tables turned

now that i'm internal i get to be the client when consultants come to call. they always act as if you are very interesting and smart - but having sat on their side of the table, I remember cleraly how often i thought clients were idiots but nonetheless opened my eyes wide and nodded and said "very interesting" untold numbers of times.
i of course don't care after a while and just blather on and on, loving the sound of my own voice. times like these i miss academia, when whole classfuls of students would have to listen week after week. many of my academic friends have tended to become blowhards after years of captive audiences (no, not you, Bec) - it's so easy to think you're interesting when others keep acting out their part in the charade - whether for grades or money.