Monday, June 19, 2006

Tosser profiles

This is a new ongoing segment of my blog where I profile people I have met who I think are tossers.
Ratings are from 1 to 10 — 1 being not much of a tosser and 10 being the ultimate tosser.
I encourage you all to start your own Tosser profiles on your blogs. There are so many of them around!


TOSSER A
Who: Guy at work. Kinda high up. Has recently started running a lot of departments.
First meeting: Early 2006
Tosser qualification: Overtly company-focused. Seems to worship Anthony Robbins. Draws meaningless diagrams in meetings. Tends to repeat himself to emphasise a point (see quotes)
Quotes: 1. (to a friend at work) ‘You know why you got the promotion, Sally? Because you’re a gun! You’re a gun, Sally!’ 2. (to same friend) ‘When push comes to shove, some people sink and some people swim, and Sally, you’re a swimmer!’ 3. (to me) ‘You gotta play the game. You gotta play the game.’ (referring to some company procedure)
Overall remarks: Not that bad a guy really. Just corny as Hell and has got way too much ‘go-getter’ attitude without doing that much himself except go to meetings. The phrase ‘All talk and no action’ comes to mind. Pity that these are the kinds of guys that move up in our company. I guess he knows how to play the game.
Tosser rating: 5

TOSSER B
Who: Random guy I met playing basketball. Played a pickup game on his team.
First meeting: Yesterday
Tosser qualification: Has obviously watched too much And1 mixtapes. Did a behind-the-back off-the-shoulder move against a girl who was only playing to make up numbers (i.e. was not trying very hard). Passed the ball off the backboard to himself and badly missed the shot (note: none of us had ever met him before. So he was trying these moves against STRANGERS). Constantly made excuses for his bad play. Talked up his past.
Quotes: 1. (after making a pass that got intercepted) ‘I don’t usually make mistakes like that.’ 2. (… about three plays later) ‘Actually I think that’s the first time I’ve ever made that mistake.’ 3. (when my friend was nice enough to say that he’s a fast runner) ‘I’m just relaxing. You wouldn’t want to play me when I’m at full speed.’ 4. (when he shoved past the girl who was guarding him and she squealed) ‘My girlfriend often makes noises like that’ (what the?!) 5. (when describing his past) ‘… when I was playing really good ball… back in the day…’ (he looks to be about 25 at most, so ‘back in the day’ must have been what… 5 years ago at the very most?!) 6. (after he tells us of how he’s recovering from his injury using medical technology that only elite athletes use, my friend says ‘wow, you sound pretty dedicated’ and he says…) ‘I just wanna be the best, you know.’
Overall remarks: He’s like the Ben Stiller character in Dodgeball (even in his stature) plus the wigger ‘tude. If he used to be an elite basketball player ‘back in the day’ then I’m Michael Jordan’s illegitimate child. Oh, and he inexplicably headbutted me on a drive and kept playing (and I was on his team).
Tosser rating: 9

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