2.02.2007

Old Men part 2

This is Charles Toftoy, my Small Business Management Professor. He has white hair now that is much shorter, and he is at least 10 years older than this photo. I thought you might find him as amusing as my entire class does. Apparently, he was very successful in business (and still is), but he is absolutely one of those nice-guy business men. He says things like, "Shoot!" when you raise your hand, and he says numbers in Spanish. He also says "Por que" instead of why, and concludes most statements with "True story!". He wears, exclusively, mock turtlenecks under blazers and pleated Dockers. At the beginning of the class, he told us he had "a bunch of real neat Powerpoints" which, as it turns out, means he has a BUNCH of annoying and useless Powerpoints in which he has put sound effects for every single bullet. *shiver* We also get the accompanying printouts of said Powerpoints, plus at least 4 other handouts each class.

Last night, he told us a story about two women "best friends, always at each other's houses making coffee" who went into business together in Florida (true story!) and "long story short" both ended up hiring hit men to off each other. But my favorite was when he was talking about working on some "real weird teams." He told us he used to work on a team with some "real weird scientists? With beards? And they would rub them like this? No offense to weird scientists with long beards who are real out there..."

He made us all folded paper nametags that sit in front of us during class. He then makes sure to use us all as examples in his fake businesses. His favorite is Russell Associates. Poor Russell. Long story short, Toftoy is one of those people who can convince you he's a nice guy, but really he's one of those people who always make me feel weird to be around. Am I abnormal, or is he?

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