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My Husband has a story, he at a restaurant in London when some guy who had visiting all the tables walked past him and said "wait, aren't you somebodies' son?"
Being the logical man he is he said "yes."
"Wonderful!" the man said, and sent him a bottle of champagne and comped the meal, never did find out whose son he was have supposed to have been.
You know, the attire is impressive, but I bet it's all due to the idea that you're carrying around "important papers" that seals the concept that you "belong". (Very nice attire by the way)
I find either carrying a clipboard or wearing a hard hat gives me an air of authority and I'm allowed access to many otherwise off-limits areas.