Mr. Putrid

The marketing part of our department keeps hiring hotties for their Coordinator position. Since those who have been hired, without exception, have known exactly what they were doing, their attractiveness would not normally have anything to do with anything and wouldn't merit comment by me...

 

...except that the Sales department is filled with guys who have ginormous egos and trophy wives.

 

And some of them are already looking for their next trophy wife.

 

Our newest marketing coordinator is a wonderful girl who's beautiful inside and out. She's whip-smart and just all-around nice.

 

Remember the guy that I said was sometimes putrid but who knows exactly what he wants and so he can be a pleasure to work for (since I detest uncertainty)? We're going to call him Mr. Putrid.

 

Mr. Putrid's been married for a while, probably anywhere from 7-10 years, maybe longer. He's got two kids and a very tan, fit wife. Mr. Putrid definitely works out, considering how cut he is. At least, he has that look about him when he wears his suits. He's got a flat stomach that never threatens to overwhelm his belt, and well-muscled shoulders. I'm sure that part of the reason he's so obsessive about being muscular is because his parents dubbed him with an effeminate name at birth. Mr. Putrid is also known for his ego, pretentiousness, and drive. He travels a LOT; I would guess he travels more than most of the guys on the staff. What's odd about that is that most of the guys with wives and young kids do not really want to travel; it's a part of the job that they just deal with. Mr. Putrid appears to have no problem with travelling.

 

The last marketing coordinator (MC) was cute too. Way cute. All the guys flirted with her and were constantly coming onto her. Mr. Putrid was probably the leader of the pack. History is repeating.

 

The new MC is engaged to her boyfriend of 7 years.

 

Mr. Leads and I were talking about Putrid yesterday because we were doing a report that summarizes all the leads that Marketing has gathered and distributed to the Sales department. Leads mentioned that Putrid has a habit of always saying that any leads passed to him by Marketing are irrelevant, as he always states that he was barking up that tree way before Marketing got involved. That doesn't sit well with a hard-working department that has to prove its worth every year in dollars. So then Leads and I started talking about egos and I mentioned that the Marketing department has a habit of hiring hotties (say that 10x fast), and Leads responded with yeah, we do, but they always know what they're doing. I had to agree.

 

And then Leads went off on a new tangent about Putrid.

 

"Sometimes I just get so tired of that guy," said Leads, who sits right next to the MC, "He's constantly flirting with MC. He's always telling her, 'Oh no, MC, don't get married! You're too young for that. Marriage sucks,' and one day I just had to say something. I piped up and said, 'Really? I wonder what your wife would have to say about that.'" 

 

We had a good laugh about that. Or at least a feeling of satisfaction that Mr. Putrid had received some kind of comeuppance.