Horological Meandering

Mohannad (aka Riddler)
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A very interesting subject indeed

I agree with most of the posts here and would like to share my tidbits

I think we have to consider what is the environment we're in to begin with. Are we sharing with other like minded ppl in "any type of interest" or are we sharing with ppl that are most times not very much interested in our hobby whatever it is

I've been through this myself and I would like to share an example of a story I mention to ppl sometimes but my intention isn't bragging but rather to highlight a different point but I notice that the reception of the story is deferent and sometimes I need to reinstate the point I'm actually trying to convey
My story is that I was in New York with my wife in 2012 when hurricane Sandy hit and as you remember Manhattan was half crippled if not fully for the first day or two anyways we were staying at a hotel on park ave and 29th and there was no electricity or water and we were at the 14th floor so to cut it short we changed the hotel and stayed at another hotel in a less impacted area.
After checking in we were very hungry and wanted to eat some decent food so we looked around and saw that Cipriani was open and wanted to have lunch there. We both looked like two homeless ppl but we didn't get a chance to change or even think about it before we ate something.
As we entered the restaurant was empty of customers so I asked for a table for two. I was told that it was fully booked so I tried to convince the guy that it will be a quick lunch and would turn the table rather fast before it was needed. Didn't work. Then the manager was walking and asked if he could assist I told him we just wanted a table for two for a quick lunch but he also politely stated that couldn't do we decided to leave. But then I noticed his patek perpetual he was wearing and complemented him and even said nice (gave the reference ) you have there. He was very surprised and I showed him my wrist and I had at the time an my RM10 on so he was very shocked coz as I said we looked like complete bums and I had that on and knew what he had on just from looking. He then asked us to follow him and gave us probably the best table in the house.

My point here of course was to imply that looks do deceive and also creat an illusion we were rejected based on our looks and yet we were "accepted" also based on what I had on me or "looks"
But when I share this story it most times gets lost in translation and is received as a bit snobiness or showing off but my intention is far from that completely
I'm sure my story here is received in the proper manner but outside of our community perception varies drastically and yet we have the same mindset attitude with all