Babes, brains and baristas
You might be pleased to know that if you鈥檙e hot, you鈥檙e more likely to do well in life, particularly in the workplace. At least so say renewed studies. Well, duh!
Now before all the ugly people start jumping up and down, just consider the practicalities.
Nice-looking things put us in a nice frame of mind. Ergo, surrounding yourself with hotties makes you happier and more productive. And the last thing you should have to deal with at work is ferals, right?
Take morning tea options, for example 鈥� do I opt for the old battleaxe with cupcakes and cankles, or the buff young barista downstairs? It鈥檚 a no-brainer really, even if it does cost me ten dollars more to start my day with Mr Latte Grande.
And just think of the cost-cutting. If the workplace is decked out with babes, there鈥檚 no need for lame motivational incentives or office decorations. What better way to spruce up a drab working environment than with pretty people? And when you鈥檙e feeling low or stressed out, there鈥檚 nothing quite like a little eye candy pick-me-up.
Okay, I鈥檝e had my fun. Jokes aside, it鈥檚 evidently believed most of us are wired to base first impressions on a psycho-physiological impulse that good looks equate to greater intellect and social standing 鈥� a 鈥榟alo effect鈥� that polarises us towards beauty over brains.
Same with picking up. Even if you鈥檙e chasing that 鈥榟appily ever after鈥�, you鈥檙e not out to get busy with someone鈥檚 brain. You want flesh, right? And the hotter, the better.
I鈥檇 love to put my hand up and say I don鈥檛 judge a book by its cover. But I鈥檇 be fooling myself. In part anyway. It鈥檚 like those people who say they don鈥檛 watch reality telly, but you know they totally do.
Around 93 percent of first impressions are apparently founded on visuals. And as noble as it may be to want to base our interactions on inner beauty, most of us are apparently guilty of fulga-phobia without even realising it.
But I hasten to add, while I love a good perve, I am inclined to ultimately see the person beyond the veneer. Give it a go some time 鈥� you may be pleasantly surprised. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder, and there鈥檚 nothing hotter than a babe with an awesome mind.
Just don鈥檛 tell me Mr Latte Grande is really an asshole.
I don’t know why people believe that good looking people get the jobs etc – I think its just what ever the majority is. I work in an ageing industry that is female dominant, nearly all the management and the “popular” ones are either over weight, not pretty, have unbalanced shoulder’s, eye brow’s or suffer from physical alignments such as a stutter, anxiety disorder, knee braces etc – whenever a new person that’s slim/attractive comes in or if one of the attractive ones shows initiative they are always leaped and torn apart by the “ugly” ones that run the show.
LOL, yah .. agreed Phil.
Peeps can be beautiful inside and out. One of my LT BFs was a bit like that. So being the eternal cynic, I was always looking for his flaws, instead of just appreciating the person .. silly was I.
LOL, yeah, there should be a law against having it all .. Greedy much?
Simon – cheers for your comments.
Sure there are hot guys who are assholes, but I know a few drop dead gorgeous men who are sweet, gentle, unselfish and beautiful inside and out. There ought to be a law against it.
I hate to break it to you but chances are he is an asshole lol
Yes beauty is in the eye of the beholder as my partner of several years well I won’t be offensive but I love him to death.
Thanks for a frank and amusing article. Another enjoyable read.