Do people judge people at work by the car they drive?

[Anonymous]

Some years ago I pulled into work in DWs 10yo Civic. A co-worker saw me and I could tell from his facial expression that I was being judged. Oh well!

[Anonymous]

I once saw a job candidate pull up in a beater of a car. To me, at age 40 or older, that’s a sign that you are bad with money or extremely frugal. Neither is a quality I want in a worker. I passed on her.

[Anonymous]

There is a red convertible corvette at my work with 3 go pro cameras on it. I judge that person. WTF!

My boss drives a Porsche and I think it is a sign of his insecurities.

[Anonymous]

A good portion of my co-workers drive, and I generally know their cars a few years in. It is handy, because just driving throught the garage tells me who is in, or who is not yet here. There is a PM who usually works off-site, but is in the office every once in a while, so if I see his truck, I know today will be a good day to try to catch him.

But no judging, more of a noticing. You know, how some people own dogs and you look at them and say, yes, that makes complete sense. Same with cars. The fastidious single guy in his late 30s, with impeccable clothes and grooming - his car is high end, always washed, spotless. Or the insecure, name-dropping middle aged white guy with his muscle car, that spends more time in the shop than on the road. Or the moms with the minivans (mine included). It makes sense. And the Priuses. So many Priuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I once saw a job candidate pull up in a beater of a car. To me, at age 40 or older, that’s a sign that you are bad with money or extremely frugal. Neither is a quality I want in a worker. I passed on her.

How so?

[Anonymous]

I definitely think so, but it depends on the profession. The main car I judge is the Prius though. If you drive one, we can never be friends.

[Anonymous]

I park in a garage at work. There are several companies in my building. I don’t know what type of car anyone has. I don’t think it matters unless you drive a car to client locations.

Government contractors / consultants probably shouldn’t drive expensive cars to visit their Fed clients. People who work for the EPA or Environmental Defense Find probably shouldn’t drive large SUVs. But as far as normal office jobs where you don’t drive for work or visit clients, who cares?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Your coworkers look inside your car. if its messy and dirty as hell they judge.

Nonsense.

Different poster who agrees - I don't care if you drive a Honda or BMW, but if it's clean I think better of you and if it's messy or dirty I think worse of you.

NP. Absolutely. Interior of car and cleanliness speaks volumes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Your coworkers look inside your car. if its messy and dirty as hell they judge.

Nonsense.

No it is true. Many times I was in my car either ready to get out or just got in and getting ready to go and saw how people were passing between cars to their car and they would just ever so slightly look into the car, sometimes you could see a longer pause to sort of marvel, it was usually a car that I knew had some mess inside.

If you don't think it is true just observe. Of course if you have no life otherwise and too much popcorn but this can be entertaining.

[Anonymous]

Those who think that nobody is judging and they deny that they are being judged are most likely those who have dirty cars inside and out and think that nobody cares. It is like with everything else, homes, clothing, etc. Some people care, others don't and it shows. When you drive pass a house that has a nice landscape and clean neat window treatment you can assume that people who live there are neat and organized to a degree, and if you see messy yards and teared down and broken shades you can also assume that the person just does not care and the mess is everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Caring and judging are two different things. All people most likely judge weather it is intentional or unintentional, but they might not care.
So if they see a dirty messy car, they might not give a bug but the thought surely crosses their mind, yack, this is one messy car.

What do you think people think about you if you have a messy dirty car inside? Oh this person must be so organized and this messy dirty car is just an exception? Nope, everybody thinks that what you have in your mind and in your life projects on all your surroundings.

[Anonymous]

I judge people who judge

[Anonymous]

if it's mess, really messy, yes - old, no

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I judge people who judge

How do you know who judge, unless.. you judge just in case?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:if it's mess, really messy, yes - old, no

Yea, but somehow the really old ones are usually dirty and messy inside.