Same thing

I was thinking on the way back from the gym about the clues I take about a person based on their physical appearance.  I was thinking how is that any different than any of the other assumptions that people make based on visual observations?  When you see someone smoking, you assume they lack will power have an addictive personality and/or disregard their health. When you see a Mexican woman walking down the sidewalk with 6 children in tow, you assume you are helping to pay for their health care and there is a good chance they are in the country illegally.  When you see an SUV with a W-04 sticker, you make another whole set of assumptions, none of them good.  My point is making assumptions based on what our eyes show us happens constantly, many times without even realizing it.  I suppose it would be nice if people always took the time to fully investigate a situation or person before making assumptions but that just is not reality.  So I’m sorry to say, if you are a fat ass, I am going to assume you are lazy, before a word comes out of your mouth.  Just like when words come out of my mouth, many people probably assume I am a bumbling idiot, that is the way things go.