The professional victim

The Ordinary Man
4 min readSep 6, 2024

Some people get ready in the morning with the goal of saving lives, some want to teach the children of our future, and then there are others… well, these people are on the hunt for something more noble. They’re on the pursuit of sympathy as fully grown adults.

Yes, they go to work with the intention not to do the job, but instead with the goal of making everyone feel sorry for them. Maybe there is more of an official term for these people, but I like to call them losers — or the professional victim.

The older you get the more these people look like losers for you. You can’t be in your late 20s onwards always looking for someone to feel bad for you. At some point, you have to pull your panties up and get on with life.

I worked with a guy like this recently, and thankfully people did the right things and made fun of him, the only problem was that it was behind his back. People like this need to be made fun of to their faces so they know they’re being ridiculous.

Long story short he got fired for repeatedly saying sexist shit to women. I feel sorry for anyone in his personal life who has to listen to him now, he’s got a lot of ammo.

And no, there was no accountability.

They tell you all about their personal lives

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