And now let's look at the other side of the coin: what tells you someone's not-so-nice?
Let's start at the extreme. You can generally trust your gut as to whether someone is going to go full-Jeffrey-Dahmer on you :
Now I don't want you stereotyping people or thinking you're ready to be a criminal profiler . But if you really want to know if a man is dangerous, ask a short guy :
But, in general, you're usually not sizing people up because you're worried about your physical safety. How can you tell if someone is going to cheat or mislead you?
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