"The pimp hand" is definitely one of the best benefits of LS.
I know that my degree has been fantastically helpful in all facets of my life for that alone, regardless of the benefits of a law career. In my everyday dealings (with plumbers, insurance adjusters, people I meet socially, and also sometimes clients) I often swim uphill against a first impression that I'm ditzy, naive, innocent, inexperienced, ad nauseum (one reason I like the internet for communication; if people assume I'm stupid, it's because I actually wrote something stupid, and I can live with that).
[of course, doing cartwheels in night clubs doesn't really help with the maturity impression either, but I actually do carry myself differently when out of that environment]
If I'm ever having a real problem (i.e. excessive use of the term "honey" or "sweetie"; assumptions that they can pull something over on me; asking where the "lawyer" is), I just drop my degree and where I went to school into the convo. Usually patches the problem.
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Date: 2005-04-17 06:39 pm (UTC)I know that my degree has been fantastically helpful in all facets of my life for that alone, regardless of the benefits of a law career. In my everyday dealings (with plumbers, insurance adjusters, people I meet socially, and also sometimes clients) I often swim uphill against a first impression that I'm ditzy, naive, innocent, inexperienced, ad nauseum (one reason I like the internet for communication; if people assume I'm stupid, it's because I actually wrote something stupid, and I can live with that).
[of course, doing cartwheels in night clubs doesn't really help with the maturity impression either, but I actually do carry myself differently when out of that environment]
If I'm ever having a real problem (i.e. excessive use of the term "honey" or "sweetie"; assumptions that they can pull something over on me; asking where the "lawyer" is), I just drop my degree and where I went to school into the convo. Usually patches the problem.