but the book is bad.

LOL, .. how true!

Judging a book by the cover still not a good idea.

 

[Longboysfan]

Well. I did meet some Eagle fans in another board area.
Went to their Training Camp in Lehigh a few summers.
They're really nice people. But still Eagle fans.

 

[JDSmith]

This is like that episode of Lost in Space with the golden man and the ugly alien. Penny knew what was up, but everyone else was judging the book by the cover. We all learned a valuable lesson when it was revealed that the guy made of gold was actually the villain.

That might have been my first experience with plot twist.