Max' first words to me.

Context:

After I was hired, Michelle told me to come to the venue a few weeks later (which was still closed due to covid). She said to me "Your manager will be there, our head of Operations, our CTO and another Operation Specialist (Jeroen, Max, Gilles and Eryk).

* GULP *

Slightly nervous about why I had a meeting with all those big chiefs, I wore a splendid shirt, perfectly ironed pants, and shiny shoes. I arrived at the venue, greeted by Jeroen and Max.

Max' gaze studies me from head to toe and then he says:

"You're not wearing the appropriate clothing to paint..."

Apparently we were painting the venue that day. No one had told me.. 😅

Max took over Philippes car AND his attitude.

* Walks around impatiently, hands behind his back *

The only 3 replies I've ever gotten from Max:

1. "Message read" - no answer at all 🥲

2. No.

3. Ok.

4. You've just answered your own question.

Gilles: * Starts complaining *

Max: "Gilleeeeess"

Max is een mega goede luisteraar, en als je net lang genoeg doorvraagt zal hij misschien ook iets over hemzelf lossen 😉

I'm in the office with Max racking my brain to come up with a logical implementation for a feature he's requested.

I'm brainstorming the flow aloud to Max, meanwhile drawing ideas on the whiteboard.

* Max just sits there and nods every once in a while. Looking a bit bored. *

I've finally got something that I think could work. I look at Max and quite excitedly ask:

"What do you think? Is this a good solution to your request?"

He stares at me and very smugly says:

"Yea.. it is. I was just waiting for you to get there... 🙄"

He literally rolled his eyes at me. For real man... 😅

Max taking everything too serious part 1:

* The Park plans a spontaneous wakeboarding teambuilding. *

Max:

* Practices wakeboarding before the team goes wakeboarding. *

* De 2 Master Hosts van Antwerpen zijn ziek op een drukke zaterdag. *

Dag ervoor berichtje van Max:

"Wa denkte? Nog is zoals goeie oude tijden? Zin om met mij te hosten morgen?"

Leuke zaterdag gehad maar helft van de dag was Max van boven aant roepen naar mij en Robin:

"So, do you know the difference between sales and revenue?"

Max taking everything too serious part 2:

At the checkout of a local lunch bar:

* Is pissed off because we can't pay separately for our lunch. *

* Keeps asking lady at the register "Why?" *

* Keeps getting same answer *

* Repeat... *

We can now never show our faces again over there 🙃

Forgot what the conversation/context was, but:

* Having a beer and some snacks after work with Max outside the Antwerp venue *

* He picks up a slice of ham from the snacks and starts sensually licking it. *

The image still haunts me 👀

Max en zijn autistisch trekje om extra vroeg naar kantoor te komen om zeker te zijn dat hij zijn parkeerplaats heeft.

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Zijn vaste bureau plekje aan het raam 🙈😛

Toen ik wou stoppen bij The Park juist voor corona toesloeg is het Max die me gekalmeerd heeft voor ik iets had van 'fuck it, kzen hier weg'.

Professioneel maar ook persoonlijk was hij altijd beschikbaar, zelfs als het ging over mijn ex uit de hel.

Max taking everything too serious part 3:

* Never smiles during any meeting... ever *

Because he knows that he looks too serious during meetings, he starts looking at his own face to make sure he smiles.

That's how our story began, Max needed a man and I wasn't asking questions.

Max en zijn plooibaar fiets'ke - onafscheidelijk duo (toch zeker in de beginjaren voor de bmw & tesla 😉)

* Someone texting Max: "Hi Max I have a question..." *

Answer of Max:

* Last read 00:38 *

I'm 99% sure the bookcase at Max' home, is the gate to Narnia.

* Past 7pm at the office with Max *

Max:

"I'm sick of your bs Gilles, I'm out!"

Max en zijn Tableau Skills will be missed - @Max zin om wekelijkse rapportjes nog te blijven maken? 😛😀

* Everyone faceplanting from the launch plank at the wakeboarding teambuilding. *

* Max flying by on his third lap, holding the cord with one hand, not breaking a sweat 😎 *

Max:

"Waarom beginnen mensen bij mij altijd te wenen? Ik trek dat precies aan denk ik."

Papapouille will always be the core of the holy trinity 🔺

Max: How many lines of code did you write for this?

Me: Max, it does not matter how many lines I wrote...

Max: Yes, I get that.

...

Max: So, how many lines of code did you write?