This is actually how Banksy claims to work. He’s said you’d be amazed the places you can get into by wearing a hi-viz vest, carrying a clipboard, and looking like you’re in a hurry.
Lt. Provenza: I have a civil service job, and the only way that I am going to leave the Los Angeles Police Department is if I get shot, have a heart attack, and THEN you run me over. After which I will CONSIDER a disability position.
Chief Pope: But you really still haven’t told me WHY.
Lt. Provenza: When my first wife and I divorced, I agreed to split my pension with her from the day I retire. I’ll be darned if she gets a nickel.
My mother, 70+ years old, to this day will not wear the ‘wrong’ color socks.