I'm with you on that. The words pride and proud are kind of worn out. There's a company where I live that sells windows, and in their commercials, they shout their company's name loudly, followed by the word "proud," repeatedly!
I guess boasting and the associated pride aspect is necessary to those who like to be the center of attention, while more humble people recognize they've done something helpful or good but keep it inside.
That is definitely something I do not like and find it obnoxious, it goes hand in hand with them then calling every other company shit. My boss is like that "Sales Man" like, everything is the greatest and we can supposedly do anything. Heck if someone said yes he would promise to build them a house even though we are a printing company. It is that pride and then trying to prove themselves over and over only to mess things up combined with greed that a person sees a lot of in "entrepreneurs." Too much pride in your own work, accomplishments or business sets of many alarm bells for me.
Also, I don't want to work for someone that boasts so much that there is no room for shit to just go wrong. Under promise and over deliver is my motto :)
Exactly why I could never be a salesman! It's true that in most cases where people work as salespeople, there is a required level of dishonesty that one must have, or they will fail in their attempt at being a salesperson. And that's especially true when selling cars!
Once when I was between jobs, I saw an ad for a Mercedes dealer, a really posh place they have, and I applied, thinking that I could sell Mercedes without having a bad conscience at day's end. Well, I didn't even make it to an interview, but I later learned that Mercedes has like the worst record for cars that require the most mechanical attention. I was glad I never got that job!
Haha agreed I could not be a salesperson either. I have two derogatory terms I use to refer to white trash one is a neighbourhood by me which if I say you are from there then you are trash, and the other is car salesman :)