"BE THAT OTHER GUY"

Came across an article today and found this anecdote interesting:

Toward the close of the session, Carlson shared an anecdote that harkened back to Journalism 101. "So there's a guy who's sort of an upcoming reporter in the D.C. scene and works for the Washington Post or something like that," he said. "He gets transferred to Detroit to cover the automobile industry. He thinks he's a very smart guy, so he really studies up on and learns everything he thinks there is to know on the Detroit auto industry. So he goes up and meets a lot of the auto executives. Finally, at the end of a meeting with one of the executives, the executive talking to the reporter says, 'You are really smart. You know everything. You are really impressive. The last reporter who was in here, I had to tell himeverything.' The joke being --"

"You want to be that other guy," Weisenthal interjected amiably.

Carlson nodded, agreeing simply, "You want to be told everything."

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Finals are piling up and it's nerve wrecking. One of the things I'm looking forward though, is my trip to Seoul & Jeju mid May :)