The Suckor, The Sucker and The Sucks-to-be-me

When they accept applications for their Masters for Business Administration, schools should have a section which asks potential students to select if they wish to belong to any of the 3 entities: Sucker, Suckor or Sucks-to-be-me. The Sucker is the guy that allows himself to be sucked up, the Suckor does the sucking up and the Sucks-to-be-me gets the short end of the stick. I believe these 3 different roles requires very different skill sets.

The Sucker needs to be able to stare at a mirror and see nothing but himself. The Suckor needs to be able to stand the sight of himself on the mirror. The Sucks-to-be-me needs a polished metal for a mirror so he won't smash his head in the mirror when he sees himself and land himself another 7 years of bad luck.

I had the opportunity once to have an objective view of this interaction at a meeting once. I was not involved and had a pure role as a scientific observer.

It was an annual meeting, the Sucker declared that this year was a great year for the department, the Suckor pounced to action with a "That's all thanks to your great leadership!". There was a visible cringing as the Sucks-to-be-mes synchronously flinched at the act, then recovered and thundered their applause.

Unlike LJ, I kinda like my job, maybe I reached job nirvana through years of study on Scott Adam's scripture: Joy of Work.