would you buy a gun to fit in?

I disagree HogDog ..... he should shoot the best of his ability ..... but like Waterengineer said ....... the boss invited him, its a business function / don't go out there with a tactical firearm or dressed like a tactical wannabe ... or it could end his career..

but outshooting the boss - may get him a 2nd invitation / maybe even get him into an "inner circle" which is never a bad thing - regardless of his ambitions / its good to keep your career options open.
 
I answered on the other thread but didn't catch the thing about work and your boss. I'm gonna say this and some won't like it....

Life is a sales job. You want to get ahead, sometimes you have to do somethings that would go against your personal being. I have to be ubber nice to people everyday that I'd just as soon never deal with. Let's face it, you don't have to shower, you can tattoo your face, you can pierce all sorts of areas that show, grow your hair to your knees, etc etc. But I'm not gonna hire you and believe anyone who would to be an idiot. It' all fine and great to think this is the USA and you can do/be whatever you want, but some choices will cost you. Like it or not, it's a fact.

If you think your boss won't like your guns you have a dilemma. Worse case is he may very well be right about your choices of ownership.

LK
 
I also answered this on your other thread.....basically, if it's your boss, it's a job-oriented political situation......better to be honest and open and ask how he might help you to best fit in.....
 
so even if it was my boss, and it wasnt an official work outing, but a friendly invite, i should still treat it like an official work function, and act in a manner that i would in my workplace as well? ie profesionalism in appearance, and bahaviour and function?

just as i wouldnt wear shorts and sandals to the workplace, and show up in appropriate work attire, i should show up to the shoot dressed appropriately carrying the appropriate guns?
 
I wouldn't show up in work attire if that is fine slacks and fitted shirts. If it is a hunt, wear decent condition hunt attire. If it is a few rounds of skeet look at Cabela's and get an idea on "outdoor wear"...
Brent
 
i meant it as a similie

you show up to work in slacks and khakis, and you show up to a hunt with a shotgun appropriate for shooting birds, and hunters clothes, and not shorts flipflops and a shortbarrel cylinder tactical shotgun
 
Yes,
I can tell you from personal experience - there were about 20 of us on a 4 day bird hunting trip in the Southeast a few years ago. It was an annual event - a lot of us were "repeat guests". It was a great 4 day - business trip/customer appreciation, etc. - customers and senior managers from the host.

A couple of the customers and one of the host's sales managers went out and got drunk / made a big scene at the lodge one night - damaged a door and some lodge furnishings. They were too hung over the next morning to make it out in the field / it embarassed the Exec VP and the President of the host company.

Those customers were never invited back / the regional sales manager and the VP of sales were both fired - when the exec VP got back to his office.
( a wise man once said, don't fart in the back seat of the Cadillac ...) if you expect to get ahead. It wasn't just "boys being boys" ...
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I saw the same thing when I was in the service / the staff or ships officers were expected to attend golf outings, trap shooting, etc - if invited - with the Admiral and other senior officers / it was how we got to know eachother a little when we were off duty. It was not a time to show up late or get out of control at the dinner or party afterward.....or not be properly attired, equipped, etc. I'm not saying I was never stupid / but knowing when and where to do it / or not do it - is real important.
 
so even if it was my boss, and it wasnt an official work outing, but a friendly invite
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Even if it is, it isn't....when the boss is involved, even if it is a casual running into at wally world, it is ALWAYS a political business situation. Don't think your boss is seeing how you behave in the off time.....he may be sizing you up for down the road....As Jim alluded to about a hunting trip.....getting drunk or acting the fool, even in a non-official trip has shortened many an aspiring person's career
 
Greyson, simile... Use the [sarcasm]:rolleyes:[/sarcasm] for us naive rednecks that take things at face value:D:rolleyes::o
Dern you made me feel like a dumb feller:rolleyes: (see how that works):cool:
Brent
 
Sorry folks, losing is not in my vocabulary!

I've been to some pretty fancy meets sporting my old Stevens SBS. It's well worn, pitted and scarred from 40+ yrs. of use and I know that I get sideways glances, snickers behind my back, etc. until it's showtime.

If I was concerned about PHYSICAL appearance I have a beautiful Fox custom that I picked up at an estate sale. The wife practically gave it to me (not pro-hunting). I shot it a few times and we just didn't get along, I'll trade it for something I want later.
 
sorry hogdogs, i didnt mean to belittle you in any way, but I dont think my post you responded to was sarcastic.

I was saying maybe i should treat the event i'm invited to in the same professional manner i treat my work.

i treat my work professionally, so therefore, I come on time, I do what is expected of me, and I dress in a manner that is expected of me (professional work dress)

since my boss is involved, it is automatically a work event, as established earlier,

so thus, if i were to apply that same attitude of professionalism to the event I am invited to, I would dress appropriately (hunters clothes, and not flip flops shorts and T-shirt) with a serious shotgun, 28" barrel with screw in chokes with a regular stock and a legal for hunting for that state magazine size, and not a 18" cylinder pistol grip only with a magazine that can hold 10 rounds shotgun.
 
And if you're not sure WHAT is appropriate - be it clothing, guns, behavior, etc......ASK him PRIOR to attending.....take the self effacing attitude, etc.....goes a long way without totally looking like a yes-man or suck-up, and definitely scores points
 
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