Even if you “respect the hustle”: Would it be difficult for you to take a realtor seriously, if they still lived with their parents?
Someone asked the internet, “What’s the ‘Don’t trust a skinny food critic” of your industry?” Here are some “sus” things that people shared from THEIR OWN job experience, and yeah, the whole idea is a little playful:
1. “If he’s got an iPad and a white button-down shirt, he’s not there to fix your equipment, he’s there to try to sell you new equipment.”
2. “Don’t trust a pastor who wears expensive shoes and watches.”
3. “Don’t trust the scientist who can’t say, ‘I don’t know.’ A good scientist knows they don’t know everything.”
4. “Be careful of personal injury attorneys who excessively advertise.”
5. “Don’t trust a principal who was never a teacher.”
6. “Don’t trust a teacher who isn’t interested in learning new things.”
7. “Don’t trust a restaurant manager who has never waited a table.”
8. “Don’t trust an I.T. person who hasn’t caused an organization-wide outage at least once. Also don’t trust them if they’ve caused more than five.” (I think THIS is a good sentiment. It’s hard to put much faith in someone who HASN’T failed at their “expertise.” But they DO need to have learned from it.)
9. Similarly, “Do not trust an electrician with no eyebrows.” But someone else said, “As an electrician, never trust an electrician who’s never been shocked.”
10. “Don’t trust a wine sales rep who wears heavy cologne and perfume. It messes up your ability to taste samples in sales meetings.”
11. “You should not trust any engineer who tells you it’s okay to do a product push at 3:30 on a Friday afternoon.”
12. “I work in finance. The more a dude gels his hair, the more of a pain in the [butt] he’s going to be to work with.”
13. “Don’t trust an accountant who prefers Google Sheets to Excel.”
14. “Don’t trust a plumber who bites his nails.”
15. “I’m a contractor. Be wary of a customer who claims they know how to do what they’re paying you to do.”
