Story Telling

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Have you ever known someone who told so many stories that you couldn’t believe a word that came out of their mouth? At my last job I worked with a man like this. When he first came to work he told everyone he was a millionaire and didn’t really need to work. He told me he owned three businesses. I knew it was all bull. First of all, if he owned three businesses he would be too busy to work there. Second, when the company announced there would be layoffs he became very nervous and kept asking me if I thought he would get laid off. If he was a millionaire and owned three businesses why would he be worried about being laid off? It turned out he didn’t get layoff. One day he brought up the subject of old cars that had wood siding. He was looking down at his work when he said to me, “I used to have a woody.” Just then the our female boss walked up. I couldn’t help laughing. Our boss threw her hands in the air and said, “I don’t want to hear this!” She stomped off. He yelled, “It’s a car. It’s a car.” She kept yelling back, “I don’t want to hear it.” The thing was every time he claimed he had this or that he could never prove it. The woodies burned up in his mother’s garage in Utah. Every time he said he owned this or that something had happened to it. He said his wife had cancer, was abducted by aliens and taken up in a spaceship where they cured her. However, he said his wife died of cancer. One day he told me and a couple of other workers he was mad and was going to quit. Later that day I asked if he went in and put in his notice. He said, “I just say stuff to see how people will react.” That pretty much told me he made a lot of stuff up. I could never figure out why people make things up. Especially when the truth would be better. I’ve been told it’s because the person wants everyone to think he is important. Do you know or have you known a person like this?