how does a person "look" like they are in advertising/marketing?

[yuri_c]

some people at my office have repeatedly ask me what i do here, and when i tell them i'm in business planning (with engineers), they always seem surprised and say this:

"i would have thought you were in advertising"

and when i ask them what makes them say that, they said "you look like you belong there"

what the hell does that mean? they don't say it in a nonchalant way either, sometimes i get a slightly negative attitude from them.

[ji2o0k]

tough question, please post a pic of yourself so we can pinpoint what it is that makes you look like you should be in marketing.

[ricoboxing]

would you rather them say "oh, you look like you should be in I.T."

[AcidBomber]

lol @ yuri's threads...

[yuri_c]

i'm more concerned about the attitude others give off when they say this to me.

yea i'm a young female, but this is a fortune 500 company... they should be used to seeing different people of different ages everyday... they don't say it in a 'normal' way, they say it like i'm dumb and i have no right to be there or something.

[deep]

You look like you're in advertising = you look like a pathological liar.

[Eyies]

Apparently something like :


or

[yuri_c]

You look like you're in advertising = you look like a pathological liar.

are you serious?

[ji2o0k]

i'm more concerned about the attitude others give off when they say this to me.

yea i'm a young female, but this is a fortune 500 company... they should be used to seeing different people of different ages everyday... they don't say it in a 'normal' way, they say it like i'm dumb and i have no right to be there or something.

maybe they find you hawwwttt and can't believe you are an engineer (aren't most engineers nerdy geeky guys?).

[yuri_c]

maybe they find you hawwwttt and can't believe you are an engineer (aren't most engineers nerdy geeky guys?).

i'm not an engineer. i only work with engineers.

and it's not people who work WITH me in my department. i get people who come up to me in coffee break areas, my own damn desk, and in the freaking ladies washrooms. and people from different floors.

[LQQK]

maybe they find you hawwwttt and can't believe you are an engineer

exactly!

yuri_c:

are you well-dressed and fashionable- wearing nice clothes, cool haircut, etc?

[yuri_c]

Apparently something like :


or

oh thanks eyies, i'll use that for future reference.

[yuri_c]

exactly!

yuri_c:

are you well-dressed and fashionable- wearing nice clothes, cool haircut, etc?

i wear regular business casual attire. cool haircut? no. hardly. it's just long and black and regular. not cool at all.

i really dont think they mean it as a compliment...cause they seem say it with a negative tone... like i'm beneath them or something.

[yuri_c]

lol @ yuri's threads...

yea who needs google when i have you guys?

[setell]

Apparently something like :


or

hmmm I'll have to keep this in mind when I want to look different