A: Can you take me to Disneyland? B: No. A: Please. If you do, I will stop calling you a dork...
A: Can you take me to Disneyland? B: No. A: Please. If you do, I will stop calling you a dork. B: Is this supposed to be buttering me up? You are supposed to do something nice to me so I'll consider taking you to Disneyland.
In today's world sometimes you need to flatter your boss in order to be treated well.
He's always hobnobbing with his boss.
How did he get a job in the showbiz? He's not smarmy, not ruthless.