Being the ‘grey man’ is not the quarters you spend, but asn entire new way of thinking!
It has been drummed into some of us, for most of our lives, that clothes make the person. Whether that be dressed in Brooks Brothers, or some named dressmaker, the outfit was designed to call attention to it, and you, inside of it.
The grey man is the guy or gal that, like the premise in the first ‘Men in Black’, i.e., you are there, but NOT noticed. You do NOT draw attention to yourself, which is a far step away from ‘being yourself, but wearing bell bottoms like everybody else’. Today’s office wear, sans blizzard, has come down to chinos and a polo shirt. Wear the right combination, walk into a big box store, and you might be asked about a product, no? Some polos have office or corporate logos meant to be noticed. So, let’s try something, and see what you think. A pair of inexpensive slacks and a non-logo, neutral color polo shirt, with a comfortable pair of black shoes, shined or not. A light ‘baseball’ jacvket, or a simple haha, grey sweatshirt with a hood, and a non-descript, no logo, neutral color baseball hat. Most food servers not working in burger joints wear what? White shirrts and black slacks. What’s one more? While we are getting ‘un-noticed’, fellow veterans, no field jackets, no GI hats, no NRA hats or clothing, or anything ‘camo’! Remember, the feds already are target shooting at targets of field jacketed folks! The trick is to NOT be remembered, or singled out. Those that ‘need pockets’, make the mistake of wearing vests. BZZZ! Vests mean you carry a lot of stuff, or, you just might be a CCW person, and you have just been noticed!
Now, for more of the grey man principles, I ask you:
What do you ‘XXX’, that you do because it is how you define yourself, versus that struggle of being like everybody else? That includes your shopping, your demeanor, everything!
Good luck!
http://www.survivalthinktank.com/2011/11/grey-man-directive.html
In old Japan, there were people called ninjas. Unlike Hollywood, they did NOT wear black pajamas to sneak into the enemy castle. They would most likely appear as a peasant selling a load of veggies. The way to be invisible is to act and dress in a way that you will not be noticed, will not stand out, and will not be perceived as somebody worth robbing.