Update XVII: I Ate The Strawberry (The REAL, AUTHENTIC Update)

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I don't think Bushie can go in and quit tomorrow. I'm pretty sure he'll be greeted at his desk by his boss and let go. I don't even know if they'll have a "talk." I think his boss is just fed up with his performance and didn't even want to wait until November 1st.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I don't think Bushie can go in and quit tomorrow. I'm pretty sure he'll be greeted at his desk by his boss and let go. I don't even know if they'll have a "talk." I think his boss is just fed up with his performance and didn't even want to wait until November 1st.

im afraid bushie wont go in at all.

I think, at least I hope, he'll go in. It sounded like he planned to beg earlier, but maybe he's backed off of that idea.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I think Wal Mart is a good fit for Bushie. I hope he gets an opportunity to work there.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Uhh, are we sure a 300 pound man with Tourettes that has never worked at Wal Mart before can just waltz right in and get a salaried assistant manager position?

I was wondering the same thing actually...

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

You don't win if you get fired after 2 months on the job. You are not a good drafter either. You can be if you put your mind to it, admit you were lazy and need to improve, and do what it takes to improve yourself, but you won't get anywhere if you continue to act as if you were blameless and continue with your prideful attitude.

Bushie is one of the most prideful persons I have come across.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I always try to see the potential in everyone. I don't think Jeff is a dumb by any means, but I do think he's unmotivated, lazy and very prideful. He doesn't have any humility and is unable to make self assessments.

Because of these flaws, he is unable to hold a job and unable to support himself. He looks at most jobs as beneath him even though his resume is in shambles, even though he has a useless degree from a pretty poor university, and even though he did poorly in CADD class which was designed for high schoolers. He was also fired after 2 months at his first CADD job because he was performing poorly. I don't understand why he feels like he is entitled to a good job when nothing he has done suggests he deserves it.

He's the most helpless 33 year old man I have ever come across in my life, and he lives like a 12 year old boy and has the health and mindset of a 75 year old man. It's a strange combination.

Also, it's pretty funny his boss told him he needed to work at a larger company where they'd take time to bring him up to speed. Isn't that the opposite of what would happen? I'd think he'd be even more expendable at a larger company if he wasn't getting his work right.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I always try to see the potential in everyone. I don't think Jeff is a dumb by any means, but I do think he's unmotivated, lazy and very prideful. He doesn't have any humility and is unable to make self assessments.

Because of these flaws, he is unable to hold a job and unable to support himself. He looks at most jobs as beneath him even though his resume is in shambles, even though he has a useless degree from a pretty poor university, and even though he did poorly in CADD class which was designed for high schoolers. He was also fired after 2 months at his first CADD job because he was performing poorly. I don't understand why he feels like he is entitled to a good job when nothing he has done suggests he deserves it.

If I can play armchair psychologist for a moment, the key problem is that Bushie seems to be functionally incapable of admitting his shortcomings to himself. He becomes extremely avoidant at the slightest hint that his behaviors might need to change, and immerses himself in escapist pleasures (e.g. watching football for twelve hours) to keep himself in ignorance.

edit- JMann beat me to it, saying basically the same thing except far better than I could

Yes, he never admits fault and if one of us dares to say he could do something differently, he gets extremely defensive and rebuts in a childish manner (ex: that is a FACT; NO ONE CAN SAY OTHERWISE, etc).

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Who all is visiting this month? What are the family dinners for?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I wish Bushie would meet with J-Mann, but I know he won't. He'll be too busy playing on his tablet while his family sits around the TV.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Bushie can just tell Mama an old friend from college lives in KC and wants to see him.

How dare you suggest Bushie lie to his mother. He wasn't raised to do things like that.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I can just see Bushie fiddling with that tablet of his for hours while the tribe sits together solemnly in front of the television. That definitely sounds like a better use of his time than a nice lunch and frank discussion with J-Mann.

Oh yes! This is exactly what happens at these family gatherings.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Glory to god. A Christmas miracle!

I like how god has reintroduced herself into Update.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

What was for the celebration dinner?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

One good thing about being sick is that it may help me shed a couple of pounds.  This evening, I only had one plate of the casserole, corn, and baked beans and only had a small piece of cake and one scoop of ice cream for dessert.  I just have very little appetite.

Goodness. Only one plate of all of that is a light meal for you? No wonder you're overweight! When I'm sick I eat chicken soup or something like that.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Packers. I have Jordy Nelson playing on my fantasy team.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I wish Wal Mart would work out. I think Bushie would be much happier there.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

RIP CAD(D) interview

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

What do you wear to CAD(D) interviews?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Oh gracious. Poor Papa Bushie, but unfortunately, he's part of the problem. How can you be too sick to drive? I thought you were improving?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Bushie is about to jump shark again! It seems like losing CADD JOB has caused him to come unhinged.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Guys, this is a very reputable company that almost everybody knows.  I've PM'd Smash and J-Mann for protocol, but they can vouch this is a reputable company.  When you find out who it is, you will have to pick your jaw up off the floor!

Well, you worked for reputable companies like AT&T and Dell in the past, well, companies that contracted with them, and it didn't turn out so well. What does a FieldTech or whatever person do?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

So he's like a comcast man? I thought you couldn't do jobs that require you to stand or walk around? How will you become a field tech man/

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

So he's like a comcast man? I thought you couldn't do jobs that require you to stand or walk around? How will you become a field tech man/

I'm not incapacitated by any means.  I still move around pretty well.

I know, but I thought the whole reason you didn't want to work at Wal Mart or anywhere besides call centers was because you weren't physically able to stand or move around for long periods of time...?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

But seriousness, Bushie do you parents and family members say demeaning things about retail and blue collar workers at the dinner table or something? Why are you avoiding the possibility of working at a place that isn't an office?

Isn't Papa Bushie a blue collar worker?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Yeah, if Wal Mart didn't call Bushie back, he may as well move on from that. He should've gone that route years ago, but his pride got in the way.