I KNOW that person!!!!!

i’d type more but i am typing with one hand… am some things are better left unsaid right now

The government is full of them. At least the rung runners in private industry does not hide it’s nature under the guise of doing “public good with public money”. But the Charlatans I find most despicable are the ones who are so busy lapping the asses of their bosses in order to worm their way into the boss chair, that they forget to excuse themselves for their bad manners. These guys are worse than run of the mill liars, they are malicious. They aim high, take all the credit for a job well done, or disappear when the project falls apart. They submit the folk at the bottom, the vital gear of the whole system, to the ridicule and face slapping if the project the Charlatan generated falls apart. If ambition makes them snakes, the constant sweat of job protectionism makes them leeches. The funny part about charlatans is that they do not play well with others, yet those others are usually in higher positions of power. The game doesn’t end, and the climb to the top means the seats are fewer and far between to salivate over.

It is sad to see them operate. We are the third party and not entirely subjected to the headquarters of such and such agency’s mutual fucking itself senseless while devouring itself whole. That is for the underlings of the empire to watch. Too bad the “underlings” are good people and make the job fun.

yes, you and i met at a bar with our other groups of friends. yes, you and i had a drink together and made small talk about what we do and the people we know. yes, we had an enjoyable time. that does NOT mean that i am your best friend. messaging constantly about life and love and this and that and asking when we will hang out again.

look, if you hung out with someone, had a good time, messaged or texted or called them once…and got a lackluster or even NO response from them…MOVE ON. there are other fishies in the sea to have as friends. tons even.

that didn’t sound bitter, did it?

as for the entitlementists, which btw is an EXCELLENT new word that i intend on using often…in the legal field we have a version of this person….they are the people who believe they should receive FREE service. not because they are important or anything of the sort, but that, apparently, i, personally, don’t deserve to be paid fully for all my hard work and putting up with my boss and other people, including them, all day. oh how i beg to differ! NO ONE is entitled to free service, especially when you have hired a tiny firm that does not have the financial backing of 25 partners! also, when you hire us, and the court system, which is obviously seriously flawed (and anyone who doesn’t know such a thing has been living under a rock for over 100 years), decides against you, it does not give you the right to blame me and my hard work and decide that i, suddenly, am not worth getting paid for all the past work that was put in for YOUR case. i would definitely put these people in your entitlementists category, jeremy, though i am sure that you could come up with an even better name for them.