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AD SALESPERSON
Also Known As:
Peddler/Meddler
See Also:
Snake Oil Specialist
Helpful Skills:
- Ability to spew vague yet glowing endorsements
- Utter lack of irony
- Mastery of the "Fake It -N- Rake It In" maneuver
- Rose-colored glasses when viewing Product
Potential Impediments to Success:
- Honesty
- The smallest modicum of cynicism
- A weak handshake
Favorite Quote:
"We have a lot of exciting new things going on that I'd love to tell you about."
Tragic Flaw:
Bald greed looks bad in tweed.
Ignorance An Obstacle?
Hell, naw!
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CLERK
Also Known As:
Number Cruncher
See Also:
That Bitch
Helpful Skills:
- Evasive
- Intimidating
- Stubborn
- Invisible
Potential Impediments to Success:
- Undying urge to help others
- Colorblind - no red-black distinction
Favorite Quote:
"Tell him the check's on the way."
Tragic Flaw:
All avoidance tactics come back to haunt her eventually.
Ignorance An Obstacle?
Not really.
WEBMASTER
Also Known As:
The HTML Guy
See Also:
Web Jockey
Helpful Skills:
- Ability to "view source"
- Ability to lie
Potential Impediments to Success:
- Vague sense of ambition, motivation, longing
- Membership in rock band that's about to break wide
- Graduation from high school
Favorite Quote:
"I'm not sure that's possible. I'm pretty sure that's not possible."
Tragic Flaw:
Fascination with doomsday/conspiracy theories, cults, dramatic suicides
Ignorance An Obstacle?
Ha!
"COMIC" WRITER
Also Known As:
Laff Rioter
See Also:
Loser
Helpful Skills:
- Experience at an extremely demeaning, unrelated job
- A series of frustratingly bad relationships
- Severe alienation from society at large
- An unrealistically supportive Mommy
Potential Impediments to Success:
- Total satisfaction and happiness
- Unhappiness, or just occasional bad moods
- Caffeine shortage
- Not enough laughter, too much forgetting
Favorite Quote:
"Show me the funny."
Tragic Flaw:
Dreams of a movie deal, but dreads actually writing a script.
Ignorance An Obstacle?
Nay!
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