Book of Wong : There Will Always be Poseurs

For one, they talk more than they do. They've always got an opinion. They always have an idea about how something ought to be done, and why it's always better for someone else to do it. They also like to be seen. If there is a photo opportunity, you'll be certain that they're in it, looking smart, smiling and so part-of-the-picture.

They are the ones who demonstrate such enthusiastic pride in the Company or Brigade, promising to help and sort of say, "Hey, I'm a BB member, too!" They show up at the Big Events, shaking hands, making idle chatter and telling stupid jokes. Still, you don't really mind them. After all, some of them are your friends. You grew up together with them - you were in the same squad, had the same officers, and tried to court the same girls. So you shake their hands, chatter idly with them and laugh (a little too forcefully, you think) at their stupid jokes. But then, they nonchalantly ask That One Question that utterly exasperates you:

"So, how is the Company these days?"

And. You. Bite. Your. Tongue.

What you really want to say to them is, "Well, why don't you come by for the Company meetings and find out for yourself?" But you don't, because you can already hear their answers before they even utter it.

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