Halloween Perceptions

I was standing in line in my local Wal-Mart this morning, when I noticed the gentleman standing behind me, and I thought to myself, "Is he in costume or is that the way he chooses to look?" sometimes you can't really tell. His spouse "or whatever" walked up and stood with him, both dressed like hardcore bikers, leather jackets, chaps, bandanna on their heads and all kinds of patches on their apparel, so I had to look a little harder. I noticed that both were covered in tattoos, not really a tell these days. Both of them were wearing biker boots, again not really a tell, and his wallet, now in his hand, was attached to his pants with a chain. A little unusual for Ardmore Oklahoma, but there could have been a biker rally today. And it IS Halloween.
I paid for my items and gimped my way to the door, and out into the parking lot. The "Bikers" came out and headed for a pair of motorcycles Parked very near where I was parked. When I noticed them staring at me.
Now, I started to wonder if they were profiling me, I'm parked in a handicapped space. I'm using a pair of crutch-canes, Do they think I'm just another cripple, or is it my clothes, I am wearing a typical "Amish" beard (no mustache). My dress is fairly plain, black slacks, black shoes, white shirt, all that was missing was the suspenders and a hat.  I'm getting into a plain pickup. It's very possible that they were debating the same question that I had been earlier.Physically I do fit the profile. I wonder what they were thinking of me?
I was not in costume! and it was pretty clear that they were not either!
Isn't it odd that I was asking myself that question, any other day and I would have just thought "Oh look, a couple bikers!"
Were they thinking " oh look a Mennonite!"? or were they asking  themselves "what's wrong with his legs, or were they asking themselves " Is he in costume?"
When we expect something, it alters our perceptions!
A holiday, or a persons dress, or simply the way someone looks physically.
Will this revelation change the way I see things, NO, I'm a fan of profiling, because it works! But it may soften my judgment a bit. At least I hope so.