MR. "ONE UP" GUY
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From: arizona
MR. "ONE UP" GUY
These people make me laugh. No matter what you say they will "one up" you.
You know, my car goes a hundred miles an hour and theirs goes a hundred and ten, or I've been doing something for 20 years and they been doing it for 21.
Do they really know how stupid they are or what?
You know, my car goes a hundred miles an hour and theirs goes a hundred and ten, or I've been doing something for 20 years and they been doing it for 21.
Do they really know how stupid they are or what?
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From: Kalgoorlie Australia
We call these type of people "blacker" in oz, If Ive got a black dog theyve got one that is blacker, shut them down by telling them something like "Ive got a really bad case of(insert some type of sexually transmitted disease or something terminal).." they will either back them selves into a corner or be lost for words. Or then again the best thing to do is not to talk to this kind of person.
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From: Missouri
They are usually the guy's that don't ever stop talking either. 
Also they're are always right about everything.
I work with a guy like that and most of the time I just try and ignore him, but sometimes I just want to smack him upside the head.
Also they're are always right about everything.
I work with a guy like that and most of the time I just try and ignore him, but sometimes I just want to smack him upside the head.
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From: Hudson Florida.
I know this kind of person well. they're normally all talk and no action. if they say their car will do 110, tell them SHOW ME. and watch the rev limiter kick in at 98 on their truck. after an experience like that, they'll stfu.
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From: Orange County, CA
I work with a" Mr. One Up Guy" he drives all of us at my company crazy. It dosn't matter what we talk about he's been there done that. An expert on all things. More times than not he ends up putting his big foot in his mouth. A few years ago, while eating lunch he took a grapefruit from his bag and began to explain to us how this was a "special" grapefruit, some kind of a hybrid that he grew in his yard. "You can't buy anyhing like this at the grocery store" he proclaimed. He went on and on about this piece of fruit. The funny part about this is that it wasn't even his lunch. He grabbed the wrong lunch from the company fridge and was going on and on about a grapefruit that was purchased at the grocery store. When the rightful owner couldn't find her lunch and discovered that Mr. One Up ate it she was furious. She didn't like the guy much to begin with so it really sent her over the edge. The one constant with guys like this is that they never seem to learn to keep their motor mouths shut. They are entertaining at times though.
i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
i worked with a mr one up guy once also. in the spring of 2002 we were standing in the yard talking about the state of the us military, and doing military service or being a military contractor. mr one up guy stated well i was in desert storm as a military advisor on top secret..
i asked him dave, you were in desert storm in 1990 and 1991?? and he replied ya, i was a..
i then asked him how old are you, and he replied, i am 26, remember? you asked me that yesterday.
by this time i had everybodys attention. i looked him straight in the eyes, and told him to get his lies straight and walked away. 4 other guys understood where i was going and followed me.
he was trying to bs us, but i caught him in a flat out lie. in the military as an advisor for top secret stuff at 15 and 16 years old...
he was fired within 3 months after he rearended a car at a traffic light. he said the driver slamed on the brakes, and there was nowhere to go. the police officed driving the unmarked car behind him said he never hit the brakes as he approached the red light till he was on top of the car he hit.
i asked him dave, you were in desert storm in 1990 and 1991?? and he replied ya, i was a..
i then asked him how old are you, and he replied, i am 26, remember? you asked me that yesterday.
by this time i had everybodys attention. i looked him straight in the eyes, and told him to get his lies straight and walked away. 4 other guys understood where i was going and followed me.
he was trying to bs us, but i caught him in a flat out lie. in the military as an advisor for top secret stuff at 15 and 16 years old...
he was fired within 3 months after he rearended a car at a traffic light. he said the driver slamed on the brakes, and there was nowhere to go. the police officed driving the unmarked car behind him said he never hit the brakes as he approached the red light till he was on top of the car he hit.
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From: Calgary, Canada
God, I hate compulsive liars. We recently fired one that I had to work and room with on a regular basis.
Some of his best ones were;
I'm the only person in this city (1000000 pop.) qualified to teach Akido and he could be making $500.00 per day doing that, yet he's doing manual laror in the mud for $200.00.
Rousche (sp) has a mod for a mustang that will make it do 0 - 60 in 1.4 seconds. I didn't even bother looking that one up, it's like 3 times faster than the fastest porsche.
So many more; I couldn't talk to him anymore cause 99% of what he said was a lie.
He put diesel in one of our gas tanks and had to leave one of our work sites for 3 hours to buy warmer boots, cause the ones I told him not to buy weren't warm enough. We finally used the leaving of the site as the main point in reason for firing but indirectly, just as complaints from consultants.
Some of his best ones were;
I'm the only person in this city (1000000 pop.) qualified to teach Akido and he could be making $500.00 per day doing that, yet he's doing manual laror in the mud for $200.00.
Rousche (sp) has a mod for a mustang that will make it do 0 - 60 in 1.4 seconds. I didn't even bother looking that one up, it's like 3 times faster than the fastest porsche.
So many more; I couldn't talk to him anymore cause 99% of what he said was a lie.
He put diesel in one of our gas tanks and had to leave one of our work sites for 3 hours to buy warmer boots, cause the ones I told him not to buy weren't warm enough. We finally used the leaving of the site as the main point in reason for firing but indirectly, just as complaints from consultants.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Northern CA
I got you all beat... my brother married a woman that is a Mr. "one up" guy. And the worst part is that she's turned my brother into a Mrs. "one up" girl. (yeah he wears the panties) Now whenever they come to visit, they're one-upping each other and my sister & I want to put bullets into both of them. Needless to say we're a little estranged from our older brother. 
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From: Riverview, MI
Isn't there a commercial on TV, they call them blockers, where they mention, "Mr One upper". You know the guys on a date with his girl, and he's talking about a trip, and the one up guy says "Yeah, I went on a hike in the Alps" or something like that.