Reply #29: Sourballs make more effective employees than the terminally perky [View All]

[eridani]

There are a number of studies showing that people inclined toward depression are far more likely to look at problems deeply and come up with more thorough and creative solutions. The teminally perky are much more superficial, and given to inflated self-evalutations. The self-evalutations of sourballs turn out to be pretty close to peer and supervisor evaluations. They don't put themselves down; they are simply accurate.

OK, so they're not as much fun to hang out with after work. Tough shit.