Vainglorious Basterds

Another obnoxious trend to hit Hong Kong is the habit of bringing one's laptop computer to the coffee shop.

I'm sorry if you're one of the rare few who actually accomplish real work this way, because everyone else is just a pretentious douchebag and unfortunately you're being lumped in with them.

Then again it's easy to spot the showoffs: every move they make is calculated to be as ostentatious as possible while they pretend it's business as usual (and often look around to see who might be looking at them). If you're one of those vainglorious basterds [sorry, Quentin], the truth is that no one gives a rat's ass about your MacBook or ThinkPad (or along the same lines, those damned BlueTooth earpieces). So do us all a favour: update your FaceBook page at home, and bring a friend to the coffee shop instead (if you have one, that is).

But to that truly productive person furiously typing away, conspicuously oblivious to the comings and goings of others, I commend you and say Godspeed.

You know if you're the real deal.

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