It's so true, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. Appearance is everything when it comes to selling yourself, and this guy missed it by a mile.  My wife used to go to a local networking meeting every once in a while, and there was this immense fat that would always be there trying to sell itself as an expert consultant in making your business better and more profitable. Everybody else was dressed nicely and professionally, and the beast would roll in with greasy unkempt hair, food and grease-stained sweatshirt, dirty yellowed jeans, the works. The thing was really disgusting, and seemed oblivious to the fact that what you look like has a huge influence on how people perceive you. It would shamble into conversations and start rambling at how good it was and how people should hire and give it money. The meetings being this professional thing, nobody was willing to tell it to fuck off so people just listened for a few minutes then moved away. Even other fats were disgusted by the guy. Last couple meetings I went to I was straight up rude to the hamplanet, I just couldn't stand looking at it anymore. Hopefully it's dead by now, we haven't been to those meetings in a couple of years.