A friend who is a surgeon stopped by a clothing store in a local mall. He had just returned from a hunting trip and was still attired in cap, plaid jacket and muddy boots. Looking through the showroom for a Christmas gift for this wife, he noticed that each available clerk was obviously ignoring him. None asked if they could help. None even acknowledged his presence. Soon he left, went home, showered, dressed and went to another store where he bought his wife an expensive coat. Then he told her to return to the first store, show them the coat, tell them who her husband was and why they had missed the sale. Though his wife is far too gentle and sweet-spirited to follow that advice, it would have taught the merchant a valuable lesson if she had. Looks are deceiving, and they had inadvertentl…