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 because that accent is not exactly convincing. Moreover, his inability to place what the author implies are standard well-known geographical locations in the United Kingdom is also, frankly, embarrassing. How do you expect people to believe you when it's crystal clear that you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about?
Again, we've all told the occasional white lie. It's common, especially in the workplace, for people to embellish their levels of experience in order to seem qualified for more responsibility. However, most people know when it's worth saying they have three years of experience in a certain field compared to one if they are confident in their own abilities to roll with the punches and learn on the fly. However, when it comes to concocting an entire persona, if you're not fully committed to making said persona believable, what is the point? You're basically asking for people raise their eyebrows and provide follow-up questions. What a rookie mistake, Mark!
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