Corporate Life Requires Ass-Kissing

Text on the meme

Realizing corporate life requires an ass-licking skillset you simply weren't born with

What it means

A video montage shows Don Draper standing stiffly and looking increasingly unimpressed at an outdoor cocktail party while other guests laugh and socialize around drinks. The caption jokes that corporate life requires an instinct for ass-kissing that some people simply do not possess, making his stoic discomfort a reaction to workplace networking and fake enthusiasm. The smooth, melancholic soft-rock song “I'm Not In Love” by 10cc plays over the scenes, making the corporate cynicism feel dramatically funny and overly sincere.

Sound

♪ 10cc — I'm Not In Love

music / музыка

Who

Jon Hamm as Don Draper (Джон Хэмм в роли Дона Дрейпера), Mad Men

Objects

man in navy sweater / мужчина в тёмно-синем свитере serious man / серьёзный мужчина outdoor cocktail party / коктейльная вечеринка на открытом воздухе bar counter / барная стойка liquor bottles / бутылки с алкоголем cocktail glass / коктейльный бокал champagne flute / бокал для шампанского man in white shirt and tie / мужчина в белой рубашке и галстуке laughing woman / смеющаяся женщина laughing guests / смеющиеся гости woman covering her mouth / женщина, прикрывающая рот flowers / цветы garden / сад trees / деревья brick wall / кирпичная стена formal clothing / формальная одежда awkward expression / неловкое выражение лица people socializing / люди общаются