Thursday, September 15, 2005

dressing down

When people go to have important conversations, Wally observed this morning on our stairs, the instinct is to dress up. But that instinct is wrong. I think what you need to do is be absolutely sure to dress lower than the person you're going to talk to. Dress down.

I froze. There wasn't much time.

How low is down, Wally? Said Wally satirically. Earth to Hilary.

Wally, how low is down? I repeated.

Sweats and a hijab, said Wally: or, if you are not Muslim, a hoody.

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