I'm sorry jinyee80 and hamster9, but I have to say I agree more with Mr. ReWer on his opinions. That's not to say yours are wrong, everyone is entitled to theirs.

Sometimes people have to look beyond appearances and superficial matters, and focus on what's more important: substance. Jinyee's boss acting the way he did, I think, is too extreme. The fact that he's an 'ang mo' doesn't make him right. The advertising company's material or methods may have been what jinyee's company would have wanted, but her boss was too narrow-minded to wait and find out. Wearing grey socks with black shoes is hardly a serious crime, and really smart people would have waited to see what the company had to offer before making up their minds. You never know what opportunities you might have missed if you don't even give yourself the chance to find out.

Sometimes people make oversights, and jinyee's ang mo boss is surely guilty of that as well unless he's from another planet...and as I had mentioned earlier, grey socks with black shoes is a nothing more than a slight oversight. At least he didn't wear bermuda shorts and a bandana. I'm pretty sure great people like Mr. Gates and Warren Buffet always took the time to listen to offers and entertain opportunities that were present to them; they didn't get to where they are by brushing people off arrogantly and displaying their lack in all these areas: patience, subtlety, people skills, business acumen, and last but not least, courtesy.