What assumptions do people make about you?

[LuvOrlando]

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[mrodgers]

That I'm lazy and unhealthy.

For me, unathletic. At 245 lb, Erie is 70 miles away and I have 2 bicycles. Lets see who can get there

I had just started riding and went for a ride with a coworker, very competitive coworker whom also had been going to the gym for about 3 years. I'm about half a mile from the vehicles when I get a text, "Must suck to be 40." I got there and told him tomorrow I'm bringing one of our propane tanks from our forklifts and strapping it on his chest and we'll see how well he does. I'm still a lard *** but now I can ride 80 miles a day for weeks.

 

[Praying Colonel]

That I know what I'm doing.

Still fooling 'em.

 

[Lizgistix]

As a truck driver, people assume:
I listen to country music...which I don't..
I talk in CB lingo...which I don't.
That they can relate by talking to me in CB lingo...which is annoying. "Oh you're a truck driver? 10-4 good buddy!"
That I vote republican...which I don't.
That I'm uneducated...which I ain't. (hello, I graduated college)
That my job is easy...which it isn't, especially during winter.

 

[La Stilla]

Well. I've been pretty understimated, and it's still happening. Opinions vary too much. Some assume I am too stupid - because most of the time I have a 'lamb' personality. Others assume I am too intelligent - but kind of dangerous water too. There are many. All in the extremes! But those are people I have only basic relationship with.

 

[Alicefan]

That I'm going to be this party girl that is wild and adventurous just because I did a little professional wrestling and roller derby back in the day. I couldn't be more opposite from the characters I played. I'm a homebody that doesn't party and the only time I want to leave my house is to go to work or to travel lol

My character vs the real me...

 

[Alicefan]

Dang! Sorry those pics are so huge! lol I've lost many a boyfriend for being myself and not being a fictional character.

 

[Tess]

That I automatically dislike them and I’m unapproachable. I’m just very quiet when I meet people. I need to feel your vibe and what you’re about before I feel comfortable around people.

Ditto all of the above! I have also been called stuck up, aloof, a snob and even the B-word--all because I do not put myself out there until I know someone better and have formed an opinion about or trust in them. It doesn't help that my husband is a gregarious--put himself out there type of guy whom nearly everyone enjoys being around--he doesn't know a stranger type. We are definitely opposites. It is frustrating because I really am a nice person who is exceptionally loyal when a bond has been formed.

 

[tex1989]

I actually feed peoples assumptions and love for people to make them about me. I am at first appearance a redneck. I hunt, fish, drink beer and generally do redneck things and talk with an accent. People underestimate you automatically. So I have an undergraduate in Finance, and MBA and a Masters in History. I have worked 40 years in the Energy Industry and have a pretty good job with a major oil company.

Really funny story, a friend of mine has a double major in Chemical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. He is a NASA lead programmer who works for a NASA contractor and designed all the software for the shuttle simulators and currently is the lead systems guy for the ISS. He is even more Redneck than me and has 40 head of cattle on a piece of land south of Houston. We hunt and fish there and one day we were building a blind to hunt Sandhill Crane. Season opened the following weekend. A young Game Warden (Cody) was driving down the road and pulled down my friends road and came to where we were sitting on the tailgate of my truck drinking a beer. He starting asking us questions about what we were doing and we said setting up a blind. He said what were we hunting today? We said only thing we can shoot today are Eurasian Dove and Rock Dove. (An invasive species and the technical name for pigeons) Strike one! He then asked if he could check our ice chest and we said sure. There was no illegal game in it. Strike Two! My friend said hey while your in there would you grab me a beer? He then proceeded to ask us why we were there and what we did for a living. My friend said those are my cows and I own this place which lead to his question about what we did for a living. After explaining one of us was in the oil business and the other was a rocket scientist he was really confused. My friend then asked him if he knew if Wimbral had a season on them. He admitted he did not know what they were. My friend explained they were a shore bird from South America that were very tasty. The Game Warden said well you can look it up on the state wildlife web site. Strike Three. At that point he said have a nice day, jumped in his truck and got out of there pretty quickly. He has not been back since and we wave at him every time he drives by. I can assure you he was ready to write a lot of tickets that day because of the assumptions he had made that turned out to be a little off.

 

[Lizgistix]

I thought of one more just now.
People assume because I drive truck that I'm a "truck driver". Truck driver is what I do, it's not who I am.
Also I don't wear a headset all the time. Personally, I think it looks ridiculous to do so.

 

[Tink-osophy]

Truck driver is what I do, it's not who I am.

I'm a big fan of only ever labelling actions/activity, not the person. Label a person and you'll always be wrong one way or another.

 

[Moliphino]

That I automatically dislike them and I’m unapproachable. I’m just very quiet when I meet people. I need to feel your vibe and what you’re about before I feel comfortable around people.

I get that, too. I'm shy, a bit socially awkward, and have a RBF that scares people off.

 

[PollyannaMom]

...that because I'm intelligent, I should be ambitious.

They are not the same thing.