{"id":602,"date":"2009-06-02T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/02\/clever-shoes-mile\/"},"modified":"2009-06-02T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-02T19:30:00","slug":"clever-shoes-mile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/02\/clever-shoes-mile\/","title":{"rendered":"clever, shoes, mile"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I was getting ready for work this morning, I remembered that I had a meeting today with a student group that had caused me some grief in the past. \u00a0 I have to work with them, so I got dressed with an eye toward a carefully calculated impression. \u00a0 \u00a0Long sleeve white dress shirt with a UA<\/span> logo indicating that I was part of the establishment and would be expected to follow the rules. \u00a0Sleeves rolled up to indicate that I was someone prepared to work. \u00a0 Dress pants – and my dressier flip-flops<\/span> – an indication that I’m cool and that I can relate. \u00a0 Or at least that I’m trying to fool myself into thinking that I’m cool and that I can relate. \u00a0 \u00a0 I never put this much thought into what I’m wearing under usual circumstances, but this group had been stubborn and I was going to need all the help I could get.<\/p>\n

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So, image complete, I headed into work. \u00a0And when I checked my calendar, I realized that I also had a meeting today with the Office of General Counsel – i.e. the lawyers. \u00a0 And while flip-flops might be appropriate<\/span> for a meeting with a student group \u00a0– they would not be appropriate<\/span> for a meeting with the lawyers. \u00a0<\/div>\n
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One of my co-workers and I headed up to the student union for starbucks<\/span> and I mentioned my footwear issues and that I might have to go \u00a0home and change shoes before my meeting. \u00a0 He asked what shoe size I wore (10) and then offered to let me borrow his shoes for the meeting. \u00a0 He had a backup pair in his car and no meetings – so, it would work out fine and though I had to go sock-less I was in much better shape than before.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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I ‘shoed<\/span>-up’ just before my meeting and things went fine. \u00a0 Back to flip-flops for my second meeting and that went fine too.<\/div>\n
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They say you have to walk a mile in someone’s<\/span> shoes before you really know them. \u00a0I didn’t quite cover a mile, but I was impressed by his generosity and I appreciated it. \u00a0<\/div>\n
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I learned a lesson about planning and still ended up making the right impressions.<\/div>\n
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The rest of the day has been pretty much business as usual, but I’ll head out of here in a much better mood than I had yesterday.<\/div>\n
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later…<\/div>\n
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