See, I think I'm more charming than 'easy on the eye'. I am very confident of my experience and ability, and I have always believed that that was what made me good at what I do.

So I'm perturbed by the (apparently common) perception by the people around me that somehow my diligence, intelligence, skill or experience should get short shift because I'm considered nice looking, and that my looks are my predominant saleable asset.

But more perturbing is that anyone would think that if they're nice looking, they can cruise through life without putting in the hard yards to earn their keep. How egotistically do you have to be to think you don't have to work as hard as anyone else?

(and shhh I'm posting from work on my tea break. Coz, you know, I don't have to work hard or anything)