Beware thy clothing.

Not long ago, my friend had a birthday. We decided to celebrate the dinner portion of it at that ever-swanky food gobbling bonanza The Mandarin.

It being a special occasion I decided to dress up nice. Dress pants, a pin stripe overshirt with a t-shirt underneath, groomed hair, shaved face, a nice pair of sunglasses, the works. I personally thought I looked fairly slick (though I don't get dressed up too often, so maybe that's why).

Either way, I was headed to the bus stop to get to the restaurant. It's right along the bus route, so I figured, hey, much cheaper than driving, right? So I cross at an intersection, nearly to the stop. I have headphones in, though there's classical music playing so I'm not exactly oblivious to outside noise.

An older gentleman is crossing in the opposite direction. He looks nice enough, I suppose, though he's wearing a winter hat in warm weather, which I thought a bit odd. As we meet in the middle he half turns and says to me, "On the bright side, Jesus wants to save you!"

And off he goes.

At first I thought, "Hey, that's great. I'm not religious, but a bit of goodwill never hurt anybody."

Then I thought to myself, "Wait a sec, what's he implying?"

And I looked down at what I was wearing.

I think I'll stick with jeans from now on.