Ugly people

So you are saying that when some hot young girl starts working and is having a problem you don't see guys offering to help out a little bit quicker, or being a little more patient and forgiving of her mistakes. Come on, it's human nature. I'm sure that smarts and ability are the principal requirements, in almost any field, but no matter what field you are in there are going to be interactions where you think with your pants instead of your head.

Scene #1: Pretty girl with hammer
P.G.:"Whoops! Did i hit your finger? I'm sorry"
Astronuc: "That's okay. I shouldn't have been holding the nail like I was. Let me readjust my grip. There we go. Try again. Just be careful please, I need these fingers to comb my beard. <chuckle>

Scene #2: Ugly guy with hammer
U.G.:"Whoops!"
Astronuc:<sticks head in from other room>"What'd you break? Aren't you done with that hammer yet? Hurry up."

Absolutely not. Whether or not a peron is attractive or not, they get treated the same in the organization where I work. We care about results and the ability of someone to solve difficult problems. Goods looks are useless for what we do.

Nope, I'd treat people much the same, regardless of attractiveness.

When I taught students, looks had no influence on the way I interacted with students. I simply cared about their ability to learn and do the work, their assignments and tests.

Given the choice of being homework helper to a hot babe or a bright guy, I'll take the babe.

I'd pick the girl only if she's cool. I'm not a fan of talking to hollow rocks.

There are plenty of good looking girls out there, so I won't waste my time with one that is stupid.

TORONTO (Reuters) - When someone is "easy on the eye," it could also be because they are easy on the brain, according to a new international study.

Scientists from universities in the United States and New Zealand analyzed previous studies and conducted new research to find that attractiveness could be linked to ease of mental processing.

The study, published in the journal Psychological Science, looked at previous research that found people rated images of standard-looking objects or people as more attractive than variations of these things.

They also tested people by showing them a prototype image made up of dots and geometric patterns and variations of it to see which people liked the most.

Piotr Winkielman of the University of California, San Diego, who led the research, said the less time it took to classify a pattern, the more attractive it was judged.

"We show that this preference for the prototype is a function of the prototype being particularly easy to perceive," Winkielman told Reuters on Tuesday. "So the easier the better."

Easy on the eye? Maybe also on the brain

People get paid to study beauty?

And the article goes on to talk about chili.

Well aside from the obvious ugliness is on the inside whatever is on the outside doesn't matter.

One nice thing about ugliness is affirmative action. A really ugly girl once said she wanted to 'play with me' (yeah, long time back), I almost said yes, until I realized I only said yes because she was ugly, because I always said no to that quaestion; thus I said no.

But it's with respect to some observer, not in the absolute.

Edit, I would probably be less so inclined to say yes if I had the feeling she was considered handsome by most standards, that feeling I hadn't.

Yes. "I find you somewhat repulsive but you seem nice and it sort of makes me feel guilty to think that so maybe I will be nicer to you than I would be otherwise so I do not feel as guilty."
I do the same with elderly people and mentally handicapped people. Normally I feel no qualms blowing someone off. Being disturbed by people I have no desire to talk to trying to have a conversation with me really annoys me.