The Golden A*ss

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There is a guy at my workplace. He is sort of the village idiot of our office. He works as a "runner" or "coffee boy" or "the boy you take cigarettes from without paying" or "the one you order to go take your laundry". And he is constantly the subject of ridicule around the office. Constantly mocked at. Constantly humiliated. Constantly belittled. Perhaps this has made him somewhat a reserved kid who get nervous around people. He stutter, trembles, drop things, trip over things. This of course make get him more and more ridiculed at. The other day, I bought him lunch. We sat in the pantry during lunch hour, just the two of us. And we talked. I learned great deal about him. He is not even half an idiot as I thought. In fact I found him, his opinion and the way he tell tales of his life, very interesting. He even dreams of getting a degree in Multi media studies. Its funny (or scary even), how much damage constant ridiculing could inflict on a person's image. He was constantly ridiculed - about the way he dressed (which seems fine to me when I think back), the way he laugh (quite gross, but still) and the way he never decline to be any body's errand boy. Over time, the normal kid, with a kind ad helpful soul become the ridiculous clown! "...There is no character howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless....observe the "a*ss" for instance, his character is about perfect, he is about the choicest spirit among all the humbler animals. Yet see what ridicule has brought him to. Instead of feeling complimented when we are called an a*ss, we are left in doubt..."- Mark Twain. Very true, yes? p/s - For those who are curious, the "Topic" of this discussion is a rip-off of the Latin Novel, The Golden A*ss by Apuleius I've added an * in some words to bypass the myLot censorship. I'm sorry