That guy

According to the Urban Dictionary the term “that guy” is slang for the person that everyone knows but no one wants to be.

No matter where I work, I have noticed that at the office, there is always that guy, and in this case I mean that guy who seems really nice but who absolutely exudes the creepy vibe from every pore of his body – not necessarily because he is creepy (although he may be) but because he just seems to have missed out on social interaction 101.

Currently, that guy at my office’s, MO goes something like this:

1.  He will use your name as many times as possible in a given conversation, consistently making you aware of how rarely your name is used to refer to you in 2nd person dialogue

2. He will come by your office just to ‘hi’ but will refuse to leave until you have had a lengthy, but stilted conversation

3.  He will walk in just to talk to you as you are writing a post about him (kid you not)

4. He will make you ridiculously uncomfortable while simultaneously making you feel guilty for feeling uncomfortable because he hasn’t actually done anything wrong

5. You will find yourself making any excuse to leave your own office to escape, only to run into him again in the hall five minutes later as you try to sneak back in

6. He will happily capitalize on any miniscule amount of decorum you show him to create the mirage that you have had some friendship-building connection

You will debate whether or not to just freeze him out, but again will find yourself unable to be that mean because of a lack of actual evidence of creepiness so you will waste at least ten minutes of your life each work day trying to be polite which may eventually compound to nearly equivocate the amount of time you will spend on the toilet in a lifetime.  At least there you can read a magazine in peace.

Happy Thursday.

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