“When not at work, I tend towards jeans and a tshirt, weather permitting. I get the same treatment as you mostly, it may have less to do with your attire and more with your demeanor.”
I try to be personable and pleasant, but another thing that would help is if you’re really good looking. You can dress in cr*p if you look like a Hollywood leading man. But at 60, I’m still trim, but I’m so far from handsome you can’t even see it from where I stand.
I’m just a couple of years younger, but I have all my hair, LOL,
I resemble no Hollywood leading man, but am a bit on the far side of outgoing.