The type of person who usually communicates face-to-face, on the phone or via e-mail, unless they have to give a presentation to a group within the same corporation, and perhaps a short "quippy" speech at a dinner party where everyone knows everyone else.

He's probably sufficiently decent talking to people on his own level and people who "know the script" they're supposed to be following, but since he's apparently not capable of empathy or more subtle cues, he appears to be lost when he's outside his comfort zone.

The man needs more than a couple Toastmaster's lessons, and I'm surprised he hasn't taken advantage of them, as they're pretty ingrained in the corporate world. That is, if he's capable of taking instruction from those he considers beneath him.

Haele

You'll get no argument from me, I think you have described him well.

Normally, he's hesitant, stumbling, nervous, laughing when he tells a lie, and generally looking like he'd rather be anywhere else. When talking to those he perceives as his peers, though, he comes off as relaxed, confident, and, dare I say it?, sincere.

IMHO, he just plain doesn't like the majority of people in this country or any other, and his contempt shows. He's a little better than Ann at hiding his dislike of "you people" or the "blah people", but it's there.