#9389867 - 09/06/18 08:50 AM
Convo with co-worker about his car
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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So somehow I go into a conversation about commuting with a colleague. He mentioned he drives in from Ajax and I asked him how he finds the drive, traffic, etc. It kinda went like this:
Him: The commute and traffic aren’t too bad when you drive a sports car
Me: Oh nice, what do you drive?
Him: An “M series”
Me: Cool, an M3, M4, M5 …?
Him: It’s a 3 series
Me: Nice, an M3
Him: Well it’s a 3 series with the M package
At this point, I’m thinking “Then why play it off like you drive an M car?”. Don’t get me wrong I’m not shitting on his car (figuratively) as I’m sure its nice, but c’mon who are you trying to impress? Anyway I let him go on and on about his amazing car.
Then one day we end up going to a work function and he offers to give me a lift. We walk to his car and I’m thinking “That can’t be the car he was telling me about, could it?”. It was an F30 but there were no M wheels, no M bumpers, no M brakes etc. Even the interior was lacking any M styling options, but it did have aluminum sill plates that read “Luxury” . When I asked him where the M goodies were he kinda changed the topic and went on about how he does have the M engine. Come again? I didn’t have the heart to tell him there is no M engine and that even if he did have the M package (which he clearly doesn’t) there are no engine improvements. Come to think of it I think he referenced it as a V6 (common newbie mistake). Poor sap doesn’t know he’s driving a turbo-4. he truly believes this is an M car ... or has the M package ... or something along those lines.
I was able to snap some pics of the beast. I’m not hating on the guy. In fact he is a super nice guy. I just question how someone in their mid-thirties who claims to be such a “car guy” can be so misinformed about his own car?
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#9389946 - 09/06/18 10:40 AM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Mr.Bozack
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Pretty sad your guy doesn't even know how many cylinders he has
In high school my italian friend always told people he drove a RS - this was back in the 90s. Nobody knew what he was talking about and when pressed more he would cough up the Cavalier RS lol - He would drive around in parking lots put it in neutral and rev it up to pretend he had a standard...And yes Stevie B was playing lol
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#9389951 - 09/06/18 10:48 AM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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"sports car"
"m series"
"m engine"
 this guy has a tough life ahead of him.
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#9390066 - 09/06/18 01:27 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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I hope OP tells us more about this guy, i am genuinely curious how a mid 30's male is doing this pathetic shit.
Everyone knew a guy like that growing up, but you'd think they would grow out of it by 35, JFC...especially with the internet pathological liars have been eliminated for the most part.
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#9390175 - 09/06/18 02:44 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Lafora
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people actually get bothered by this shit?
ok, he doesn't know what he has, and he brags as if he has shit that he doesn't have.
it's just water cooler talk right. let him spew and just uh huh and be doen with it
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#9390262 - 09/06/18 04:20 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
[Re: SuPeR-MaRiO]
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So he is "that guy"...definitely not just clueless, this is some amazing insecurity that he never grew out of.
In for more stories please, I am enjoying this more than I should lol
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#9390314 - 09/06/18 05:45 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Raocorp
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So he is "that guy"...definitely not clueless, this is some amazing insecurity that he never grew out of.
In for more stories please, I am enjoying this more than I should lol
Definitely a "that guy" type of guy. I'm surprised OP hasn't been around these types more often. Every work place I've ever been has had one of them. Doesn't matter if it's a labour job or a desk job, there was always at least one. It's very rare that I've met another "car guy" that isn't just some dude-Bro that knows nothing.
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#9390330 - 09/06/18 05:59 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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I am trying to think to myself, how have they gone on for 35 years 'unchecked'? Like do they come home and their mom and dad line up to pat their head for a job well done?
Super fascinating, this thread would be a hell of a lot better if we had their ethnic background to get the stereotypes moving along!!!
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#9390454 - 09/06/18 09:22 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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In for more stories please, I am enjoying this more than I should lol
Trust me there are more, but some of them might make him a identifiable. He apparently has a problem (aka an addiction) to motorcycles. Rides, them, races, them, I dunno. I wasn't really paying attention.
He also has some crazy fast Corvette. I think he mentioned at one point he built it himself cuz you know he's super into that kinda thing. If I'm not mistaken I think its rusted out though, it needs a paint job and he doesn't drive it much. Oh wait, now I remember its stored in an airplane hanger somewhere because he doesn't have enough space to store it at home. I think that's when I had told him he needs to buy a bigger house with more garages, to which he responded with "Tell me about it, I have too many toys"
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#9390500 - 09/06/18 10:05 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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A2B-Lexus
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Not Chinese....because a Chinese dude would spend the $ and get an older M3 than buy an inferior model and lie about it. (knowing full well that someone would know their shit and call him out)
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#9390502 - 09/06/18 10:08 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Screamin Type ARGH!
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this thread would be a hell of a lot better if we had their ethnic background to get the stereotypes moving along!!! Any guesses?
i was gonna say white guy (like honkey white, not euro white). buuuuut i'm going with a shade of brown lol...ie. persian or arab, maaaaybe indian/paki.
granted he is driving the typical white bimmer regular sedan looooved by middle aged asian women all over maaaakhaaaam and RHill - but doubt he's asian.
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#9390679 - 09/07/18 09:29 AM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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Ok things got a little interesting. When I saw his car in person I had noted that he had personalized plates in the format of "yyyy x" where "yyyy" is equal to what I recognize as a brown first name (not my co-worker's name) and "x" is equal to the first initial of his last name. Meh no big deal. Maybe that's another name he goes by or its his wife's name. You know those brown folk do some funky stuff with names. 
Well I just looked him up on Facebook and sure enough his account is partially open. Well low and behold his license plate matches his younger brother's name. So is he potentially using his brother's car to pose? 
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#9391152 - 09/07/18 03:50 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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phoenixrage
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people actually get bothered by this shit? ok, he doesn't know what he has, and he brags as if he has shit that he doesn't have. it's just water cooler talk right. let him spew and just uh huh and be doen with it
I have on occasion made people jump through extra hoops when trying to order an M badge for their non-m car...
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#9391287 - 09/07/18 05:59 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Risky Business
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This guy has to live at home with his parents.
Let me guess, it's his house and his parents live with HIM 
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#9391412 - 09/08/18 04:58 AM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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hyper-s2k
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Not Chinese....because a Chinese dude would spend the $ and get an older M3 than buy an inferior model and lie about it. (knowing full well that someone would know their shit and call him out)
you know your own peeps. 
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#9391970 - 09/09/18 10:24 AM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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You owe it to yourself to learn how to spell.
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#9392304 - 09/09/18 11:01 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Raocorp
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I had a friend that was looking at buying an s2k, this was like 10yrs ago. So I was taking about it with a coworker and when I mentioned that my friend was looking at buying one he proceeded to tell me that he currently owned 5. I was like "oh, that's cool." needless to say that was the end of that conversation.
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#9392343 - 09/10/18 07:46 AM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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furball
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#9392868 - 09/10/18 07:51 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Simon_the_Pieman
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I want to say I’m surprised but I’m not
I’m really curiosu why these “types” act this way?
Is it to fit in and feel accepted?
What does one gain by acting this way? What does it matter if he drove a 90s corolla? Would people not talk to him lol
This guys fronting on all his “toys” and here I am debating if I should buy a used higher mileage sienna lol
santa fe xl
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#9445604 - 11/19/18 08:01 AM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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So on Friday we had a convo about winter tires
Him: That reminds me I have to go by the dealership to get my winter tires put on
Me: (Knowing he is a crazy mechanic who custom built the engine in his Corvette himself) You go to the dealership? You don't put them on yourself?
Him: No way man, that's not something I mess with.
Me: Changing tires? Why?
Another Colleague: Yea, you swap out the engine on your motorcycle with some suped up engine and you don't change your own tires?
Me: (Ah I see he's been spewing his stories to others as well)
Him: Nah man, I don't have a torque wrench.
Another Colleague: You have all the tools to take apart an engine and you won't buy a torque wrench?
Him: This one time I changed my tires I messed it up and it cost me $500 to fix it.
Me: What happened?
Him: I don't know but they had to remove the hubcap ...
Me: ( did he really just say "hubcap"?)
Him: ... and replace everything. I'm not making that mistake again. I'll leave it to the pros. And besides they store them for me as well.
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#9445749 - 11/19/18 10:13 AM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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spd-dmn
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Pathological liar. Probably doesnt even realize he is lying.
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#9445947 - 11/19/18 12:08 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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why would you even continue speaking to someone like that about anything remotely about cars?
(assuming you have to talk to this guy at work about other work stuff and you can't just completely ignore him.)
Pathological liar. Probably doesnt even realize he is lying.
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#9446095 - 11/19/18 01:19 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Screamin Type ARGH!
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Pathologically gay. Probably doesnt even realize he is gay.
FTFY
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#9446237 - 11/19/18 02:57 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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Yes don't get me wrong, this isn't the first (or last) time I have come across this breed. I started the thread for everyone's entertainment. I desperately wanted to call him out many times but ultimately chose the nod and smile approach.
You should see how this schmuck conducts interviews 
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#9446333 - 11/19/18 04:17 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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This guy is amazing, can you share more stories?
How old is he approx?
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#9446372 - 11/19/18 04:58 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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He's 35. Yes I have other stories, I'm questioning if I should share
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#9446547 - 11/19/18 09:44 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Raocorp
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Hey..... At least he knew that a torque wrench was needed to do a tire change lol.
Maybe you should have said something like "why do YOU need a torque wrench, you can probably just feel it in the wrench with your hands" lmao
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#9446675 - 11/20/18 05:06 AM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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BroKe
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Sounds like the typical I think I'm better than most because I drive a "BMW". Meanwhile it's a shit model that no one wants.
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#9446839 - 11/20/18 10:06 AM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Simon_the_Pieman
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He's 35. Yes I have other stories, I'm questioning if I should share Just lay it all out, this guy sounds like a gem. I am vicariously living through you as I miss some of the day to day corporate fuckeries like this. +1 
+2 keeping it real rids you of idiots, so i enjoy reading these posts...
Hey..... At least he knew that a torque wrench was needed to do a tire change lol.
Maybe you should have said something like "why do YOU need a torque wrench, you can probably just feel it in the wrench with your hands" lmao
when i feel my shoulder click thats when i know its good to go
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#9447003 - 11/20/18 12:20 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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So whenever you conduct an interview you have to have someone else sit in on it and score the candidate. To alleviate getting HR to sit in on the interviews, managers will just ask another manager to assist. Sometimes its just to be a fly on the wall, take notes and rank the candidate, other times they want them to be engaged and ask questions. He has asked me to sit in his interviews.
I have held many interviews that are very formal and others that are very informal. At my current company they are formal. Questions have to be determined in advance and submitted to HR. Each candidate needs to have been presented with the same questions and not just a casual interview where you let the discussion take its course. Again, for fairness everyone has to have the same opportunity.
Well damn, I can see he doesn't have much interview experience. He's asking questions that are not even on the agenda. Again, this is fine in other companies and settings, but this is very formal and you have to stick to the script. I spoke to him about that. So sure enough he is now asking the questions on the script, but in his own words. What's wrong with that? Well different candidates get a different version or interpretation of the question. Additionally and more importantly, he completely changes the context of the question. He intends to ask the question, but ends up asking a completely different question which make note taking and scoring for that question rather difficult. JUST READ THE WORDS ON THE PAPER.
Oh did I mention he wanted me to write his interview questions for him?
Its also his demeanor in the interviews, he's way to casual. I'm not saying to act like a drill sergeant, but be a little more professional. For example:
Him: What's the weather like out today?
Candidate: Oh it's really cold
Him: I hear ya. We (pointing to himself and the candidate) we're not meant for this weather. We're used to 30 degrees. (the candidate was also brown )
His transition from one question to another is also questionable. After the candidate answers a question his response is "excellent", "wonderful" or "great" as he flips the page to proceed to the next question. Really dude? What interview are you sitting in, cuz this guy is bombing big time? Don't give the candidate false hope or positive feedback when it isn't warranted. They could easily turn around and question whey they weren't hired given the positive words they were hearing.
Ok I should end this rant now cuz I'm going off the deep end.
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#9447101 - 11/20/18 01:10 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Risky Business
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So this guy is pretty much textbook example of "that guy" that we all know or have come across.
My question that most likely doesn't need answering is if he is good at what he does, and "what he does" being at the core of my question. I can't imagine this guy doing a technical position, so he must be in some sort of "soft" type of role, which is how he has managed to still be employed while completely oblivious to his surroundings.
The other alarming issue is whether or not his direct manager is a complete idiot as well?
Is there anything good that this guy can do, he must be employed for a reason?
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#9447380 - 11/20/18 09:55 PM
Re: Convo with co-worker about his car
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Simon_the_Pieman
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Is there anything good that this guy can do, he must be employed for a reason?
they needed check mark the diversity box.
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