Clerk Company

So at the new job I work with a clerk who just finished his 1L year at an out of state school. We'll call him Curtis. Curtis was quick to tell me that he graded on to law review and moot court board. And that he has a full scholarship where he is, but he's thinking of transferring to Georgetown or somewhere else where he can take on student loan debt. (Idiot) Curtis also let me (and all the partners at lunch today) know he was on a soccer team as a kid that they called project 2010. The team was supposed to play in the 2010 World Cup. (How did that work out for you, Curtis?) And he constantly tells me I am wrong about law school/law firm related things because he knows it all now that he's taken torts.

I tried to like him, I really did. But he doesn't laugh at any of my hilarious musings, like that we should get a cat for our office (a Catscot) or hang hammocks from our cubicles. When I asked him if he would be interested in fetching me Diet Cokes for a living, he told me that he's been in school for too long to get people Diet Cokes. Rude. So since he clearly does not appreciate my sense of humor or my need for late-afternoon caffeine, I have decided to entertain only myself. I rant all day in an attempt to get some reaction out of him, but he usually ignores me or makes some jackass comment in response.

But I have had my redemption. Mr. Grade-On to law review told me he "carpools" with someone else in the office. You know who he "carpools" with? His mother. Who got him the job. Ordinarily I wouldn't care, however you get a job, great, the market is tough! But Curtis tried to hide it from me. And he is so arrogant that I took special pleasure in finding out that mommy had to get him a summer position.

I'm going to go talk to her about demoting him to my Diet Coke fetcher. And I might call her mom. Will report back soon.

Update: As an aside, Curtis is a JD/MBA student. After learning this, none of his behavior comes as a shock to me.