Refs in trainers

[deusex]

I don't chew gum, never have done in my whole life, but I'm struggling to see how it is unprofessional or looks awful.

Would you go to a job interview chewing gum?

 

[OldNavyRef]

Would you go to a job interview chewing gum?

Imagine attending a job interview in football socks and blowing a whistle every time you see/hear something you don't like.

 

[deusex]

Imagine attending a job interview in football socks and blowing a whistle every time you see/hear something you don't like.

I'm not sure what your point is.

 

[RustyRef]

Would you go to a job interview chewing gum?

And that has what relevance exactly? A referee isn't going for an interview, they already have the job.

 

[deusex]

And that has what relevance exactly? A referee isn't going for an interview, they already have the job.

Because when you admit you wouldn't, you'll have conceded it's unprofessional.

 

[socal lurker]

Because when you admit you wouldn't, you'll have conceded it's unprofessional.

Soccer field =/= job interview

 

[OldNavyRef]

Because when you admit you wouldn't, you'll have conceded it's unprofessional.

I wouldn't wear two watches, a sweat band and thermals under my clothes to a job interview. I certainly wouldn't apply deep heat.

However, I do the above most weeks for refereeing.

I think this is a terrible way to measure what is appropriate.

I do get being upset with chewing gum, but when I was at school our psychology teacher handed out chewing gum during exams as it is meant to increase concentration.

 

[one]

I chew on gum during a game

What do you do when you blow it into the whistle?

 

[one]

Would you go to a job interview chewing gum?

No. I don't wear shorts to a job interview either

 

[Pwizardo]

This thread has been quite eye-opening.

I think I now realise why interviewers haven't been offering me the job!

 

[Degnann]

What do you do when you blow it into the whistle?

Can’t say that’s ever happened (yet)

 

[deusex]

Soccer field =/= job interview

Yes agreed. That's how an analogy works.

 

[deusex]

I wouldn't wear two watches, a sweat band and thermals under my clothes to a job interview. I certainly wouldn't apply deep heat.

However, I do the above most weeks for refereeing.

I think this is a terrible way to measure what is appropriate.

I do get being upset with chewing gum, but when I was at school our psychology teacher handed out chewing gum during exams as it is meant to increase concentration.

This is a straw man argument.
No where did I state a job interview is a football match.
In fact, pretend this isn't a refs forum. Forget refereeing. Forget football.
Would you chew gum at your dream job interview?

 

[Kes]

I don't chew gum whilst refereeing most of the time but I have done on occasion when I've wanted to relax more. Horses for courses. I don't think it looks any more "unprofessional" than not tucking your shirt into your shorts - but let's not go there again eh?

 

[Kes]

Ridleys Extra..... every game for me. Almost as important as remembering my whistle. Couldn't give a monkeys what some might think, avoiding a dry mouth helps with communication (for me personally)

Wrigleys Sir, surely?

 

[GraemeS]

If you want "unprofessional gum use", I once ran a line for a ref who filled his pocket with a handful of some kind of gum/gum-shaped sweet so that he could keep himself topped up as the game went on. For reasons only known to him, he also put his yellow card in the same pocket - so the first card issued was accompanied by a waterfall of gum pellets onto the pitch!

 

[RustyRef]

Because when you admit you wouldn't, you'll have conceded it's unprofessional.

I quite often scratch my nuts on the pitch when the under shorts and sweat are making them itch, I wouldn't do that in a job interview either.

 

[RefereeX]

I get both sides of this argument. Personally I wouldn't do it, and I can see that if a referee was perceived to have made a mistake it's a stick a team might choose to use to beat them with. With that said, they've been known to use me smiling as a stick to beat me with before, so they really will pick on anything!

 

[Big Cat]

I doubt anyone would notices when it's just one small piece. Hardly a gob full of Hubba Bubba
I might start getting on the Snus
PM me if anyone has any Khat I've run out. My performances need to go to the next level

 

[socal lurker]

Yes agreed. That's how an analogy works.

For an analogy to be useful there has to be a level of equivalence. And there isn’t here.