"Capt Lou" wrote in message
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I know an auxiliarist
friend of mine who had long hair and was told to cut it.

You're talking about the military. They need more people, so their solution
is to turn away people for stupid reasons. People like to be club members.
It helps them deal with the voids in their lives. Anyone is suspect if they
don't wear the hat and the secret decoder ring. Never mind talent.

I've read that when Intel was a young company, new hires used to walk by
Andy Grove's office, peek in, and scurry off to ask older employees about
that weird guy who did nothing but stare out the window for most of the day.
They were told not to bother him, because although he was a bit odd, every
time he spent a day staring out the window, he came up with an idea that
made the company a ****load of money. But, he looked odd. Not like us.