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At my office, we're doing "fancy Friday", which is like casual Friday, but, you know, fancy. I've started taking it pretty seriously.

People have noted that when I wear a nice suit, I look far more authoritative. My wife joked that I needed to put a lab coat on over the suit, pin on a police badge, and carry a clipboard. Then everyone would be convinced of my authority.



Pretty much as the Milgram experiment found out - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment.

All it takes is a lab coat to be perceived as an "authority figure" by most people - with distressing results.




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