"Do You Know Who I Am?"

[Newell Steamer]

"Do you know who I am?"

"Do you know what I do?"

"Do you know what I've done?"

"Do you have any idea what I am capable of?"

Why do people ask these particular questions? What do they expect to happen - we fall and flop all over ourselves to ensure we appease them?

Anyone here like to sling these questions around? And, if so,... why?

 

[cabri]

EGO

 

[blackdogdeek]

Dude, if I'm better than you, you'd better believe I'm going to make sure you know so you have the opportunity to correct your behavior and give me everything to which I am entitled. It's only because I'm so much better than you that I would be this charitable.

 

[IronWing]

Alzheimer's sucks.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Is that not a good conversation starter? I'm still getting a handle on this "small talk" thing.

 

[PottedMeat]

"Do you know who I am?"

the juggernaut?

"Do you know what I do?"

"Do you know what I've done?"

¯\(°_o)/¯

"Do you have any idea what I am capable of?"

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

 

[Newell Steamer]

Is that not a good conversation starter? I'm still getting a handle on this "small talk" thing.

:thumbsup:

This produced a genuine LOL.

^_^

 

[BlitzPuppet]

You think you know about hate??

You think you know about anger motherf*cker?!

 

[JulesMaximus]

EGO

 

[IronWing]

You really need to let go.

 

[Cheesemoo]

Alzheimer's sucks.

you are on a roll today

 

[shortylickens]

Last time I heard that question I laughed.
Got my ass beat, but it was worth it.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I have only heard those lines in the movies.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Ah brings me back to my childhood.

 

[CPA]

Interesting you posted this, as one of my co-workers from a Finance Tech department I work closely with just came over to tell me a phone conversation she had with someone from our IT Finance organization. They requested something to be done that is generally not allowed. Conversation went like this:

IT Finance guy: "We need you to do X"
Her: "no, we're not going to do that. You can do Y instead."
Him: "You don't understand who I report to"
Her: "Yes, I do, and if he has any issue with it he can call me or take it up the chain, but the answer is going to be the same: 'No'"

LOL.

 

[who?]

If their friends and family treat them like big shot movie star and the cop doesn't their ego gets annoyed. The question is are drunk people more honest because they don't care?

 

[OutHouse]

wait for it.

https://youtu.be/dONyv-Cwkoo

 

[twinrider1]

lol, that video was new for me. I'd be pissed too.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Had an asshole like that call me when I worked help desk. He calls in for something that was out of my jurisdiction, I could not help him with it even if I wanted to. He had to call another help desk for that. He gave me the whole "Do you realize who I am?" speech and starting telling me how he makes 3x my salary and does not have time for this stuff and just wants me to do it even if I can't. Every couple words was a swear. I spoke with my boss about it and he got me to contact that other help desk and try to get the process started but that it probably would not get anywhere because the user really needs to be the one calling, but at least it showed I tried. The ticket stays in our queue for months with the user calling back every now and then to get progress. One day, out of nowhere, he gets laid off. Turns out nobody even knew what he did. He was some kind of manager with some role that sounded very redundant, because there was already a manager who basically had a very similar title who actually did do work.

Never try to act all highly of your role at a company, you're still just another expense from the eyes of the CEO and can be laid off at the drop of a hat if the CEO decides he/she wants a bigger bonus this year.

 

[Auric]

Alzheimer's sucks.

wait for it.

https://youtu.be/dONyv-Cwkoo

better URL:
https://youtube.com/v/dONyv-Cwkoo

 

[sandorski]

Definitely meant to intimidate.

 

[disappoint]

"Do you know who I am?"

"Do you know what I do?"

"Do you know what I've done?"

"Do you have any idea what I am capable of?"

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The proper response to these inflated asshats is always: "Why? Did you forget?"

 

[Auric]

Alzheimer's/memory retort aside, three of the four can be answered with tense variations of making brown in your pants.

 

[John Connor]

Once upon a time I said to someone if they knew who I am. They said some smart ass comment like, "The Easter Bunny?" I said no, The Chicago Outfit you fat prick! The rest is history.

 

[tynopik]

When you turn in an exam in a large lecture class, you are usually required to show your student ID card to the proctor to prove that it's you who took the test, not a "ringer." Well, legend has it that a certain student forgot to take his ID card to an exam. He knew that the proctor wouldn't accept his completed exam without his ID card. So when he finished the exam, he went up to the proctor.

"Do you know who I am?"

"No," said the proctor.

"Good," responded the student, who proceeded to grab the stack of completed exams, put his on top, and throw them up into the air, scattering them all over the front of the lecture hall.