Author Topic: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?  (Read 48114 times)

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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #75 on: May 07, 2014, 03:17:12 PM »
I'm tall but thin, so I don't think anyone finds me any more threatening now that I'm smooth!



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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #76 on: May 07, 2014, 05:08:33 PM »
If they don't cringe when I walk into the room, it's clear something's not quite right with my prepping for public presentation that day.

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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #77 on: May 07, 2014, 06:26:31 PM »
I guess I can count staring down a guy on New Year's Eve who for a few minutes seemed intent on getting into a fight with me. My wife says his attitude visibly changed when I took off my ski cap. All I had done was to ask him to stop setting off fireworks in front of my house.

The addition of the beard has stopped my daughter's friends and some random people I pass at the store from calling me "Heisenberg" or "Walter White" whenever I wear my glasses.
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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #78 on: May 27, 2014, 09:53:15 AM »
I have had people say on the lines of that when i had my really big beard not now though.
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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #79 on: May 27, 2014, 10:31:25 AM »
Nope. Not yet as I am new to being sly.

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Offline SWvic

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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #80 on: November 25, 2014, 04:07:50 AM »
Oh yeah totally! I'm always on late night trains around Melbourne and it makes me laugh when people give me a wide berth! But I'm actually really nice... It's just a haircut!

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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #81 on: November 25, 2014, 03:45:27 PM »
SWvic:  Sorry, but I can't see how people could find your appearance intimidating.  You look like a poster boy for "niceness".  From your photo you look to me like "the cat that swallowed the canary" and that you are about .5 seconds from breaking out into a big smile and laughter! 

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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #82 on: November 25, 2014, 03:51:00 PM »
I don't know if you're complimenting or insulting me!!! Think darkened platform I guess!

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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #83 on: November 25, 2014, 10:10:10 PM »
It was a COMPLIMENT!

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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #84 on: November 25, 2014, 11:59:48 PM »
Ha ok well that's alright then!

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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #85 on: November 26, 2014, 03:15:18 AM »
I'll  occasionally get that cautious reaction from sone people I'm around 5' 11" and 215 not the biggest guy around. I tend to notice a very large difference in how people react to me dependant on what I am wearing, if I'm wearing a t-shirt and jeans and sunglasses people seem a tad more hesitant than when I'm wearing a nice button down shirt or a suit. But to be fair I do kinda look like I've got a scowl usually even though I'm quite friendly. I don't think I'm too intimidating as I have had to walk with a cane for the last couple of years.

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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #86 on: November 26, 2014, 03:25:32 AM »
I will also say that I have noticed far more people smiling at me now with my head shaved than I did when I had a full head of hair.

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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #87 on: December 09, 2014, 01:10:57 PM »
A couple of years ago we had security issues in México. Once I was driving my car and felt somebody was looking at me so I turn head and the driver looks alarmed and change lane.

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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #88 on: December 09, 2014, 01:34:09 PM »
You know the clothes you wear really do make a difference.  When I'm in full biker gear, people are a little more cautious to approach.  When I'm dressed up or have on nicer clothes, they're not as apprehensive.  Like agentfortyseven, I do tend to look like I have a scowl on my face so that probably doesn't help the situation any either.

A friend at work told me once that if she didn't know me and came across me dressed in full biker gear she'd be terrified!  Hahaha!  Another time I walked into another friend's high end hair salon, again in full biker gear with sunglasses on, and just stood there by the door waiting for my friend so I could take her to lunch.  I  found out later on that I scared the hell out of the receptionist.  She didn't know who I was or what I was gonna do 'cause I was just standing there.  I guess my posture seemed threatening.  Go figure!

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Re: Have you noticed people being wary / cautious of you as a sly guy?
« Reply #89 on: December 31, 2014, 06:18:04 PM »
Since moving to Ohio from Connecticut yes people stare and avoid me at all cost bald guys out here do the comb over or have pony tails but bald on top very strange.
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