Tech n*rs

A few weeks ago during a pretty good talk on Private Equity in Africa, this South African guy with McKinsey and Harvard Business School firmly stamped on his oral resume began to show a snippet from a documentary on his laptop. The sound quality was crappy, so he said to the guy running the lecture series: "Lets get IT in here to fix this." His tone -- haughty and disdainful -- was of the sort which was once saved for the pronunciation of the n word in certain circles, which was picked up on by at least one member of the largely African and African-American audience. Later, he showed an utter lack of regard for the IT guy's time, keeping him waiting around for 10 minutes like he had nothing better to do.

It was funny, and kind of ironic, as he was trying to pump up Africa in his talk.