# Dumbass Prick at my Office **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 13, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-prick-at-my-office/239793 "2004-04-13T15:11:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-prick-at-my-office/239793/41 "2004-04-13T22:06:05Z")
> [@htns](#): > > One last post for now, then I gotta go to work (HIJACK WARNING) > > The phrase “on the down low” was invented by bisexual Black men who engage in heteroeroticism openly and keep their homoerotic behavior secret. A Black man who does this is often called a “down low brother”. Many DLBs keep their orientation secret, and refuse the bisexual label even though they qualify for it otherwise. > > Hijack over, back to the thread. 😉 Now that’s a fucking hijack! (eek would go here) ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-prick-at-my-office/239793/42 "2004-04-14T03:01:46Z")
> [@Abbie Carmichael](#): > > **I get an email this morning from Clay, an asshole at my job.** > > I think I went to high school with him. > > How many assholes named Clay can there be running around out there? 😉 Three, apparently, as I work with one too. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-prick-at-my-office/239793/43 "2004-04-14T04:26:19Z")
> [@GaWd](#): > > When in my youth, I sent out a very sarcastic E-mail to a group internally Oh man, has email been around long enough that **GaWd** can tell stories about what he did with it _in his youth_? I think I’m gonna go lie down now. ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-prick-at-my-office/239793/44 "2004-04-14T04:55:37Z")
> [@racinchikki](#): > > Three, apparently, as I work with one too. Four- I went to school with one. Hated his guts and he just would not fucking leave me alone. If I had it to do over again I would just punch him right in the face the day I first met him. “Hi, I’m Clay!” POW! I would follow up by petending not to know who he was, but then everytime I found out again I would punch him again. Maybe I could stem the tide of assholishness a bit. Once in high school I heard a dog attacked his face, and I was all like, “Go Dog!” At the time I thought, “Well, I guess he wouldn’t leave the dog alone either.” Sad, but true. So do these other asshole Clays all have the same tendency to pick and pick and go overboard throwing stuff in your face the way this one (and the OP’s coworker) did? ---
**Author:** ![cmason32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@cmason32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmason32)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-prick-at-my-office/239793/45 "2004-04-14T06:05:30Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > How many times have emails been subpoenaed? > > If you wouldn’t put it on a letter with the company letterhead, then don’t put it in an email? My dad runs a fine arts company. Someone who attended a show didn’t like it and ended up writing my dad a letter - a rather crude one that included obscenities. While such letters are occasionally par for the course when running such a company, this moron did it on his company stationary: a law firm of which my dad happens to know quite a few partners. The guy is lucky my dad isn’t the type to care about this kind of stuff, but what if he had cared? Obviously, this young associate thought he might impress someone by writing the letter on firm stationary. However, I doubt the partners would have been happy to know that their associates are using firm stationary to write obscene letters to fine arts companies to which they contribute. Common sense isn’t so common. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-prick-at-my-office/239793/46 "2004-04-14T12:57:42Z")
“snip” > [@Fairblue](#): > > So do these other asshole Clays all have the same tendency to pick and pick and go overboard throwing stuff in your face the way this one (and the OP’s coworker) did? “snip” Asshole clay is a sign of poor hygiene. ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-prick-at-my-office/239793/47 "2004-04-15T14:22:20Z")
**UPDATE** Remember my good friend, Clay? Remember how his Daddy runs one of the bigger agencies here? Remember how I’ve sent out my resume? I just got a call from a recruiter in Atlanta asking me if I could come in for an interview with a company here. Basically it’s a position doing what I did at my last job, making slighly more than I’m making now. Guess which company it is for? DING…DING…DING. That’s right. Clay’s Daddy. Life is just a kick in the head sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-prick-at-my-office/239793/48 "2004-04-15T15:07:35Z")
> [@htns](#): > > One last post for now, then I gotta go to work (HIJACK WARNING) > > The phrase “on the down low” was invented by bisexual Black men who engage in heteroeroticism openly and keep their homoerotic behavior secret. A Black man who does this is often called a “down low brother”. Many DLBs keep their orientation secret, and refuse the bisexual label even though they qualify for it otherwise. > > Hijack over, back to the thread. 😉 Are we allowed to ask for “cites” in the Pit? ---
**Author:** ![htns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-prick-at-my-office/239793/49 "2004-04-15T15:19:38Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Are we allowed to ask for “cites” in the Pit? Sure, why not. [http://www.bet.com/articles/0,,c17gb9277-10194,00.html](http://www.bet.com/articles/0,,c17gb9277-10194,00.html) > **[LGBTQ Resources](https://www.liveabout.com/lgbtq-4145428)** > > Resources and advice to help lesbians, gays, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning and queers of all shapes and type, navigate through dating, politics, health, and other life interests. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-prick-at-my-office/239793/50 "2004-04-15T15:28:48Z")
> [@htns](#): > > Sure, why not. > > [Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET](http://www.bet.com/articles/0,,c17gb9277-10194,00.html) > > [LGBTQ Resources](http://gaylife.about.com/cs/gay101/a/dl.htm) Ah. Apparently the term “down low” is _used_ by such men. That’s WAAAAYYYYY different than being _invented_ by such men. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-prick-at-my-office/239793.md?page=2)