Appearance

[Tom Driscoll]

----- Original Message -----
From: Eliot Lee <eliotlee1@home.com>
To: <Pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 4:22 PM
Subject: Appearance


> Hello,
>
>     I was just told by a senior tuner here (Jim Coleman Sr.) that if I
> change my appearance by wearing a shirt and tie, instead of wearing casual
> dress, jeans and polo shirt, that I could increase my annual salary by
> $30,000.  He said there was a Yamaha study 20 years ago about this.
>
>     Have any of you noticed an increase in business by upgrading your
> grooming?
>
>     The problem is that here in Phoenix it is so hot, many homes are not
> properly cooled, I shutter to think how much I would suffer with the top
> button fastened wearing a tie, and to wear a suit coat over that would
> really be unbearable.
>
>     Do any of you take off your tie and open your shirt after making the
> first impression?
>
>     We small potatoes want to know.
>
> Eliot Lee
>
                Eliot,
                   In my opinion, be clean, neat , polite , informed and on
time. With or without the tie you will just fine with your customer
relations. Just my opinion.
     Tom Driscoll