Temp employee plots to confront beloved "British" coworker after discovering he's been faking his accent: 'Whereabouts are you from, Mark?'

We all have done or said things to sound cool, but the vast majority of us try to retire this habit in middle school.

This temp employee started working at a New York office job after having recently moved from London. When he introduced himself to his supervisor, she was elated that there was another British person at the company and vowed to introduce him to his fellow Brit. However, when the temp employee finally met Mark, he instantly knew that something was off.

Sure, he was speaking in an obviously faux British accent, but he was also totally unaware of the geography of Britain. That was the true giveaway. Can you imagine being this desperate for cool points as an adult? I understand how hard it is to be yourself and to make yourself interesting to others, but that does not mean that you should go off and reconstruct your entire identity.

The temp acknowledged that perhaps there was a deeper reason behind his newfound British identity. If that's the case, Mark better start taking some dialect lessons and history lessons because that accent and knowledge of his so-called "home country" are not exactly convincing.

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