Chapter 35 socks and beard

Einstein didn't wear socks and was accepted by celebrities; Orwell wore a mustache, but was scolded by the hotel manager. Einstein once went to a dignified social gathering without his socks on.He explained to everyone nonchalantly: My socks are broken and my wife is mending them.Although everyone thought it was a bit unbelievable, but because Einstein was obviously smarter than everyone, everyone naturally accepted Einstein without socks. But the novelist Orwell was not so lucky.In his autobiography, he mentioned the interesting story of washing dishes in a Parisian high-end restaurant before he became famous.He with a short mustache was scolded by the manager on his first day at work.Seeing his appearance, the manager said angrily: Go and shave off your beard immediately, who ever heard of a dishwashing man with a beard?

Orwell later discovered that there were well-ordered kitchen principles in the kitchen system of the big hotel.The waiters (waiters) don't have beards. In order to show their superiority, they stipulate that the dishwashers who are inferior to them can't grow beards either.In order to despise the errands of waiting and washing dishes, chefs all wear beards to show their status. Observe carefully, every subcultural group in society has its norms.High-level social circles have the etiquette of high-level social circles, and the gangsters who kill people and rob goods also have their gang rules.Even the celestial body camp, which is regarded as deviant, has its strict rules.Although the members of the naturist camp resisted the social norm of wearing clothes, they were forbidden to drink alcohol, and they were not allowed to have physical contact with each other. Even couples were not allowed to hold hands or hook shoulders on the road.It is considered very bad behavior to stare at the other person's body for a long time, unless the gaze is eye to eye.And the members of the nudist camp are proud that they can not stare at each other's bodies.

Humans are social animals. When a certain number of people get together, various groups and norms will naturally arise, and then determine a person's socks and beard.If Einstein hadn't published the shocking "Theory of Relativity", he would have been glared at if he entered a noble social occasion without wearing socks; and if Orwell had become a famous writer, the hotel manager would have treated him The short mustache should also be added to the salute.