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Bracket Guy
If you listen to this show, you know I’ve burned on just about every type of guy imaginable. You know, ‘Likes to Fight Guy’ every crew has one; a guy who will absolutely go after a few pops. Pickup Basketball Guy; several variations of that cat, and you’ve played with every single one of them. Gym Guy; the dude who makes us all want to break our contract and kill our membership. Fantasy Football guy. Enough said. And you can now add to that list,
Bracket Guy;
perhaps the most annoying of all the guys. Now, understand this; just because you’re a guy with a bracket, doesn’t mean you’re Bracket Guy. For Bracket Guy, the office pool isn’t fun. The office pool is business. It’s pride.
It’s his identity. It’s work. And it’s certainly the only work this tool is going to get done for the next few weeks. And Bracket Guy was probably waiting for you in your office this morning to get your bracket and 15 dollar check, right? And the only thing worse than that was giving him the bracket back.
Because it took him all of one second to start bagging your choices like, “Really? West Virginia in the Elite 8. Thought you guys were going to make me work for it this year.” Never mind that last year he got his head handed to him by Patty from accounting, just like he does every year. Despite that, he’ll walk out Friday, head straight to happy hour and say the same thing he does every year, “If anyone wants to just concede right now, I understand.”
Only to come back Monday, beaten down with 3 of his final 4 picks already eliminated and saying he’s already moved on to Fantasy Baseball and that the league has one more opening if anyone’s interested. We’re not interested, Bracket Guy. Stop taking the best time of the year and trying to ruin it for the rest of us. You’re a 16 seed in the tournament of life, and shouldn’t have even gotten that bid to begin with.