[shadha]

Yo speaking of crappy commercials...I want your bod...was THE worst series of commercials ever. The worst part of it was that they would come on one after the other.


shadha-

[sixpakistan]

i don't like axe. i use old spice bodyspray/deodorant/bodywash. i have a few different colognes i wear.

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

I think that takes about 300 lbs/sq. in., so if you can pack that, you're welcome to try, just watch out for my knee acquainting itself with your face.

It was a figure of speech, bro.. nobody really thinks swishy "artistes" who consciously coordinate their outfits and squeal over shoes have any balls. Heh, heh.

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

Yeah, in sales and finance, it's totally different. The fact remains regardless of which profession you're in, the way you dress does have an impact on how you are perceived.

Sure, but there's a difference between being neat and presentable and being an obsessive metro. Also, it's not as important as you convey it to be, unless your boss is someone like Malefashionista or yourself..

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

The only time it doesn't is if you're some billion-dollar nerd like Bill Gates and you own your own big fat'ayass company, and well then no one really cares.

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

Yeah, I work with TSRs too and most of the time dress isn't important to them, and nor is it expected of them. They're just walking talking boring memory banks spitting out technical info in some mundane conversation with their technical counterparts on the client side.

I don't know, I've never been expected to dress as anything but sharp on a sales presentation. Then again, I've never been working with junior salesmen.

It's not surprising that those who lack the ability to apply memorized knowledge vs just storing it wouldn't be able to recognize the difference. You had a hard time with math in school, didn't you?

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

The account execs are the ones schmoozing with the C-levels, and hey, lets face it, that's where it counts because they write the checks and sign on the bottom line.

Again, I don't know how much experience you actually have in your field relative to how much you talk about it, but I can't picture a salesperson working with any real company schmoozing with a C level exec; C level execs don't care about that sort of thing. C level execs get recommendations from the people whose job it is to analyze and evaluate a product in terms of cost and quality, and sign checks based on that. The people that sales types "schmooze" most with are analysts (which is one of the hats I currently wear) and procurement.

[LEGALEAGLE]

Hmm I use a Gillette Mach 3 Turbo, Davidoff Cool Water and occasionally Issey Miyake shower gel...

[sixpakistan]

i have a few different colognes.. i think the main ones are royall mandarin, acqua di gio, hugo boss 'deep blue,' and gucci envy. i have a couple different aftershaves also, but i mostly shave in the shower anyway.

axe body wash smells effeminate, imo.

[LEGALEAGLE]

Originally Posted by sixpakistan

i have a few different colognes.. i think the main ones are royall mandarin, acqua di gio, hugo boss 'deep blue,' and gucci envy. i have a couple different aftershaves also, but i mostly shave in the shower anyway.

axe body wash smells effeminate, imo.

acqua di gio is good.

i just hate fruity smells.

davidoff is refreshing

[sally]

axe is disgusting.

like young, immature high school aged boys who are coming to terms with having to pay attention to personal hygeine and desperately trying to score chicks

[TariqBinSleepin]

Originally Posted by sally

axe is disgusting.

like young, immature high school aged boys who are coming to terms with having to pay attention to personal hygeine and desperately trying to score chicks

LOL, spot on. But Its not thaaaaaaaaat bad, the smell that is.

[IbnMardhiyah]

Originally Posted by sixpakistan

It was a figure of speech, bro.. nobody really thinks swishy "artistes" who consciously coordinate their outfits and squeal over shoes have any balls. Heh, heh.

Did you drown yourself in a vat of haterade again today? Stop being so jealous of me just because I pull off both the artistic and engineering routines so freaking easily.

Sure, but there's a difference between being neat and presentable and being an obsessive metro. Also, it's not as important as you convey it to be, unless your boss is someone like Malefashionista or yourself.

Making excuses for your slobbiness is lame. And no one here is talking about being an obsessive metro. Ergo, injecting extraneous and irrelevant items into the discussion is also lame.

You had a hard time with math in school, didn't you?

Yeah no kidding. One day I seriously felt like bringing a pillow to class because he was so freaking boring. Otherwise I did fine.

Again, I don't know how much experience you actually have in your field relative to how much you talk about it, but I can't picture a salesperson working with any real company schmoozing with a C level exec; C level execs don't care about that sort of thing. C level execs get recommendations from the people whose job it is to analyze and evaluate a product in terms of cost and quality, and sign checks based on that. The people that sales types "schmooze" most with are analysts (which is one of the hats I currently wear) and procurement.

We get paid to. We take them out to hockey games at the corporate box, or for dinners, all on the company's dime. And btw, in my professional field [telecom and IT] we don't bother with analysts and directors - they aren't the key decision makers. We head straight for the top and we make ourselves indispensable. The ones you're talking about are the AEs from smaller companies.

[Resay112]

Originally Posted by sally

axe is disgusting.

like young, immature high school aged boys who are coming to terms with having to pay attention to personal hygeine and desperately trying to score chicks

axe is only good for putting on after some physical activity or a quick fix for the masala smell.

btw didnt we already have a brothers only hygiene type of thread?

[Jamroll]

Originally Posted by Resay112

btw didnt we already have a brothers only hygiene type of thread?

Yeah but I think all the threads went to Thread Heaven after the crash so we've had to slowly reconstruct the old classics.

[sixpakistan]

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

Did you drown yourself in a vat of haterade again today?

Nope. Did you drown yourself in a vat of Chanel no 5 and hair gel?

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

Stop being so jealous of me just because I pull off both the artistic and engineering routines so freaking easily.

Engineering routine? Well, we could make this discussion technical, but I wouldn't want to embarrass you that badly..

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

Making excuses for your slobbiness is lame. And no one here is talking about

Yep, I can see how you concluded I was a 'slob' from all the things I've said regarding 'neat and presentable.' Anyone who knows me would tell you that one thing I am obsessive about to the point of excess is personal hygiene.. shower 3x a day, wash hands constantly, haircuts every 2 weeks, etc.

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

being an obsessive metro. Ergo, injecting extraneous and irrelevant items into the discussion is also lame.

No, it's just perceived that way when you go on about coordinating your panties with your heels and all that.

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

Yeah no kidding. One day I seriously felt like bringing a pillow to class because he was so freaking boring. Otherwise I did fine.

Uh huh.

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

We get paid to. We take them out to hockey games at the corporate box, or for dinners, all on the company's dime. And btw, in my professional field [telecom and IT] we don't bother with analysts and directors - they aren't the key decision makers. We head straight for the top and we make ourselves indispensable. The ones you're talking about are the AEs from smaller companies.

Yeah. Smaller companies like Microsoft and Checkpoint. Sit down and stop grandstanding, beta. You ain't a VP or a regional director, and my depth and variety of experience in the exact field you're speaking of blows yours away.

[Timbit]

Axe body wash does smell kind of womanly. I used it yesterday.

[IbnMardhiyah]

Originally Posted by sixpakistan

Nope. Did you drown yourself in a vat of Chanel no 5 and hair gel?

Probably just enough gel and spiking glue to harden my hair enough to the point of slitting your stomach open in a quick round of liposuction. Finally, you can stop making beach balls look anorexic in comparison, and hot damn! you'll be able to see your knees again!

Engineering routine? Well, we could make this discussion technical, but I wouldn't want to embarrass you that badly...

Network engineering? Bring it on foo', any day.

Anyone who knows me would tell you that one thing I am obsessive about to the point of excess is personal hygiene.. shower 3x a day, wash hands constantly, haircuts every 2 weeks, etc.

FAYAN-TASTIC.

Congratulations, you just sold yourself as the new authority on metrosexualism. Go write a book, you'll make millions more than where you're slaving away at now. I gotta concede, you're a natural.

No, it's just perceived that way when you go on about coordinating your panties with your heels and all that.

Maybe so, but at the rate I'm going, it'll be about 20 years before I can match your massive repository of the same.

Yeah. Smaller companies like Microsoft and Checkpoint. Sit down and stop grandstanding, beta. You ain't a VP or a regional director, and my depth and variety of experience in the exact field you're speaking of blows yours away.

Microsoft, Checkpoint, government institutions, banks ... *yawn* ... been there, done that. Next.

[Oh and I love how you had to kick it down a notch and say I wasn't a VP or regional director bwahaahahaha]