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So he's either an idiot or a jerk?

• ChuckMcM 14y ago
  Yes, but jerk can be treated, idiot is genetic. If his employees like him then you can work on his insecurity, if he is always like that and his employees hate it, walk away.
  • mikeash 14y ago
    It's funny, I would assume the opposite. If he's a jerk then he's hopeless, but if he's just stupidly thinking that this sort of thing impresses people, there's at least some hope that he can be educated.
• salgernon 14y ago
  Or he's read _Steve Jobs_ biography and is trying to emulate him. The book is filled with examples of jobs being rude when his food wasn't prepared just so - for all his obsession about diet, I'm sure that he's eaten at least some literal backwash from his behavior.
• MattSayar 14y ago
  I would lean more towards ignorant or a jerk. Not everyone understands what values people appreciate, and it seems like the exec in this story fell back on Hollywood stereotypes to impress the author. Of course, that's a big assumption, but I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt.