[Craig T]

Originally Posted by rusnak

I think subconsciously, I look down on old grown men who walk around with shorts, t-shirt and filp flops.

They look like they never grew up, have some sort of chemical imbalance, or are not to be trusted with important things.

Part of this is because I am an employer I think, and I spot things that suggest a person is lazy or sloppy, and going out in public without shoes or at least more sophisticated version of flip flops, like those action sandals or Addidas slip on sandals is just one of those superficial things that sort of say "lazy slob".

I think another is that my sloppy Hakujin fat-ass brother in law always looks like Chris Farley with flip flops, shorts, and t-shirt. And he's really sort of an arrogant loser. I find that sooner or later, I let my disdain for these types to show.

WOW! That is a significant prejudgement (aka prejudice). Let's turn this around. Some of the flakiest and most insecure people I know never leave the house without designer jeans and Prada loafers. Most of which, in my experience, live with a high-level of insecurity about their appearance or debt due to the need to be fashion current or to appear successful.

When I see a 50+ guy walk into a restaurant, or pull up in a Porsche wearing flip-flops and cargo shorts, I assume he must be extremely confident, secure with himself, and could not care less what others think of him.

I run in a pack of early retired guys. Every one of us dresses in cargo shorts and flip flops, so much so that my wife calls it the "Retired Guy's Uniform".

I hardly think a retired surgeon, retired nephrologist, and a cashed out Clinical Laboratory owner with a Ph.D could be called "lazy slob".