Comments on: Get laid off, look younger http://steveouting.com/2008/07/24/get-laid-off-look-younger/ Journalist, consultant, entrepreneur ... Musings on digital media, Web 2.0/3.0, & news in the Internet era Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ernst Poulsen http://steveouting.com/2008/07/24/get-laid-off-look-younger/comment-page-1/#comment-5114 Ernst Poulsen Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:16:09 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=536#comment-5114 Maybe it's just basic human nature? When loosing a job, girl/boyfriend or moving to another city it's time to buy new clothes, get a haircut, seek new friends and change habits and hobbies. Maybe it’s just basic human nature?

When loosing a job, girl/boyfriend or moving to another city it’s time to buy new clothes, get a haircut, seek new friends and change habits and hobbies.

]]> By: Mark Dodge Medlin http://steveouting.com/2008/07/24/get-laid-off-look-younger/comment-page-1/#comment-5109 Mark Dodge Medlin Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:09:42 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=536#comment-5109 Apparently I'm able to avoid the problem you describe. I got my hair cut yesterday, and about halfway through, my barber said, out of the blue, something like "Your wife must hate you." Not sure I'd heard her right, I chose a clever reply: "Huh?" What she meant was that my hair, which my dad described 30 years ago as looking like a copper-wire factory had exploded, was now a shade of strawberry blond that camouflaged the fact that there's some gray in there. A lot of women my age wind up dyeing their hair to hide the gray, she noted, adding that perhaps "envy" was a better word than "hate." Ah. OK then. Apparently I’m able to avoid the problem you describe. I got my hair cut yesterday, and about halfway through, my barber said, out of the blue, something like “Your wife must hate you.” Not sure I’d heard her right, I chose a clever reply: “Huh?”

What she meant was that my hair, which my dad described 30 years ago as looking like a copper-wire factory had exploded, was now a shade of strawberry blond that camouflaged the fact that there’s some gray in there.

A lot of women my age wind up dyeing their hair to hide the gray, she noted, adding that perhaps “envy” was a better word than “hate.”

Ah. OK then.

]]> By: saving_grace http://steveouting.com/2008/07/24/get-laid-off-look-younger/comment-page-1/#comment-5088 saving_grace Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:33:44 +0000 http://steveouting.com/?p=536#comment-5088 I witnessed this first hand with a former coworker. He had just switched from a traditional media sales position to one with an internet company. Each passing month, his hair became darker and darker. Interestingly enough, his conversations changed to younger cultural references. Unfortunately, this backfired on him as the office chatter increased to a dull roar. Pitty, he was a great sales person but was struggling to remain relevant in a cutt-throat Internet environment. I witnessed this first hand with a former coworker. He had just switched from a traditional media sales position to one with an internet company. Each passing month, his hair became darker and darker. Interestingly enough, his conversations changed to younger cultural references. Unfortunately, this backfired on him as the office chatter increased to a dull roar. Pitty, he was a great sales person but was struggling to remain relevant in a cutt-throat Internet environment.

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