The Ron Thread

[Maastricht]

Here’s a Ron contribution from Nava and myself from another thread.

@Nava

In the case of a male coworker of mine who got a local girl in Costa Rica and who thought she’d stay in his apartment and take care of him in exchange for nothing (no money, no gifts, not even promises - dude’s fiancee was back home preparing the wedding), payment was in the form of her leaving with all his personally-owned electronics. Didn’t touch those which belonged to the apartment or to our employer, but bye-bye personal laptop, cellphone, etc.

Of course he’s still convinced it can’t have been her. After reporting the theft to the cops, the manager of the apartment complex asked me “is he really that dumb?” “He’s convinced he got her for his good looks, what was your question?” “Oh God”. Dude looked worse at 25 than the immense majority of men at 40…

@Maastricht

So that is why the Ron never learns! He never gets the message in the first place. Of course, that is also why a Ron can keep such an un-earned selfconfidence. Nava’s dude probably thought some thugs waited untill he wasn’t at home (because thugs know better then to mess with him) and then they abducted both the Costa Rican girlfriend and the laptop. True to Ron, he doesn’t even feel he should go and rescue the girl. Rons may be dumb, but they’ve got a keen sense of self preservation..

@Nava

I’d never realized it, perhaps due to the lack of a 'stache, but yeah, dude sure was a Ron of the Ronnest level.