My colleague (and best mate) told me this when I was junior staff...
...good in the workplace but still applies anywhere else

If you're nervous meeting someone vastly senior/more important (I was meeting the managing director) just remember:

"they still have to sit down when they're having a shit"

also, imparted at the same time, "you can tell a lot about someone by their shoes". I don't think this one is so accurate but the MD was wearing shitty grey vinyl slip-ons with cracks up the side. Company was sold off within a year.
(toomanypies, Sun 23 May 2010, 21:32, 2 replies)

I agree with this especially the shoes.
(Snapper-head loves a twinky anytime but especially when it's, Mon 24 May 2010, 1:52, closed)

I agree about the shoes to a point...
... but I'm contractually obliged to wear "smart shoes" for work -- so my shoes just tell you I'm lazy if I've come from work.
Not sure what the GSG9.2s I wear the rest of the time tell you though.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 24 May 2010, 19:13, closed)