On Blackberrys and the Happy-Hour-Steve
Friday, August 10, 2007
Check out this article by the Hill where I comment on the particular DC fashion of wearing a Blackberry or other such handheld device on one’s person. As you’ll read, I generally understand the need for clipping the things on at particularly stressful times during the workday; in fact, the only times I think this sort of thing is really bothersome are the after-work displays. I’m particularly fond of my Happy-Hour Steve phrase, to which all credit is due to my friend Michael Kaufman. You know who this guy is: the guy out at Happy Hour in his stripey shirt and khakis, often with way too much hair gel. This guy wrote the book, literally. This type is not at all strictly restricted to aides as it explains in the article. They are everywhere! They’re crawling Adams Morgan right now, in fact–and it’s 8:45 a.m.
No matter what though, you never want to be a Blackberry twirler. This is someone who not only wears their Blackberry proudly like a gun on a holster, but who must also draw attention to it by spinning it in said holster. Not cute. Oh and if you’re wondering where I got this picture of HH Steves/Striped-Shirt-Guys, why, from the pool on flickr of course (though clearly some people didn’t get it)!
Opinions/thoughts on Blackberry-wearing and more importantly, the Happy Hour Steve?!
Lastly, PB is going to Ohio this weekend with the roommates. I’ll be back to posting on Wednesday hopefully.
We’re going to the Oho State Fair!!!!
I’m going to eat fried EVERYTHING.
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Hilarious. I don’t know if anyone else does this, but over on the StyleForum we refer to the stripey-shirt, hair gel, and black square-toed KCole wearing (you forget that) guys AmJacks. As in American Jackass.
As for the BB spinning: there is a fascinating article from some economists at the U of Liverpool (if memory serves) showing that men tend to play with their cellphones more in public than women do. Their explanation? It’s a lekking device, just like peacock feathers. Oddly, young teenage girls do the same thing as a social networking tool. So a guy in the bar spinning his BB is really no different than a 13 year old girl trying to impress her friends with her huge contact list in her mobile phone.
-rhdh
ps: Ladies please tell your men that those ugly black square-toed shoes are over.
You forgot to mention the work badges…worn at the bar…when they’ve been out of work for 5 hours already.
amjacks..looove it
xoxo
Please oh please do not eat the butter cow we always have.
my bf only wears sneakers b/c his work clothes consist of jeans and t-shirts (media guy). if i could ever get him to upgrade to something else with his jeans what would it be? i totally trust yall if you tell me square-toed black KC’s = AmJack/HHS!
What’s a “butter cow” exactly?
-rdhd
(hey look, I got it right this time)
“So a guy in the bar spinning his BB is really no different than a 13 year old girl trying to impress her friends with her huge contact list in her mobile phone.”
My thoughts exactly.
When I see these guys, I can’t help but imagine them trying to check their email via blackberry during our – ahem – “private time”. Not a turn on.
The amjacks (I also love that!) are also using their Blackberries at the bar to email their friends, who happen to be at the same damn bar.
OMG, *YES* about the square-toed shoes! How could I forget!?! It’s funny, I wrote that post in a hurry and as I was writing the description I thought to myself that I was forgetting something crucial. It was the damn pilgrim shoes.
As Terri hinted, apparently there’s a cow made entirely of butter at the Ohio State Fair. And I can’t wait to see it. And there will be pictures. OH yes….
Yes! Im almost famous!