Dear Dr. Babooner,
I was recently given the assignment of finding the best-qualified person in the world to take over a very important job at our company. This high-profile position demands a candidate who inspires confidence. I interviewed several people who are quite accomplished and extremely impressive in many key areas that are essential to success in this pivotal role.
But after careful consideration, I came to the conclusion that none of them were nearly as excellent as me, so I made the inspired decision to award myself the prize I had been asked to give to someone else.
Many have asked – how did I know this was the right thing to do?
Well, it wasn’t a conclusion that would be obvious to the casual observer, but I saw it clearly by using my exceptional powers of deduction. For one thing, in our interviews each candidate was quick to say how pleased they were to meet me.
It was literally the first thing out of their mouths!
This was quite the surprise – I was expecting them to open with some tidbit about why they were the best qualified candidate for the highly prestigious job that only I had the power to award them! And yet each one saw fit to take the time to go into sometimes embarrassing detail about their admiration for me. In fact, prizing me as a role model and an inspiration is the quality that united these very competent individuals – every single one!
That got me to thinking that if these are the best candidates in the world for this job and they’re all impressed with me, maybe that’s a message I should not ignore!
Others have questioned my motives and have suggested that my carefully thought-out choice reveals self-absorption or a total blindness to the usual boot licking that accompanies any hiring process. But my decision makes perfect sense to me, so why should I pay attention to the opinions of people who might be smart in some areas but are permanently handicapped by the undeniable fact that they are not as awesome as I am?
Exceedingly, Magnificently,
More Competent Than Everyone
I told MCTE that self awareness is an important quality for every person to possess. And if it leads you to the realization they you pretty darn great, there’s nothing wrong with saying so in a very public way. Just don’t expect everyone else to agree – they’re not as amazing as you so they may be unable to see it. Pity them and carry on.
But that’s just one opinion. What do YOU think, Dr. Babooner?
Trail Baboon 
Reblogged this on Attorney at Law Jan Vajda Namestovo, Slovakia.
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I am sorry to say that I don’t often get around to clicking the links, and I suspect I am missing out on a lot by not doing that, but usually I can guess what the story refers to. Not this time.
Imagine my surprise to find out Dick Cheney is allergic to pomegranates. The fact that he deemed himself “the best candidate”? No surprises there.
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Rise and Shine Baboons!
Dear MCMTE:
I think revenge must be REALLY sweet. Especially after your BFF fired you 10 years ago and he went on to humiliate himself in failure, then you took took his job. And now you have taken back the job from which he fired you, too.
The spirit of Darth Vader and Dick Cheney (who is only partially dead) lives on!
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You beat me to saying that.
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Gloat, Gloat, Raspberry. Early Bird gets the worm.
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But the second mouse gets the cheese….
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But the cheese stands alone!
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And the cheese us a very expensive, aged Dutch type that no mouse should access.
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Maybe MCTE should be Feeling Like I’m Perfect.
As a former member of the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English, I thought maybe you were referring to a couple of its presidents from back in my day.
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Indeed, the spirit of Darth Vader/Dick Cheney lives in most professions–the world is awash in opportunities for tyranny and domination, not to mention revenge and cold-hearted money grubbing.
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WP is acting up this morning. I’ve posted the video, but it doesn’t show up, yet, when I try to repost it, I get the “you’ve already said that” comment. I’ll see if this works. More than one way to skin a cat!
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It was acting up so much for me that today’s post was not even HERE for me. It was very odd – not only could I not find today’s post, either here or at baboondocks, but nobody else had made any new comments. I was starting to think that everybody was at a party and I wasn’t invited. Now here it is, nearly 8 pm, and I find today’s post is here and has been all day (or so I deduce from the fact that there are comments here from this morning).
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Good morning. If you are the top dog you can hire whoever you want. However, it really seems to me that you should not be the one to do the job interviewing for a position that you end up taking yourself unless you didn’t know that you would end up giving yourself the job. I think the people who came for the interviews will end up with a very low opinion of you if you really were not planning on hiring one of them. You need a strong explanation for giving yourself the job if you don’t want to look like a sleazy self server.
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And I suppose “I didn’t realize that I would hire myself” wouldn’t be a very strong explanation! š
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Huh, I thought that would go under Jim’s comment…
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Oh, I give up. Reply doesn’t seem to be working from here.
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Onmy screen it is under Jim’s comment FYI
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Actually, it’s working just fine, BiR, but in this new format the indentation is so minor that it’s difficult to see.
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Youtube collective memory failure, could not find this one. Here are the lyrics, though…
Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me
I I I
Oh Oh Oh
Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me
I I I
Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me
I I I
Look in the mirror
What do I see?
Nothing but
Me ………………..
I think I’m pretty fine
Give me some time
You’ll agree
Me ………………..
ME!
I don’t do no drugs or dope
I just get high on
Me …………………
You know who I’m
Talking about
Me …………………
I’m not talking about you or him
Or her or them
(No way)
Me …………………
Moi ………………..
Me …………………
Thank you!
– Patty Larkin
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Yes, Linda, indeed you are brilliant. Now I am gardening. Tata
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Thank you.
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I wondered if Mr. Cheney has changed at all with his heart transplant? What fun it would be if his new heart was that of a person who was kind, compassionate, politically liberal, vegan, and committed to environmentalism, and that those qualities were transplanted along with the heart.
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Very interesting thought, that, renee. Go one step further and imagine what it would be like to see the world through someone else’s eyes, or have someone else’s blood coursing through your veins.
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My daughter has such a strong bond with the woman carrying her kidney, whom she did not meet until after the operations. They feel a very strong closeness. (And with the woman for whom she gave a kidney, but they were valise before.) all six in their gain keep in close contact and feel very changed by it all. The three recipients say that a year and a half later they still wake up every morning aware of good they feel.
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Close, not valise. Could I have a finger transplant, well really a neck and shoulder replacement.
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This Dr. Babooner post doesn’t show up today when I go to Trail Baboon’s site. I have to open yesterday’s, and then click on “Next”… Anyone else?
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I’m guessing that Dale forgot to click on something. This has happened before, but is usually corrected half-way through the day. I don’t have to click the previous Trail Baboon, I just scroll down, and, voila! there it is.
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Can I get some of what you are smoking bir?
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Nope.
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OOT: my son and his wife are on such a run of bad luck. They had $5000 in unexpected bills come up in the last 6 weeks, which took all the cash reserve they had to get through this. He comes up second in job interviews. Apple lost his wife’s last check: somehow not direct deposited as it always is. Then lost in the mail. Today he was out with his son chasing down an issue, and doing research on Amazon (they did call him about a job they have). He just got home and the sewer was plugged and sewage is backed up into their first floor apartment. His unemployment runs out next week and Congress did not extend it.
(I think my fingers hot a wrong key in every word in this post; I am so tense and my ataxia is so bad right now.
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clyde. i think he will truely apprecaite the strng of good luck that will begin tomorrow. amazon will rule the world not doubt about it. sad but true. they figureed it out and there is no stopping them. your son is lucky to be in position to learn the ropes and take over in 5-7 years when the people in charge today will retire multi billionaires. tell him to buy stock with his spare money they will rule.
if that doesnt work out i dont understand if there are lots of people out there doing coding but guys who do code here cna write there own ticket. 100 per hour minimum. he can be an indepentdant and rule. i would be happy to talke to him about this if he is interested. i am connected enought o get him placed in a short time around here and maybe even to work remotely. these code guys can do amazing things when left alone.
hope he hears good news soon. its his turn.
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My son cannot code. He may go to school for it, if they can pull it off. He is a software producer.
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what part of production?
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Every part. He takes software for inception up to release.
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its a great time to be in that end of the biz,. i hope he finds a place that he is happy with. i think he should envision how to do his own thing or partner with someone for an equity stake if he can get wages to feed the family while hes launching a newbie. im sure hes thought about that and decided a paycheck is more desirable but…your own deal is a nice wat to go in this era of technology too.
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No, it’s a terrible time; has been for about 6 years. Many cutbacks. Many companies gone under
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i think thats because everyone with an idea pays 100,000 fdollars to try it out without testing the market to see if anybidy cares first, there are lots of good projects and people looking to tweak them to make them work better and if he understands the ins and outs he can be a fixed instead of a creator and steer the code people. they need steering.
i would think he could help an entrapreneur get an idea up and running. there are lots of new ones everyday and cut himself in for a piece of the action as he works to get it up and running. i see lots of that. i wish him luck. it sure is a vibrant community
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Sorry to hear this, Clyde. That’s a very tough position to be in. Hope they are able to boost each other’s spirits and don’t despair at the same time.
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He just facetimed. They have been all cleaned up.
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Sorry, Clyde, I don’t know what “facetimed” or “all cleaned up” means. Is that good news or bad news?
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His sewer backup I mentioned above was cleaned up.
Facetime means video chatting by Ipad or Iphone.
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thats a good first move. now get the rest of the planet to fall into line huh? thats the ed norton routine we talked about her on the blog the other day. the guy comes out with a wet vac and a rubber suit and charges 2000 dollars for a days work. i think i could get used to that smell for that kind of payback.
glad to hear they got that handled. my co worker on lake mminnetonka had his sewer back up in the midst of last weeks torrential rain and had to tear out the carpet nd cut the sheetrock in his basement,. i dont know if his furnature made it or not, oh yeah he has one of my massage chairs down there.
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it hard to be modest when you are the best
the thought of humility doesnt occur
its hard to wonderful to this degree
but youll find im the one you prefer
the notion of not noticing how good i am
has never occured to me once
it may have to you i can quite understand
but i have seen many a dunce
the problem with being as good as i am
is trying to remain in perspective
it takes a while to get used to being on top
of humanities mass gorup collective .
others dont notice that i am there always
radiating from within for your view
im the best that here is and the question is not
comparison to the dull likes of you
when given a choice it would be absurd
to choose anyone other than me
its hard for the common folk to understand
how i rule the world cant you see
bow done to me slowly thank you very much
ill call you someday on the phone
but dont hold your breath or wait for my call
the odds are ill leave you alone
so i think that the long and the short of the story
when you finally get down to it all
its there is only one greatest and i am the one
who can answer the greatest ones call
i understand jealousy envy and awe
i cant say i blame you one bit
admiration and worship become commonplace
when you are the one who is it
so now i must get back to being the one
that fixes the problems of others
i have the luxary of knowing the answer
that befuddles and escapes all your mothers
its nice for you all to have me around
to depend on through thick and through thin
go back to your lives once youve all paid your respects
kiss my ring now then you can begin
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