I never bought the whole no one knew Clark Kent was Superman idea. Seriously, how naive are people that a pair of glasses threw off recognizing the guy. I can safely affirm that yes, a pair of glasses can alter an appearance significantly enough to make someone unrecognizable. Depending on how bad my allergies are, I have been switching off between wearing contacts and my glasses this past year and have run into the glasses as a disguise phenom.
Recently I helped a customer with a rather complicated question, where she found over 20 pages of documentation. I mean a seriously big find in genealogy research. She was really excited. The next day she came back to the desk to ask for help on something else and as I worked with her, I asked if we were still focusing on ancestors in Tennessee. She asked how I knew she was looking in Tennessee. I pointed out that I was the person who had helped her the night before. She told me I looked different. I was wearing my glasses.
When we ran into Mark and Peggy in NYC, Mark asked Peggy to introduce us since he hadn't met me before. I pointed out that we worked together for almost 6 years. I was wearing contacts. (Michelle pointed out that it's been 2 years and my hair is shorter and darker also)
Another instance involved another customer asking me why I was wearing someone else's name badge, which has my photo. I assured her it was mine. She said I looked nothing like the photo and that the person could be my mother in the photo. I once again stated it was my photo, just with glasses.
So apparently the Clark Kent disguise is a valid one that we need to remember to use if we want to go incognito.
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And skinny! don't forget that you are super-skinny now too!
Mich
You don't know what a disguise is until you, as a woman, have been mistaken for your bearded, male colleague. Of course, most of the time, we don't really see the outside of people, just the inside's reflection.
LOL to Delia! :)
I had no idea the eyeglasses were so effective. People seem to recognize me when I wear my glasses, which I find distressing because I usually only wear them to work if I am feeling like crap, which also means I have not put on any makeup or made any effort with my hair!
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