Sunday, October 05, 2003 We are here in disguise
The mate and I have taken to wearing bear suits to work, so as to evade Work Buddy. At first, dealing with him was awkward in the way that most budding friendships are awkward for me. There was a lot of repetitive banter, which each party doing a little bit of tailoring one's projected personality into what she thinks the other party will buy.
In Work Buddy's case, he seemed to think the mate and I definitely wanted to hear about his daily girl-watching activities. We created a terrible cycle of feedback and response the first time we politely acknowledged some comment about the many attractive women who ride the local buses. After a few days, that was pretty much all he talked about. He took our cringing in stride, and no amount of attempted subject changes could dissuade him.
Last week, we gave him a ride home, and halfway through, he began to do impressions of various ethnicities. We told him to stop, but nope. The worst part was, his impressions were terrible. They all sounded like the Hollywood version of a US souhern accent.
Also, he began hooting out the window at passing "fine ladies" in these accents. We're never giving him a ride home ever again. I think the lesson here is really to stop trying or expecting to make friends. posted by Frenz | 10/05/2003 09:59:00 AM
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