Did you know you could? Did you know how? Have you ever done it? How did it work for you?
None of you?
:dubious:
Not a single one has worn a low cut top, a short skirt, sported a fitted pair of jeans to gain attention in the work place?
Liars.
I did, at school. When I was thrown out of class. Another teacher found me in the hall, had pity on me and talked to the teacher who threw me out.
No, I didn’t wear a low cut top, but I could look angelic and pathetic. 
I’ve flashed a hairy armpit to get straight guys off my back. Does that count?
-Mosquito
As a side note, if they don’t get the subtle hint via exploitation of a lesbian stereotype, I have no problem just telling them that I’m gay, but I’ve had more than one uncomfortable situation where a guy hits on me only to be stupidly embarrassed when he realize that I’m gay.
Might as well go for the forward approach, he might think you’re French!
I know my eyes are gorgeous when I wear a blue shirt. I normally do job interviews in blue. Interviewers seem to be more forgiving of typical interview slip-ups when I’m in Blue than when I’m not. Maybe it’s just coincedence but I don’t think so. I’ve even had an interviewer stop in mid-sentence and comment on my eyes. Unprofessional, I thought, but I took the job anyway. She was a good boss and never expressed anything other than a professional interest in me.
If you knew what I looked like, you’d tactfully never bring up the subject.
My Guy, on the other hand, has looks galore (and other physical attributes), that have always gotten him in trouble. Especially from straight women, who think they have the power to “turn” him.
Funny that a couple of gay posters replied. Well, not funny ha-ha, but interesting in that I’m pretty certain I got my new job on the merrits of my experience and skills, but as I’ve recently discovered, my physical appearance had a little something to do with it as well. My direct superior, who has recently quit to pursue other oppotunities, hired me in part because I was attractive. Now he knew I’m not gay and I was fairly certain from the first interview that he was. Not because he was effette in any way. He’s a guy’s guy in every way. But I sensed he was and he told me as much not long after I started working there.
Anyway, my ex-director, before leaving advised me to use my looks to my advantage in this organization. His theory and experiece in this women heavy company, is that a good looking guy with a good head on his shoulders can do very well. His parting words were, “Use your looks to your advantage!” That and, “It’s really fun to walk behind you.” :eek: But I’m sure he was kidding on that last one… I think… :dubious:
Never having considered myself to be anything but run of the mill average, I’m not entirely certain how to use my looks to my advantage. I mean, I dress well, I speak well, I know what I’m doing. But how the hell does one use looks to advantage? I’m a dude. It’s not like I can sway my hips or wear fitted low cut tops.
Anyway, not looking for answers to my “dilema” as much as I am curious to hear similar stories and annecdotes. 
Sometimes to get a teacher (not necessarily male) to let me do something I put on a cute smile or try to look innocent. Successful a majority of the time. It’s fun.
I think I got out of a ticket once on account of my appearance.
My friends and I were going out to see a movie at an independent theatre downtown. I decided to make an evening of it, and dressed up for the occasion, shaved, combed my hair, trimmed my fingernails, etc. I wasn’t trying to impress anyone at the time, I just thought it would be fun to dress up. My friends dressed in their usual young twentysomething casual attire.
When we were leaving, I forgot to turn my headlights on, and a cop pulled me over. I guess I could have gotten a ticket because I honestly did forget to have my lights on in the middle of the night :smack: but after the cop gave me a long, hard look he said something to the effect of, “Well, you look like a pretty straight-laced guy. Be careful from now on.”
**Did you know you could? **
Not until my mid-thirties
**Did you know how? **
Smiling a lot, direct eye contact, behave as if you don’t mind being admired. Many many people just can’t seem to receive a compliment.
**Have you ever done it? **
oooh, once or twice…
** How did it work for you?**
It works out great most of the time. Co-workers sigh “Cyn’s flirting again”, but my antibiotics hit the floor first.
My best example was in college, and I still get teased by my buddies about it.
During my freshman year, I lived on campus and ate my meals at the dining hall. Every so often, they’d have “Surf and Turf” night where we’d get some ok steaks and some fried shrimp.
When you entered the dining hall, you got a ticket entitling you to one serving of steak and shrimp.
I wasn’t so big on the steak, but did enjoy the shrimp, so I schemed up a way to get more.
There was a girl working the steak/shrimp serving line who was homely and kinda nerdy looking- sort of about a decade back. My friends thought she was somehow mentally handicapped, but I’m still convinced she was just nerdy and not confident.
Anyway, being the fairly handsome guy I am, I got up to her serving line, and gave her my ticket. She dished up the steak and shrimp, and I said “Can I get a few more shrimp?” and winked at her.
She blushed and smiled, and gave me a whole plateful. I thanked her and went to go enjoy my bounty.
My friends were convinced that this was the most evil scheme I’d hatched and that I should have been ashamed of myself.
I just looked at it as gender payback for all the girls who duped me into helping them move heavy shit by wearing low-cut shirts and batting eyelashes at me.
All the time. I flirt with everyone, man, woman, or child, as take care of my appearance.
Good looks are a personal asset, just like intelligence or street smarts, so why wouldn’t you? You wouldn’t hesitate to use intelligence to your advantage, would you?
I’ve often been told “you have an honest face” or “you look innocent,” and maybe it’s true. By sounding sincerely regretful I have managed to talk the nice highway patrolman into letting me off with a warning (of course, I really only regretted having been pulled over).
I used to teach at a college, and one semester on the first day of class I had an attractive student try to use her looks to her advantage…well-coiffed hair, makeup, low-cut blouse, short skirt, sitting in the front row just a few feet from me and batting her eyelashes. I did what any prudent straight male teacher would do in that situation to avoid trouble: I completely ignored her. For the rest of the semester, she wore sweatpants and sat in the back.
I’ve never intentionally used my looks (and I’m fairly average but I am height/weight proportionate which seems to count for a lot) but have occasionally gotten some favors.
The last time was when I was pulled over in February for having expired tags. Not only was my registration expired by three months, my inspection sticker was 6 months overdue (what? I’m a slackass), and I’d recently gotten an out-of-state liscense because I was considering moving for school. The first thing the officer aksed me was “So you work out?” And then when he saw my out-of-state license, he asked if there was anything he could do to convince me to stay. And I didn’t even get a warning ticket. 'Course I was way too clueless to flirt back and get the number of this enormous hunky cop who was openly flirting with me. :smack:
Well no.
Probably because I’m male.
Preach it.
I’m not above using any advantage I have.
Well, you’d gain attention, wouldn’t you?
What about the fact that I’m white, can I use that to my advantage?
When I used to demo fragrance, I used to prefer working the men’s counter because:
a) men don’t dicker about the price
b) looking up through the eyelashes doesn’t work on women (if only because I’m quite a bit taller than the average woman, particularly in heels. I don’t know how to look DOWN through my lashes.)
I guess I’m just not sure what you mean by that. Are you telling me you consider being white an asset?