{"id":2103,"date":"2014-10-05T19:42:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T23:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=2103"},"modified":"2014-10-05T19:42:01","modified_gmt":"2014-10-05T23:42:01","slug":"that-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2014\/10\/05\/that-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"That Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201c…vicinity to the sea is desirable, because it is easier to do nothing by the sea than anywhere else\u2026\u2015 E.F. Benson<\/p>\n

My worse fear of not returning to the Cape in September proved unfounded.\u00a0 Not only did I return to the Cape but I was accompanied by two of my favorite people.\u00a0 They are smart and funny and foodies and quick witted and did I mention funny.\u00a0 When you find yourself on the beach at the very END of September and the weather is amazing and there is the smell of sun screen and the water bottles and the breeze you inevitable begin to people watch.\u00a0 It can\u2019t be helped.\u00a0 You\u2019ve covered the entire how is everything, how is the family, the deep thoughts and the near missed crisis and now you are just quiet and watching.<\/p>\n

And there he is\u2026that guy.\u00a0 We\u2019re looking up at what we thought was a kite but noooo it was a kite surfer, on the beach??, doing\u2026something.\u00a0 Perhaps practicing, perhaps testing the equipment, who the hell knows.\u00a0 But he was definitely that-guy.\u00a0 How did we know?\u00a0 Because as he got closer his authoritative, maven, I\u2019ve got this voice became clearer.\u00a0 Following closely behind him was the equivalent of Chester trying to connect with Spike<\/a>.\u00a0 He finally relented and put the kite down and let Chester assist, under the very closest scrutiny, while expounding\u00a0the latest and greatest equipment he had and the second set of equipment (not nearly the caliber of HIS equipment) that he might be willing to lend.\u00a0 Three synchronized eye rolls and a vacation theme was born.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the definition of that guy?\u00a0 He\u2019s the person everyone loves to hate and never wants to become.\u00a0 The internet is overflowing with examples of that guy. One of the more interesting that-guy behaviors that we observed was while waiting for the return ferry from Nantucket. Queuing up behind us was a group of young men,\u00a0 we didn\u2019t turn around to see what they looked like we just listened.\u00a0 It was obvious that one of the men was a bit older exhibiting the that-guy behavior of calling adult males \u201ckiddo\u201d (or \u201cson\u201d when they’re being condescending).\u00a0 Or uses expressions that are clearly not in his vernacular like \u201cright on\u201d (because in your perfectly crisp striped shirt you think you can come close to Marvin Gaye. \u00a0Stop it right now).<\/p>\n

There was another member of this group that clearly didn\u2019t belong, although I\u2019m sure he didn\u2019t realize that.\u00a0 Seems there was a compromising picture of him taken the night before that somehow wound up on Facebook.\u00a0 He thought it was going to be treated at \u201cprivate\u201d but the \u00a0little shit that posted it was all \u201csorry Dude (a word I\u2019ve come to loath because a. people call women dude and b.\u00a0 there is really only one Dude, Lebowski<\/a>). This exchange was so heart wrenching as the kid kept saying it\u2019s all good, it\u2019s all good.\u00a0 No it\u2019s not, that was that-guy behavior at its very wickedest.<\/p>\n

If the line didn\u2019t start moving there is no telling what would have come out of my mouth, just sayin.\u00a0 We did get a look at them finally and true to our impressions they were of obvious means, perfectly coifed and crisp, even after a weekend on Nantucket and the obvious imbibing that went with it.\u00a0 The exception, naturally, was the poor guy that got the proverbial sucker punch.\u00a0 Thankfully the wind on the water was the blessing that prevented us from hearing any more of this nonsense.<\/p>\n

Of course there are other forms of that-guy behavior like wearing a plaid shirt with opposing plaid shorts.\u00a0 Then there was our neighbor who my Summer Sister figured for a preacher, dressed in his Sunday clothes with papers under his arm which we believed was his sermon.\u00a0 He seemed a righteous that-guy type. \u00a0There was the kid that was a bit slow in serving our food at the Chatham Bars Inn because he was attending to the needs of two older, and I do mean older, women fussing about their tea.\u00a0 These are the that-guys that bring a smile to one\u2019s face, the ones that just make their way in the world being\u2026well\u2026that guy.<\/p>\n

These men are about as far from the many definitions of that-guy as they can be, they aren\u2019t out to impress any one they simply are\u2026\u00a0 As for the rest of the typical that-guys we weren\u2019t impressed<\/a>. They simply made for good conversation, very funny repartee and a helluva whirlwind vacation theme\u2026relaxing and eating aside.<\/p>\n

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