During the recent baseball playoffs, I had an experience that made me stop and think about the importance of first impressions.  I had just run into town after mowing the lawn, so I was wearing my typical “lawn-mowing” uniform: jeans, tennis shoes, t-shirt and a ball cap.  As I walked into the produce section of the local grocery store, I was greeted by a friendly clerk who smiled and said, “Do you think they’ll pull it off?”

I smiled back, but I had no idea what he was talking about.  I actually did one of those double-takes where I looked around to make sure he was talking to me, then replied, “Huh?”

He pointed to my hat and repeated the question, “Do you think they’ll pull it off tonight?”

I still had no idea what he was talking about, but now assumed it had something to do with my ball cap.  So I bluffed and said, “Boy I sure hope so!” , then grabbed what I was after (a couple of pineapples) and beat a hasty retreat.