Tuesday, August 09, 2005

More Flirting Habits

Last time we discussed the overuse of the "high five" that we see many guys using when trying to flirt with a young lady. Today at work I was able to observe another young man hard at work trying to flirt with a girl. However, he chose a different method of flirtation. I like to call his method the "Gangsta Thug Poser" method.

From the outside this young man seemed like any normal college kid. He acted a bit like your typical "frat boy" most of the time, but around one particular girl who works in the Dick's Sporting Goods footwear department he decided that in order to get her attention he needed to go "straight up thug" on her. This included gangsta body language which is hard to demonstrate on a blog. The best I can do to describe it is this.....imagine a young man on stage who thinks he can rap but just looks like a fool. He tries to mimic the movements of his favorite rappers, but he is awkward and rythmless. Yet he continues his desperate attempt to look cool, thinking that he is actually got it.....he is a "poser", if you will. These types of gestures were displayed by this young man today as he desperatley tried to impress this seemingly uminpressible girl.

Yet it was not only his body movements that he altered in order to impress. He felt an incessant need to inserts the f-word into every sentence, as if he thought that's what girls want to hear. He was one of those guys who uses the f-word in any situation, whether it fits or not. I am a pretty easy going guy, and usually I let that stuff slide, but it took all I had today for me keep from shutting him up.

He was constantly all up in her grill, so to speak, sneaking in a friendly "touch-touch" here and there when the opportunity arose.

And, of course, to top it all off, he frequently lifted his shirt up to wipe his "sweaty" face, so as to show everyone that he was busting a sag with his mesh gym shorts underneath his khaki shorts.

So why the charade? What posesses a young man to do this? It is simple really: he is obviously not confident in himself. He believes that people will not like his true self, so he puts on a show in order to impress them (especially the ladies). And since the gangsta look is popular in our culture today, it seems to him like the best costume for him. It is something we all do from time to time, whether we want to admit it or not. However most of us will not take it to the extreme as this particular young man did.

I must add a serious note here as I wrap up. I would encourage all who read this little blog to " be yourself" (after all, that is the main point of Moby Dick, right Chris?); I know it is cliche and stupid, but seriously, nobody likes a poser, especially me. We all have those little things that we don't like about ourselves. The problem is that in our minds we often concentrate on the bad things about ourselves and omit all the cool things we have to offer, myself included. Don't try to be like somebody else to make up for your shortcomings, it looks stupid. Besides, you must be cool if you are reading this blog, right? Right??????

Anyway, we now return you to the Lifetime After School Special "Hey, I'm Cool After All!"............


NOTE: This is specifically meant for John Wiley. The person I was speking of was NOT Eddie, so don't think, that he is a fool or anything. Just wanted you to know, in case you thought I was ripping on him or something. And not ask me who it really was, because I wish to leave him anonymous for his sake. I would feel like a chump if I told you.

posted by Wes @ 11:10 PM

5 Comments:

At 8/10/2005 12:20:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

i'll probably figure out who it is eventually... however the whole time i did think it was eddie for some reason? oh well... congratulations dick's sporting goods you have hired a poser.

 
At 8/10/2005 07:23:00 PM, Blogger JTapp said...

Still, the girl probably enjoyed the attention she was getting, and would probably talk to the guy on the phone just to get more.

Didn't Dave Campbell write a blog post about how busting a sag gets you chicks?

The f-bomb did him in though. Once you drop the bomb, you can never go back again and claim any respect.

Since I'm no longer single, I'm going to write a post soon about 3 simple things you can do in everyday situations to know if a girl likes you or not. It's kinda like flirting, but kinda not, and it's perfect to gauge her response and know whether she'll say "yes" or not if you ask her out.

Stay tuned.

 
At 8/11/2005 04:44:00 PM, Blogger Justin said...

jason: since when did we have the poser radar at cedar point 2003...i thought it was the "digitar"...anyway there are no particularly good women at dicks anyway...i would not even consider looking there, if the oppurtunity afforded itself...i am not saying that i am looking at girls cuz i am not...i think you all know what i mean!

 
At 8/14/2005 02:02:00 PM, Blogger JTapp said...

Found an article that Wes will like:
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/14/Columns/Kelly_Clarkson__and_o.shtml

 
At 8/14/2005 02:03:00 PM, Blogger JTapp said...

and the other half of the link:
arkson__and_o.shtml

 

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