Why Brag If You Have Nothing To Brag About. Recently, the fast food restaurant I work for hired a new person. We'll call him Bob. I never worked with Bob much, the first day was at least bearable. He seemed nice, polite and talkative.
That was until we got past the 'honeymoon period', when the new hires start showing you who they really are. Bob is obnoxious, but at least its funny. He isn't fun to work around though. He does what he is asked with out complaining, but you have to put up with his constant bragging. I tried ignoring him for the most part, but his boasts get more and more ridiculous. Here are some examples.
"I work 4 jobs. I love my life! I'm ballin'"
"I work, I lift weights, I live my life how ever I want. I don't answer to nobody. I have 2 kids that I take care of. I does both and I does both well."
"I can bench press 400 lbs. I'm very strong, I might not look it, but I'm built."
"I'm gonna be a manager for wendy's. The man there said he was going to hire me for $15 an hour." About 5 minutes later, it became $16 an hour. Someone asked why he needed 4 jobs then. He said to "Live his lifestyle"
His boasting is really funny because we all know none of its true. Bob is not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he thinks he is. No one really calls him out on it, since that only encourages him to talk more. So does nodding and any sort of human contact what so ever.