persona

In  a new place, you have an opportunity to change how people see you, your persona. I have unintentionally started to develop one already--woman who eats lots of plant matter. Anu keeps joking about how we have to keep the field trial veggies away from me because I keep eating the wild edibles (weeds) and ate a cauliflower in front of her (it was freshly harvested, and free). And an officemate keeps saying that I'll "eat anything", because I ate raw corn in front of him. So, unintentional, but that's a reputation I have already. I don't mind at all, because if people know I like produce, they'll give me free produce when they have it :)