Stereotypes

[elfs]

This morning when I got into the office I went to the kitchen to put away my lunch and get a cup of coffee (decaf-- bleah!). There I met the head of inside sales and someone I'd never seen before.

He was blonde, about 6'5", and built like Mr. Incredible-- after he started his workout. I mean, he was huge, with the kind of massive chest into which one could stuff a bull's skull, horns and all. He wore a Blackberry PDA on his hip the way some people wear a sidearm. "Hi!" he said in this overpowering voice. "I'm Bob! I'm your new salesguy for Federal Sales."

Of course you are, I thought. I managed to introduce myself and describe what I do. The new guy kept chatting for a few minutes, and the sales manager mentioned some new revision of the product. "Oh, yeah!" says Bob. "Keith mentioned that to me earlier this morning! I ran into him at the gym."

Of course you did. It doesn't matter where I've worked, every guy who worked Federal Sales was more or less built the same way: a handsome human brick who looks like he's ex-Military Police. They seem to come from the same mold or something. When I worked at CompuServe, we had three of these guys.

Comments

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

Our government sales rep is this little skinny dark-haired guy who looks like he wants to look like Johnny Depp. Maybe it's a west coast thing.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[caprine.livejournal.com]

I imagine that they end up with this job after the original owner has graymarket upgrades installed and the sex-bot becomes an emergent AI.

[drewkitty.livejournal.com]

Actually, we get the cut-rate model for some of our military and corporate customers.

They wear sidearms the way some people wear their mobile phones . . .

[intrepid-reason.livejournal.com]

I want to order 2 of those, so long as they take orders well and I can use a ball gag when I want quiet.