{"id":203,"date":"2011-11-14T16:54:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T16:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/actionpotential\/2011\/11\/i-am-judging-you-while-you-wait-to-buy-coffee.html"},"modified":"2011-11-14T16:54:08","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T16:54:08","slug":"i_am_judging_you_while_you_wai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/actionpotential\/2011\/11\/i_am_judging_you_while_you_wai.html","title":{"rendered":"I Am Judging You While You Wait To Buy Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a guest post in our #NPGsfn11 blog series and posted on behalf of Dr. Becca<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

There may be no better spot for people watching in all of the convention center than the leather sofa that faces the Starbucks line, and that is exactly where I am sitting. It\u2019s perfect—I\u2019ve got a constant stream of people going by, but that stream is slow-moving enough that my not-fully caffeinated brain is actually able to make an observation or two. One thought that occurs to me: with a few highly-notable exceptions, SfN-goers appear to be better-dressed this year than last. But before you go patting yourselves on the back too long over your new-and-improved sartorial prowess, let\u2019s think this through a little.<\/p>\n


\nThe explanation may be as simple as the weather: it\u2019s colder here than in San Diego and we\u2019re wearing more clothes. Dudes who last year strutted the conference halls in shorts and a t-shirt may have actually managed to find a sweater this year\u2014or, if they\u2019ve really done some growing, a button-front shirt. Ladies who previously pranced through the posters in tank tops and flip-flops have eschewed their beach-appropriate garb for pressed jeans and a nice tailored blazer\u2014perfect protection against those brisk DC breezes. Good going, folks! You actually look halfway professional, and all it took was a dip in the mercury. Let\u2019s try to keep it up straight on through to New Orleans, shall we?<\/p>\n

As I\u2019m sitting here, I\u2019m having a few other thoughts about your appearance\/actions:<\/p>\n

Girl in red jacket\u2014LOVE your boots. Love them. Below-the-knee brown suede, cream piping, gorgeous. WANT. Well done. Where are you staying again? And what time would you say you usually go to sleep? Hmm? Oh, no reason.<\/p>\n

People in the seats next to me eating Oreos at 8:45am\u2026I mean hey, it\u2019s 5 o\u2019clock somewhere, right?<\/p>\n

Ladies with above-the-knee boots. I\u2019m sorry, but there is no right way to wear these. If you wear them folded down, you look like a pirate, and if you wear them up, you look like\u2026well, you know what you look like. Neither screams \u201cprofessional scientist.\u201d<\/p>\n

People in suits, it is just not necessary to wear a suit ever at this conference, even if you\u2019re an exhibitor. Plus, you look uncomfortable. Wouldn\u2019t you rather be wearing a nice cardigan or something?<\/p>\n

Suspenders guy\u2014between those, your cream shirt and olive trousers, we\u2019re seriously approaching lederhosen territory, here. Be careful, is all I\u2019m saying.<\/p>\n

Dr Becca is a new professor who blogs at Fumbling Towards Tenure (Track)<\/a>. Feel free to judge her on her clothes and parties–it’s only fair.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a guest post in our #NPGsfn11 blog series and posted on behalf of Dr. Becca. There may be no better spot for people watching in all of the convention center than the leather sofa that faces the Starbucks line, and that is exactly where I am sitting. It\u2019s perfect—I\u2019ve got a constant stream of people going by, but that stream is slow-moving enough that my not-fully caffeinated brain is actually able to make an observation or two. One thought that occurs to me: with a few highly-notable exceptions, SfN-goers appear to be better-dressed this year than last. But  … Read more<\/a> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-contributors","category-sfn-meeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/actionpotential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/actionpotential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/actionpotential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/actionpotential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/actionpotential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/actionpotential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/actionpotential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/actionpotential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/actionpotential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}