When I say that guy, I’m referring to that guy. You know who I’m talking about. The person that everyone can’t stand and tries not to become. Please do not confuse that guy with “that” guy – the one who sneaks into the background of photos unnoticed. Such as “Hey, what a great picture of…wait a minute…who’s that guy making faces in the back?”
As you can probably see, this is going to be somewhat of a rant. So, a friend of mine and I were paired up with another two at a local track. As soon as we approached the two, red flags went up all over the place. The that guy warning siren was blaring in my head. Here we had the first guy adjusting those balance or weight screws on his driver and explaining to his buddy the reason for them. Oh boy, a know-it-all.
Just to clarify, his buddy didn’t seem to give a rat’s ass about the driver, its weights or whatever else was being explained (which was another indicator of what was in store). But, I told myself not to jump to conclusions and gave him a fair shake. We step to the tee box and have at it. Wouldn’t you know, Mr. Let-Me-Adjust-My-Driver-For-The-Wind-Conditions shanks it right into the lumber yard. WTF! He then proceeds to look for it, swearing it hit off something and bounced out. After not finding it, he insists he has to tee-off again even though there’s a bit of a back up on the tee box. Yep, he’s that guy.
Now, how can this get any worse you ask? That guy also felt the need to quote golf movies while he plays. “Cinderella story…” or “It’s in the hole!” Dude, shut the f@#$ up! Please! We all saw that movie a hundred-thousand times. I can recite the lines verbatim. In fact, I can probably re-enact the whole movie by myself.
Well, I’m glad I got that off my chest. Thanks for listening.
Hit’em long…yell FORE!!! Don’t be that guy.
Yep, I’ve played with “that” guy before. In my case it was the guy who looked at every putt from 4 different points on the green, stalked each one as if it was make-or-break for a green jacket, and plumb-bobbed 1-foot putts. The guy who spent more time on the green than I and the other 2 in the group combined. They guy who, when I, as diplomatically as I could manage, suggested things be sped up a bit didn’t say a word to me or the others the rest of the round.
And did I mention he just might, and I mean might have broken 120 that day?
Too many”that guys ” in the world in general.
No need to accommodate them like you did or even give them the time of day.
Life is too short to hang with “that guy”.
True, don’t play with them if you can avoid it. Sometimes it can’t be helped, in which case you might as well have some fun with them. Around the turn I like to say, “Gee, you’re playing really well for your first time”.