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You meet these people in all areas of modern life, often you will notice them most when they possess a small amount of power over your life and they are going to exercise it to show you who is boss.
Sometimes these people, cannot achieve their dream of being able to affect your life so they just talk down to you as if you were some lower form of life.
These self important people really need a good kick up the backside to teach them manners, unfortunately in todays western society this sort of aggressive violence is looked down upon, so what can you do instead?
First up I would like to give a few examples of the self important types that I have met over the years.
My most hated is the Acting Agency Receptionist. My favourite quote from one of these social-tards is "Well maybe we don't want you on our books!", from when I walked in to a reputable agency and asked if it was possible to make an appointment to see about representation. Self Important wanna-be's. This one in particular pranced around like she was a movie starlett because she worked in the industry, taking her importance to the point where SHE was making decisions regarding which talent the agent would represent, hardly her job, after all if she really knew then she would be the agent and not some phone answerer at the front desk.
Another common Self Important personality that I run into often is the wanna-be movie star, usually a movie extra who has done 1 or 2 things and now prances about like a prince/princess of the silver screen telling everyone how much of a star they are. One example that stands out particularly well for me was back in Bondi at the Beach Road hotel. This one young lady (about 20 years old), who was rather pretty, but nothing unusual for the crowd that day, snobbed my friend off when he said hello, a mutual friend then jumped in and introduced us all and she then said her hello back. My friend then asked what she was doing and she started on how she had just finished a 'film shoot' and she was an actress, then she talked about the day on set and how she was so busy with so much to do. Funnily enough I had just finished filming the Man-Thing movie and my mate Pete said this is "Swampie" (a nickname I acquired for several months after shooting) he is an actor and he just finished a big part in a US film. I then proceeded to talk shop with her for several minutes asking about her career, until I looked at my friend winked and the nsaid to her - so you are an extra then. She blushed, I had hit the nail on the head. Not only was she an extra (an uncredited background person) it was her first day filming and it was a TV commercial not a film. To which I just let out an "Ohhhhh" nodded sagely then lifted my nose in the air and turned my back.
Another type I used to see often in Sydney was the office worker who happened to work at a large or 'prestigious' firm in a lower level capacity. You would get attitude and pomp from someone who did the same job as millions of other people but because they worked for "Macquarie Bank" (in one memorable instance) that made them better than the rest of us. To non-Australian readers the Macquarie Bank has a good track record in the financial game in Australia - but then who in the US or UK would even know or care.
These social-tards often look down on me due to the way I dress, well I do go to the gym everyday and back then I was living about 100 meters from the beach so if I wasn't in gym clothes then I was in board shorts and often dripping wet.
Reality is though, if I can afford to live a life in board shorts yet they have to dress up to the nines in a suit and tie for work at 9am each day - I ask you who might be leading the better quality of life?
Again, not just me, but my friends got this crap from Self Important nobodies too. A girlfriend from Slovakia was working part time as a waitress in an authentic Italian pizza restaurant while she was studying English, I remember someone saying why are you seeing a waitress?
Well, because she is nice and I like her was not going to get a suitable response to this sort of person so I told them the truth - she is the only female investmant banker in Slovakia and she is the national aerobics champion, on top of that she has the prettiest eyes you have ever seen (she did). That shut them up quick smart - oh I am sorry is she too good for you now?
Another time I was drinking with about 4 friends, again at the Beach Road hotel, it was a Sunday afternoon and we were well on our way to being drunk, having only just recovered from the night before. In board shorts, surf shirts and flip flops my mate Jase turned around to these 2 attractive girls who had just arrived behind us at the bar "Would you young ladies like a drink?" he asked
"Not with you" one replied with sneers on their faces
"Oh well, then in that case you wouldn't like to drive me home later because I'm too pissed?" Jase pulls out his car keys and hits the remote. The 2 door sports Mercedes directly in front of the pub beeps and light flash as the doors unlock. The girls eyes light up.
"Oh yes, my name is..."
"Too late, you blew your chance" and a big smile from Jase as the rest of us burst into laughter.
You know I have had a pretty amazing life and have done some rather interesting things, met some very interesting people and gone to some rather amazing places that most others will never get a chance to do or see yet I am down to Earth, I do not see myself as above someone that I just met (though some people do then go on to prove that they are low lives) and I do not abuse power to try to bring up my own self importance.
So how do you deal with these people - humiliate them at their own game is a good way, or just go above their heads if it is business, it isn't hard since they are wallowing in the mud.
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