09-21-2012, 03:11 PM
Another odd thing...despite that Texas and California tend to dislike each other, someone with a bit of charm can really use an accent associated to the other state to great effect. I saw a California guy get out of having the Houston PD beat the crap out of him in part because he made himself out to be an exotic tourist rather than some homeless person passing through (he did have the look to pull it off, he just conned them into thinking he partied a little too hard and couldn't wait to tell everyone back home how awesome Houston was).
And my Texas accent, while sometimes getting people to judge me harshly (it's amazing how many think I'm prejudiced while thinking themselves above that vice
) it's also made me exotic to some and I've learned to use it to my advantage in business. Most of the time that's by getting potential customers to remember me first before my competition, though I have used it in other ways before (I really conned an especially obnoxious jerk who was trying to con me and he thought I was too stupid because I sounded like a Texas redneck, and I think because I'm female that he never questioned the ways I turned the tables on him).
And my Texas accent, while sometimes getting people to judge me harshly (it's amazing how many think I'm prejudiced while thinking themselves above that vice
) it's also made me exotic to some and I've learned to use it to my advantage in business. Most of the time that's by getting potential customers to remember me first before my competition, though I have used it in other ways before (I really conned an especially obnoxious jerk who was trying to con me and he thought I was too stupid because I sounded like a Texas redneck, and I think because I'm female that he never questioned the ways I turned the tables on him).
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