Do you people watch? If so, do you judge them by their clothes or looks?

Question

Can you tell who has money and who doesn't?

I admit I watch people and at times think I know their life by how they look or what they say.....the way they talk......I do agree never JUDGE a book by it's cover......there are times I can be wrong....many

SC, I know someone that was just like your daughter.....she could spot an imperfection in someone else's wardrobe that no-one else would even care exsisted.....she did grow up--finally...

Answer 1

mostly when i people watch, i just make up ridiculous stories as to what their lives are really like. i have fun with it =)

Answer 2

I cannot stand to go to Belks or Penneys in the mall in my jeans and tee shirt and have a snobby clerk at the Clinique counter act as if my hundred dollars is not the same amount spent by the lady with the coach purse and Blahnik shoes.
One of my daughters was such a people watcher i worried about her when she was a teen. We could be sitting at a red light and she noticed if the people walking by had socks that matched their clothing. I've noticed all the girls except two in our family are the same way.
I'm mush more interested in some ones thoughts, actions and character than what they wear or drive or live in...too often they are financed to the hilt and hanging by a thread.

Answer 3

I learned in my very early twenties that things are not always what they seem.

While living in Eastern Oregon I observed a bum come into the bar where I was having a pop-wit-foam-on-top (For those who don't speak Cajun I'll translate... Beer. This WAS, after all, before I entered the ministry) The bum was drunk and acting in a totally outrageous manner. Baffled by the fact that the cowboy patrons of the bar put up with his shenanigans I inquired what was going on and was told "Oh, that's just Xxx Xxxx (sorry, no names will be divulged)

I later learned the gentleman in dirty worn out bib overalls with the equally dirty flannel shirt sporting frayed collar and missing elbows was worth well over a million dollars in the bank and owned forty sections of land on the John Day River. I called him a gentleman because, I found as I came to know him over the next two years that I lived there, that's what he truly was.

I people watch not to judge but to learn.

Answer 4

Clothes are actually one of the last things I look at. And looks are incidental. It may matter to THEM at how THEY perceive themselves, but it doesn't matter to me who is watching them.

I have been an inveterate people watcher since I was 5 years old. One of my very first memories was of studying people and how they reacted to different situations. It was my favourite hobby right up until I had kids. Then I didn't have enough time to "people watch" much anymore.

But yes, I am invariably able to judge a person not only on how they look, but just the look in an eye as reaction or a slight lift of an eyebrow, or the way they turn their body. And I have also found that I am very good at judging people by the written word...not only by the actual words written, but by the WAY they are written, and by the message contained underneath the written one.

This is why I enjoy YAnswers so much, and other sites where you are able to interact with people.

Answer 5

That's a good question. I think the general population does
judge others by their appearance. I admit I do. But not in the
respect that I look down on them. I come into contact frequently with vets who are a mixture of different values of
living. Such as I see the clean cut types of men, who care
and have respect for themselves, so others will also. And I
also see the opposite of that, with unshaven, or long bearded
men, of all ages, with long hair, often tied back. These wouldn't be bad, if it weren't for the fact, that they are not
clean, or kept up. Some look like they've come from a Harley
convention attended by filthy bikers. And they carry their helmets with them. If any, those are the types I would look
down on, if I cared. I figure they are living in a mental state I
wouldn't want to be in, and have demons they fight daily.
I see women who are well kept and I see the dirty looking
ones with neglected teeth who smell of stale cigarette smoke.
It's generally a mix of the good and bad.
I was always told, that there is no excuse for being dirty. That there was always soap to be had for washing myself, or
cleaning my clothes. I guess the people who don't care to be
clean, just don't care period. As there are relief agencies to
help the down and out. Especially vets.

Answer 6

No, I haven't a clue as to who has money and who doesn't..I do know that many with the big cars and fancy duds are up to their neck in debt, so that doesn't count. Fancy houses are more oftent than not owned by a bank. The richest people I have known dress like everyday people, jeans, tees, etc. Never judge a book by its cover. I dress like yesterday's slob , and yet people think I have money (boy, are they wrong!)...Money often carries a certain "carriage" of body...I cannot put my finger on it, but if at a mall, I suspect I can point out, with about 80% accuracy, who has real money and who is playing like it. OF course, I was raised in a farming community where the ones with very real money wore bib overalls daily, never talked about money, but drove new cars all the time. They had a fortune in machinery in the barn, were clean, but down to Earth folks who associated with everyone. Here in Orange County, there is very real megabucks...and it shows more in the women than in the men...the women carry a high maintainance look...not to my taste, but that is irrelivent. The men usually have ....the one tell tale sign, expensive shoes..the rest of the outfit will be rags, but just one look at the shoes and it is a dead give away. And yes, there is a difference between $25. Payless shoes and $600.00 shoes from Niemans. Play dress up and I can spot an expensive suit a block away, but we rarely play dress up here. What is more important, I think, is the confidence that people have...a lot of money isn't necessary in life, but being without the stress of 'how to pay bills" is very important....stress shows up in nasty little ways, doesn't it? Hopefully, I am passed that point, but then again, tomorrow isn't here yet. Peace and love, Goldwing

Answer 7

I am an AVID people watcher! One of my favorite pasttimes.
I only look at clothes as a way to discern their style and perhaps a bit about their personality. What I look at most is body language; movement; expressions; gait. Tells you a lot about a person.

It is amazing too that some people can be so self absorbed when walking about that they seem to exist in the middle of a protective cocoon.

Answer 8

I like to watch people, but I don't judge them by their clothes or looks. People can often try to seem like they have money when they don't or seem not to, yet they do. I judge people by there kindness, willingness to do for others, outlook on life, the way they smile-even at strangers, by the love they hold in their heart for people. What is on the outside means little, if there is nothing wonderful on the inside.

Answer 9

People watching is an interesting past time. I don't judge people by what they wear. I try not to judge people at all although I am human. Rather than say "judge", maybe I prefer the word "evaluate". So I evaluate people I see not based on what they're wearing, but on how they are behaving, how they treat those around them.

Answer 10

I love to people watch, not clothes or looks but the antics they do. Their actions are what I watch. It is pretty easy to tell who was what in the past and what the who is now. There were 3 really old madams that I used to run across in NC. They were a hoot in their flashy clothes fancy cars and 5" heels and leggings, easy on the past there, we all have one. Ha.

Answer 11

I do enjoy people watching. I try not to judge, but am sometimes guilty of it and stop as soon as I catch myself doing it. I like to wonder what there life is like and how they react, and sometimes I even find my self praying for them, especially if I think their life might be difficult. I have to agree with one who answered, that I think people are funny. One thing that really bothers me is the amount of people of all ages who are really over weight, not because I am prejudice but because I wonder about their health...it seems to be an epidemic in US.