The Nice Guy

"I thought you were a nice guy. Why are you being such a dick!"

I hate these words. I hear them a lot.

Yes, I have the rep as the nice guy. And it sucks. I hate to say it because I like nice people, I really do. But when you're seen as the nice guy, you hear these words every time you refuse to bend over. It's actually a crappy rep to have. People have these high expectations, and anything less than that elicits the comment above.

The worst is when people try to take advantage of your generous nature and say that comment, as if you owe them. Well, the surprising news was it wasn't like I asked to be this nice guy. I never asked for this pain in the ass rep. It was actually bestowed upon me because dicks like you have lowered the bar for what's necessary to be known as 'the nice guy'.

Whereas people that are thought of as 'dicks' are given the free pass.

"Oh, that's just 'Bob' being 'Bob'. Don't mind him."

And when these dicks actually do something nice, it's all sunshine and ice cream cones. Mark it in the record books, because the dick acted like a decent human being today!

In fact, if I had to make a proclamation, I'd rather be known as 'the dick. Set the bar low, and lets have a party when I do something decent. And when I act like the selfish ass that I say I am, no worries because that's just my status quo.

Wow, I do sound like a dick. I guess that's progress.