Stereotypes
Aug. 2nd, 2005 01:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsThis 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.
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.
