True story: A few years (quite a few) ago I was re-modeling a business building to accommodate the computers that they was starting to use. They had a big power meeting with the CEO of the corporation and he was going to check on the work being done. The (suits) were all in the meeting when a guy went in wearing casual clothes and tennis shoes and one of those haircuts where they set the bowl on your head and shave around it, so you look like a carrot top. The CEO threw him out of the meeting and wanted him fired. The manager of the office I was working on told him he needed to rethink what he just did. He told him that he just fired the computer guru and that if he knew a lot about computer than it was ok but no one else did. The guy was there setting up the computers and getting them use to running them. He told the CEO that, that was the type of person that was into computers and that they dressed different because they had a different mind set and that is why they were good at their job. The CEO got to know the kid and was friends with him before he left. He did ask the kid to dress more approprietly and the kid told him it wouldn't happen that he wanted to be comfortable when he worked. The CEO said ok. Appearance is important but doing a good job and making the company money is more important most of the time. EB