Do you judge people by looks before you meet them?

Would you be the kind of person to judge someone before you get to know more about them or their background, by looking at them? Say if you started a new job, and your co-workers don't talk much for the first few days, would you maybe judge them by looking at their physical features and the way they act? Trying to think of an example here... Maybe a guy with long hair and a beard, would you immediately think he's into metal music and likes to go to concerts and drink lots of alcohol etc?
 
I sometimes find I do with some people. It's not exactly the best thing to do, as people try not to judge a book by its cover, but i think this is slightly different. Would you?

yup

Yes. Because it's human nature to make a snap judgement about someone within a few brief minutes of seeing or meeting them.
 
Hell I believe science has proven that within the first 10 seconds of seeing members of the opposite sex you've decided whether you'd sleep with them or foresee having kids with them. I mean if your subconscious can decide that quickly whether you're attracted to a person or not, I imagine you can instantly judge someone within minutes of meeting them as well ;)

I know it's not right to but I do. Half the people I see in the mall I'm just like 'What a douche" for no reason.

I think we all size someone up before we actually meet them whether we want to admit it or not.

All the time. Funny how you ask since when I first met you I thought "He looks Canadian...". Must be your clothes. I'm a very judgemental person but I'm always polite to them and know about them more before I make any proper judgement on them.

Both a victim and a perpetrator.

I'm actually usually right. My snap decisions are a bit less 'snappy' than other people's

Fuck yes.  I judge people on a number of levels based on a range of factors.  I'm quite a shallow person in general but I tend to gauge people quite accurately.  I'm an effective people-watcher.  'Judging' people is a fairly valuable asset in life, and its usefulness is especially invaluable in business (my field).

Yes.

" I know it's not right to but I do. Half the people I see in the mall I'm just like 'What a douche" for no reason. "

" Fuck yes.  I judge people on a number of levels based on a range of factors.  I'm quite a shallow person in general but I tend to gauge people quite accurately.  I'm an effective people-watcher.  'Judging' people is a fairly valuable asset in life, and its usefulness is especially invaluable in business (my field). "

Yes I do, and I'm pretty much right most of the time.

Doesn't everybody?

" I'm actually usually right. My snap decisions are a bit less 'snappy' than other people's "

" @Romination said:

" I'm actually usually right. My snap decisions are a bit less 'snappy' than other people's "

mine too "

Yes. It's especially easy and tempting to do so with teenagers these days.

Yeah... all the time. And I think you just described jakob. =-)

No I did not and now I'm dead!
How was I supposed to know that a blood soaked man in a prison uniform holding an axe in one hand and a decapitated head in the other would cause my untimely death?

" @Blair said:

" Fuck yes.  I judge people on a number of levels based on a range of factors.  I'm quite a shallow person in general but I tend to gauge people quite accurately.  I'm an effective people-watcher.  'Judging' people is a fairly valuable asset in life, and its usefulness is especially invaluable in business (my field). "

Hmmm.. interesting. Why is it so useful in business may i ask? Would you be talking about someone who knows his stuff and is a good businessman, can make sales, but looks like a typical drug-dealer? Would he be looked upon as someone who does not have a clue because of the way he looks? "

yes but i wish i didnt because i hate it

Just assume everybody is a dick as soon as you meet them.  That way you can't be disappointed, and very, very occasionally, you will be pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong.

Judge? I'll judge the way they look sure, but to infer anything about the person they are is stupid.

i think for the most part yes. if you are dressed like a fucking slob i'll think, yeah he's a fucking slob. shit like that. so yeah i do. 

Yes.  I can recognize that the snap judgement might be completely bogus, but I still made one.

Everybody does, whether they realize it or not.

Of course. We're a visual species. What looks attractive (by that I mean "attraction", not if someone is "hot" or "ugly" or whatever) to us will make us think about what qualities we'd connotate with said person.

Yes.

Yup, do it all the time. "LOL, look at that loser", "WOW, that guy looks like a douche", "Haha, that guy is trying too hard, he thinks he's so cool"

If you answered no, you're a liar.

Yes, I helped a chick out with her car engine once right after I checked her out.  Hadn't she been hot, I probably wouldn't have helped.

I think it's natural to profile (a trait picked up for human survival), but not politically correct.

" Both a victim and a perpetrator. "

Yes, it's pretty much human nature to make a judgment of people based on any interactions with them.  I don't just count out people that I judge to be the kind of person I wouldn't hang out with though until I actually get to know them.  I wouldn't have made two of my best friends if I did that.

I think we all do in varying degrees and how varies with the person.  I see a Nordic Rock fan and I know what he is into and am not concerned, whereas other see the devil - stuff like that.  If I see a girl with way too much skin exposed, I assume she is a slut and probably stupid - most times I am right. 
 
The important thing is to keep an open mind and not judge too much and allow their personality to complete the image.

Depend how he looks, if he looks like marilyn manson and wearing make up then I'd expect him to act a little bit different than a normal person, but I wouldn't "judge" him as good or bad.

And depend why you're meeting the person.