Whiney derivative sycophant!
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Whiney derivative sycophant!
I have this friend of mine who, to put it lightly, is a bit lacking in originality.
He's a great buddy and I've known him probably for a good 8 years or so, but he sometimes does stuff which is a bit, oh, derivative, piggybacking, coattail-riding, what have you.
Latest example:
As many of you know in previous summers I worked at a summer camp here in Maryland. There are a bunch of international staff from places like the UK (there through an exchange program called BUNAC) who also return each year.
After last summer an email listserv was created for staff members past and present to keep in touch. I recently sent out an email inviting the returning international staff to come down to visit me on their time off to go hang out in the DC bar scene. A few folks expressed interest, and then my friend (who is in College Park, MD at the moment) sent the following:
I will be around this summer also so if anyone wants to see D.C. the way it was meant to be (Drunk and blured) let me know and Mike and I can pick you up or whatever. (***) ***-****. Unforutnately, for most of the summer I have to be in the "real world" but I will be visiting at least twice. Can someone say ott and drunk bus? Ok, hope yall travel safely accross the pond.
(The Ott House is a hick bar in the middle of nowhere, but close to camp.)
Now, okay, on its own this email would be fine. But come on, not only did he say "oh I'm doing the same thing, please oh please pay attention to me," he said that I would drive 45 minutes each way to pick people up at camp when I myself made no such offer!
So yeah that's all I have to say about that.
He's a great buddy and I've known him probably for a good 8 years or so, but he sometimes does stuff which is a bit, oh, derivative, piggybacking, coattail-riding, what have you.
Latest example:
As many of you know in previous summers I worked at a summer camp here in Maryland. There are a bunch of international staff from places like the UK (there through an exchange program called BUNAC) who also return each year.
After last summer an email listserv was created for staff members past and present to keep in touch. I recently sent out an email inviting the returning international staff to come down to visit me on their time off to go hang out in the DC bar scene. A few folks expressed interest, and then my friend (who is in College Park, MD at the moment) sent the following:
I will be around this summer also so if anyone wants to see D.C. the way it was meant to be (Drunk and blured) let me know and Mike and I can pick you up or whatever. (***) ***-****. Unforutnately, for most of the summer I have to be in the "real world" but I will be visiting at least twice. Can someone say ott and drunk bus? Ok, hope yall travel safely accross the pond.
(The Ott House is a hick bar in the middle of nowhere, but close to camp.)
Now, okay, on its own this email would be fine. But come on, not only did he say "oh I'm doing the same thing, please oh please pay attention to me," he said that I would drive 45 minutes each way to pick people up at camp when I myself made no such offer!
So yeah that's all I have to say about that.
bboy Wesley West
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From: six-five-o
Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
I have this friend of mine who, to put it lightly, is a bit lacking in originality.
He's a great buddy and I've known him probably for a good 8 years or so, but he sometimes does stuff which is a bit, oh, derivative, piggybacking, coattail-riding, what have you.
Latest example:
As many of you know in previous summers I worked at a summer camp here in Maryland. There are a bunch of international staff from places like the UK (there through an exchange program called BUNAC) who also return each year.
After last summer an email listserv was created for staff members past and present to keep in touch. I recently sent out an email inviting the returning international staff to come down to visit me on their time off to go hang out in the DC bar scene. A few folks expressed interest, and then my friend (who is in College Park, MD at the moment) sent the following:
I will be around this summer also so if anyone wants to see D.C. the way it was meant to be (Drunk and blured) let me know and Mike and I can pick you up or whatever. (***) ***-****. Unforutnately, for most of the summer I have to be in the "real world" but I will be visiting at least twice. Can someone say ott and drunk bus? Ok, hope yall travel safely accross the pond.
(The Ott House is a hick bar in the middle of nowhere, but close to camp.)
Now, okay, on its own this email would be fine. But come on, not only did he say "oh I'm doing the same thing, please oh please pay attention to me," he said that I would drive 45 minutes each way to pick people up at camp when I myself made no such offer!
So yeah that's all I have to say about that.
He's a great buddy and I've known him probably for a good 8 years or so, but he sometimes does stuff which is a bit, oh, derivative, piggybacking, coattail-riding, what have you.
Latest example:
As many of you know in previous summers I worked at a summer camp here in Maryland. There are a bunch of international staff from places like the UK (there through an exchange program called BUNAC) who also return each year.
After last summer an email listserv was created for staff members past and present to keep in touch. I recently sent out an email inviting the returning international staff to come down to visit me on their time off to go hang out in the DC bar scene. A few folks expressed interest, and then my friend (who is in College Park, MD at the moment) sent the following:
I will be around this summer also so if anyone wants to see D.C. the way it was meant to be (Drunk and blured) let me know and Mike and I can pick you up or whatever. (***) ***-****. Unforutnately, for most of the summer I have to be in the "real world" but I will be visiting at least twice. Can someone say ott and drunk bus? Ok, hope yall travel safely accross the pond.
(The Ott House is a hick bar in the middle of nowhere, but close to camp.)
Now, okay, on its own this email would be fine. But come on, not only did he say "oh I'm doing the same thing, please oh please pay attention to me," he said that I would drive 45 minutes each way to pick people up at camp when I myself made no such offer!
So yeah that's all I have to say about that.
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It's like, he always tries to get himself included in stuff where he isn't necessarily included. I mean, yeah, he's on the listserv, but I pretty much directed my original email to the international staff members who would be at camp this year, and he hops on in and assumes that not only do I want him to come along (which I don't necessarily want him to do since he hasn't worked at camp for a long while and is sort of clinging to it, plus I can hang out with him whenever I feel like it) but also that I'm willing to hop in a car and spend minimum of an hour and a half driving to the country and back when he doesn't even know if I have access to a vehicle.
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From: six-five-o
Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
It's like, he always tries to get himself included in stuff where he isn't necessarily included. I mean, yeah, he's on the listserv, but I pretty much directed my original email to the international staff members who would be at camp this year, and he hops on in and assumes that not only do I want him to come along (which I don't necessarily want him to do since he hasn't worked at camp for a long while and is sort of clinging to it, plus I can hang out with him whenever I feel like it) but also that I'm willing to hop in a car and spend minimum of an hour and a half driving to the country and back when he doesn't even know if I have access to a vehicle.
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