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by firefax 220 days ago
I've heard of this guy, but not met him. My CEO told me that I remind them of Jim Halpert and I was like "Really? The guy from the Office? I always pictured myself as more of a Creed"[1], which made them bust out laughing and declare "That's such a Jim thing to say" and wander off after explaining that it's based on a real person.

It made me wonder how many of those characters are based on real people, since they themselves reminded me of another character I'll omit for privacy's sake...

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeZ6a1A0-ow